Presentation 1

Presentation 1

On Thursday December 2, the "Any and Everywheres" presented a group exhibition on “black men and incarceration.” There are four major causes that contribute to the high rate of incarceration amongst black people. they are: Poverty, racial profiling, Neglect and child abuse. poverty is the state of being extremely poor. Racial profiling is the practice of substituing skin color for evidence in order to explain the suspicion of law enforcement officials. Approximately 4919 blacks compared to 717 whites were incarcerated in 2004. An example of racial profilig is the case of Henry Louis Gates jr. Briefly, on July 16th 2009 Henry Gates returned home from an international trip to find the door to his house jammed. A passer-by called police and reported a possible break-in. Gates was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Later the charges were dropped. one of the consequences of racial profiling from the black point of view is feeling insulted and embarassed. As for the police they feel embarassed as well and underwent much criticism from the black community. This group did an inerveiw with a licensed clinical social worker at the university of california, Deborah raphael. The summary of her interview was: If the child is shown neglect, it will take away his childhood. As a result the child will look for outside “familial ties” and in the case of children living in the projects that outside family might not be the best and as a result they are caught in a bad position. This case of Henry Gates was seen in the media. CNN in particular had many stories on his case. the groups general opinion was outrage over the treatment of Henry Gates.