Adria Strothers

2/8/17

ENG 102-6

Prof. Trent Kays

Annotated Bibliography: Race Punishment (White vs. Black)

In todays society many people all over America are distraught and perplexed by the

fact that black men are getting longer sentence times in prison than the white man,

even though it tends to be the same exact crime. With most of America being black

(preferably African American) it begins to make us wonder does the Judicial System

only see the color of our skin and decide not to go by the correct form of punishment.

Cganemccalla. "Blacks Receive 60% Longer Sentences For Same

Crimes." Newsone.com. N.p., Jan. & feb. 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

- M. Marit Rehavi from the University of Columbia, studies show that Black

Americans receive 60% longer prison sentences than white Americans who

committed the same crime. Also Black Americans are more than twice as likely to

face a mandatory minimum charge as white men were, holding arrest offense as well

as age and location.

Tonry, Michael. Punishing Race: A Continuing American Dilemma. N.p.: n.p., 2011.

Print.

- Michael Tonry who studies in crime and public policy, clearly illustrates enduring

racial discrepancies in the criminal justice system and how their is an urgent need to

address them.
Blow, Charles M. "The New York Times: Crime and Punishment." Crime and

Punishment 30 Nov. 2014: n. pag. Print.

- The article of crime and punishment by Charles M. Blow talks about how the

Judicial System made a lot of bad choices in regards to the Same Crime different

Raceand how white Americans overestimate the proportion of crime committed by

people of color and associated people of color with criminality and the overestimating

was by 20-30%.

"Shadow Report to the United Nations on Racial Disparities in the United States

Criminal Justice System." The Sentencing Project. N.p., 31 Aug. 2013. Web. 12 Feb.

2017.<http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/shadow-report-to-the-united-

nations-human-rights-committee-regarding-racial-disparities-in-the-united-states-

criminal-justice-system/>.

- With the United States criminal justice system being the largest in the world 7

million people were under some kind of correctional control and the systematic

concern is that ought to be raised that most of that 7 million prison population is

overwhelmingly poor and disproportionaly black.

PALAZZOLO, Joe. "Wall Street Journal." Racial Gap in Men's Sentencing (Feb. 14,

2013 5:36 p.m. ET): n. pag. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

- Prison sentencing for black men are nearly 20% longer than those of white men for

similar crimes. The Racial Gap has widened since the supreme court restored judicial

discretion.
Conclusion: In todays society with racial punishment being a major factor and with

all of the chaos coming from it, it is sad that when a white man commits a crime he

knows itll be a slap on the wrist or wont be anything and they will be able to get off.

As for a black man doing the same crime its possible hell never see his family again

because the color of his skin is different.