More black men in jail than college? Actually, no.
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out this video (hat tip to Keith Boykin) that debunks oft-cited statistics about black men. Stats like 1 out of 2 black men doesn’t graduate from college. Or that there are more college-age black men in jail than in school. And visit out this page, where they compile links to all the sources they used for their research.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Kenda wrote:
good video. i just wish there was some reputable place I could go to find the actual statistics.
Posted 04 Dec 2006 at 7:38 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Hey Kenda, actually the page I link to on the post compiles the sources from which they drew their statistics. And as far as I could tell, they were all from federal agencies’ web sites. Check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/yy7qot
Posted 04 Dec 2006 at 7:52 pm ¶
richard jones wrote:
The WBMT PSA is also featured on the Black Male Appreciation blog, a site dedicated to dispelling myths about Black males. Check out the positive news and notes about Black males at http://www.BlackMaleAppreciation.com
Posted 04 Dec 2006 at 8:40 pm ¶
RJ wrote:
I like many of you had heard the stats and just bought into it because we believed it came from a reliable source. Good to have the record straight. Thanks J. Pinder for setting the record straight for me!
Posted 14 Aug 2008 at 8:22 pm ¶