Invisible Men

On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people of all races, colors, and creeds stood on the mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, America’s first African American president. Journalists hailed the historic moment, and commentators from across the political spectrum quest...

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Published inInvisible Men p. 1
Main Author Becky Pettit
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Russell Sage Foundation 01.06.2012
Subjects
Academic communities
African Americans
American minorities
Anthropology
Behavioral sciences
Censuses
Correctional institutions
Correctional system
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Criminal punishment
Education
Ethnic groups
Ethnology
Human populations
Jails
Law
Men
Persons
Population dynamics
Population growth
Population studies
Prisoners
Prisons
School dropouts
Social sciences
Students
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Summary:On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people of all races, colors, and creeds stood on the mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, America’s first African American president. Journalists hailed the historic moment, and commentators from across the political spectrum questioned whether Obama’s presidency marked the beginning of a postracial America. At the same time that the crowds in Washington watched Obama take the oath to uphold the Constitution, 2.3 million Americans sat invisible in America’s prisons and jails, nearly half of them black. The American prison system is both historically and comparatively unique. The United
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