Present policies have resulted in “a system in which one out of every three black males born today can expect to spend time in jail” (p. 42), would be unacceptable if they imposed those odds upon Whites” (Rafay 357).This poem works in a way for empowerment just by simply recognizing the fact that the criminal justice system is, and always will be against blacks. Also, it should be some sort of form of motivation for to. The call for a reform is not impossible at all if the United States adopted polices such as: “Radical reductions in the severity of punishments, particularly those for violent, drug, and gun crime; new, effective systems for paroling prisoners; a requirement of racial impact assessments for any criminal laws; the elimination
