Black students are three times more likely to be suspended or expelled from school.

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While people of color make up about 30 percent of the United States’ population, they account for 60 percent of those imprisoned.

 

From 2005 to mid-2008, approximately 80 percent of total stops made by the NYPD were of Blacks, who comprise 25% of the city’s population. Only 10 percent of stops were of Whites, who comprise 44 percent of the city’s population. 

 

Once convicted, black offenders receive longer sentences compared to white offenders.

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Black households have only 10 cents in wealth for every dollar held by white households.

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