Systemic Racism In Jail

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Blacks are six times more likely to go to jail than a white person and make up nearly 40% of arrests for violent crimes. Systemic racism is based on historical structures like government creating unfair laws or unfair verdicts. In schools it's biased against people of color. It is difficult for people of color to have an advantage over whites. Jamal experiences systemic racism when he’s in jail and out of jail. Jamal realizes that in order to be not affected by systemic racism, he has to educate himself and his community.
First of all, systemic racism occurs when Jamal was in prison for the first time. Jamal was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit arson and attempted murder. He had spent eleven months with his former

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