New York Times, April 20, 2015 This item was submitted by one of our members, Azam.
"In New York, almost 120,000 black men
between the ages of 25 and 54 are missing from everyday life. In
Chicago, 45,000 are, and more than 30,000 are missing in Philadelphia.
Across the South — from North Charleston, S.C., through Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi and up into Ferguson, Mo. — hundreds of thousands more
are missing.
They are missing, largely because of
early deaths or because they are behind bars. Remarkably, black women
who are 25 to 54 and not in jail outnumber black men in that category by
1.5 million, according to an Upshot analysis.
For every 100 black women in this age group living outside of jail,
there are only 83 black men. Among whites, the equivalent number is 99,
nearly parity."
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