Racial Stereotypes In The Prison System

Racial stereotypes are one of the biggest problems American of all ethnicities face. With social networking and exceptional new coverage just about everything is covered pertaining to social problems is always in some form racially motivated stemming from a racial stereotype. Ranging from police shootings, violent encounters between citizens and transgender confusion. Unfortunately, all caused by the same problem. In essence, a way of life most might say all over the world. One of the main causes of this is the bias media coverage containing racial events. People all over the world are affected not just Americans. It's selfish that this has to be an issue people face everyday. Many lives have been destroyed or compromised in the cross-fire of this negativity.

The number of minorities in the prison system is quite startling. Minorities make up 60% of the population imprisoned. To support this allegation, 1 in 3 African American men will be imprisoned at least once in their lifetime thus creating a racial stereotype. Since 1 in 3 African Americans will be arrested and imprisoned in their lifetime, it creates a target for police officers as well as the public. Police officers will primarily be on the lookout for a colored male or female as oppose to a caucasian male or female. Did you know, when facing

96% of shooting vitims are of African American or Hispanic descent. Also, 89% of all murder victims are of African American or Hispanic ethnicity. A lot of the damages all occur in the minority-group neighborhoods. To question that statement, why is there even "minority-group" neighborhoods? One might say that's an effect of racial profiling, segregation and racial stereotype. For example, if a male or female belonging to a minority group is seen outside of where the "minority-group neighborhoods" are located, it's an automatic assumption that something is strange. Concluding evidence proves