Today I am going to try to educate you and bring awareness to the school-to-prison pipeline.
Goodmorning, I’m Myla an I have seen the pipeline for myself. The issue that I’m talking about is that a 2007 study by Advancement Project and the Center for Social Change says that for every 100 students who were suspended, 15 were Black, 8 were American Indian, 6 were Latino and 4 were white. It seems that a male of color has near twice, sometimes triple the chance to be in contact with law enforcement at least twice before he turns 18 than Caucasian teens. This is a serious problem. The cause doesn’t just seem to be because of the young impressionable kids themselves but we are starting to see such a rise we have to start thinking that they are being set up to fail. …show more content…
The paths to prison for African-Americans and Latino men are many, but often the starting points are foster care and schools. 30% of foster care youth entering the juvenile Justice system are in there because of placement related issues. Meaning that had they not be placed in a so called “bad home” they probably wouldn’t be there at all. But 70% of inmates in California of former foster care youth. 50% of those are black or latino. Drugs and violence are being introduced into these neighborhoods and areas to form and shape these confrontational tendencies. How do you expect a young boy to go to school, not be so hardheaded, be able to actually focus, and usually still have to help his mom with bills and watch over his younger siblings all whilst just trying to make it home and stay
Goodmorning, I’m Myla an I have seen the pipeline for myself. The issue that I’m talking about is that a 2007 study by Advancement Project and the Center for Social Change says that for every 100 students who were suspended, 15 were Black, 8 were American Indian, 6 were Latino and 4 were white. It seems that a male of color has near twice, sometimes triple the chance to be in contact with law enforcement at least twice before he turns 18 than Caucasian teens. This is a serious problem. The cause doesn’t just seem to be because of the young impressionable kids themselves but we are starting to see such a rise we have to start thinking that they are being set up to fail. …show more content…
The paths to prison for African-Americans and Latino men are many, but often the starting points are foster care and schools. 30% of foster care youth entering the juvenile Justice system are in there because of placement related issues. Meaning that had they not be placed in a so called “bad home” they probably wouldn’t be there at all. But 70% of inmates in California of former foster care youth. 50% of those are black or latino. Drugs and violence are being introduced into these neighborhoods and areas to form and shape these confrontational tendencies. How do you expect a young boy to go to school, not be so hardheaded, be able to actually focus, and usually still have to help his mom with bills and watch over his younger siblings all whilst just trying to make it home and stay