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Check this out. According to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, in 2001 there were 469,000 black males enrolled in college between the ages of 18-24, and 179,500 black males between the ages of 18-24 in prison.

Conversely, in the same year there were 3,522,392 white males between 18-24 enrolled in college, and 125,700 in prison.

While the prison numbers don't look that different, look at the college numbers. To say that we've surmounted the racial hurdles in our country is to deny the bald truth. Why is it that almost as many blacks go to prison as they do college? Are they following their dreams? Are they just genetically predisposed towards crime and vice? Or, is it possibly the system? The same article I read also stated that the majority of these crimes committed by African Americans were drug offenses and not violent crime. Hmmm... why would a young person turn to drugs or selling drugs... maybe because they feel it is their only chance to make a living? Hmmm... where would they get that idea from...?

I watched an MLK documentary the other night, and my immediate gut response was sadness, considering how far we need to go towards equality and how little we've come since the 60's.  ¶ 10:58 AM