Medical Socioeconomic and Criminal Justice Impacts Discussion

Now that you have written about your own personal struggles or trauma, I want you to reflect on traumas we are encountering and surrounded with today. I’d like you to read the following facts and data and reflect on how students in these situations might struggle progressing through their educational journey. 

Things to thing about as you respond. . . 

• How does this information make you feel about your own journey?
• How could these barriers affect a student trying to focus on higher ed?
• Can success be measured the same when barriers are set differently for different people?
• What does it mean to provide equality for all? And, can we really do that? 
• What can you do to help in your own community, workplace, or home to bring awareness of these barriers? 

Reflect on the following information. 

• Socio-Economic Impacts
• Criminal Justice Impact
• Medical Impact 

Medical Impacts 

• By the end of May, the COVID-19 mortality rate for black Americans (Links to an external site.) (1 in 1,850) was 2.4 times as high as the rate for white Americans (1 in 4,400) (Thomson Reuters Foundation). 
• “From 2013 to 2017, white patients in the US received better quality health care than about 34% of Hispanic patients, 40% of Black patients, and 40% of Native American patients” (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality).
• Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women, even at similar levels of income and education (National Partnership for Women and Families).
• Black women in the United States are more than 3 times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes (Links to an external site.) than white women (Thomson Reuters Foundation). 
• Hispanic mothers were 70 percent as likely to receive late or no prenatal care as compared to non-Hispanic white mothers, in 2017 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). 
• Black workers are 60% more likely to be uninsured than white workers, the Economic Policy Institute found (CNN). 
• Criminal Justice Impact
  • Black Americans are more likely than white Americans to be arrested. Once arrested, they are more likely to be convicted, and once convicted, they are more likely to experience lengthy prison sentences (The Sentencing Project). 
  • In New York City, 88% of police stops in 2018 involved Black and LatinX people, while 10% involved white people. Of those stops, 70% were completely innocent” (New York Civil Liberties Union). 
  • Black Americans and white Americans use drugs at similar rates, but Black Americans are 6 times more likely to be arrested for it (NAACP). 
  • On average, Black men in the US receive sentences that are 19.1% longer than those of white men convicted for the same crimes (US Sentencing Commission). 
  • Latinos are incarcerated at a rate about 2 times higher than non-Latino whites, but prisons are disproportionately located in non-Latino areas (Prison Policy). 
  • Black adults, especially black men, are far more likely to end up in jail than white adults. In 2018, there were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults – more than five times  (Links to an external site.)the rate among whites (Thomson Reuters Foundation). 
  • Medical Impacts
    • By the end of May, the COVID-19 mortality rate for black Americans (Links to an external site.) (1 in 1,850) was 2.4 times as high as the rate for white Americans (1 in 4,400) (Thomson Reuters Foundation). 
    • “From 2013 to 2017, white patients in the US received better quality health care than about 34% of Hispanic patients, 40% of Black patients, and 40% of Native American patients” (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality).
    • Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women, even at similar levels of income and education (National Partnership for Women and Families).
    • Black women in the United States are more than 3 times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes (Links to an external site.) than white women (Thomson Reuters Foundation). 
    • Hispanic mothers were 70 percent as likely to receive late or no prenatal care as compared to non-Hispanic white mothers, in 2017 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). 
    • Black workers are 60% more likely to be uninsured than white workers, the Economic Policy Institute found (CNN). 

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Step 2 Post your response to the discussion board

Respond in 250 words or more using the PIE paragraph process.

Consider these questions as you respond:

• How does this information make you feel about your own journey?
• How could these barriers affect a student trying to focus on higher ed?
• Can success be measured the same when barriers are set differently for different people?
• What does it mean to provide equality for all? And, can we really do that? 
• What can you do to help in your own community, workplace, or home to bring awareness of these barriers? 

Step 3 Read and respond to other students’ posts

Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them. In addition to any other comments you may have, respond to the following:

1. How can you further the conversation? What can you add, question, expand on? 
2. Look at the format: Does the paragraph follow the PIE process? How can the development be improved? 
3. What struggles and thoughts do you share with your classmate?