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Racial Inequality In Prisons

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This study focuses on the effect of both the blacks and white mandatory terms and sentencing enhancements. Overall, both increase prison admission rates, but disportionately affects the black men more who have violent offenses. There was a correlation with these rates that it aligns with the theory of modern racism (in terms of after the Civil Rights Movement). By having such rates, the author believes this always racism to be presentence behind colorblind policies and practices which in this case incarceration rates. However, the author claims that the there are dangers of race neutral production of racial inequality is the legitimization of racial stratification. The system allows white people to believe that there is justice in the justice

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