The criminal justice system targets minorities

The criminal justice system's racial disparities show that felony disenfranchisement is an indication of racism. According to the Sentencing Project, one-third of African-American men in the U.S. have a felony. ^[1]In fact, African-Americans comprise almost 40% of prison inmates despite making up only 12% of the population. ^[2] Furthermore, "1 of every 13 African-Americans has lost their voting rights due to felony disenfranchisement laws, vs. 1 in every 56 non-black voters." ^[3] This shows that disenfranchisement serves to prevent African-Americans specifically from voting. It is ultimately a way for the government to legally discriminate against the African-American population and has even been called the "New Jim Crow." ^[4] Incarceration statistics indicate that this disparity also applies to other minority populations. For example, "Hispanic men are 2.3 times are likely as white men to be incarcerated." ^[5] Thus, the United State's incarceration system has served to subjugate minorities by finding a legal means of taking away their voting rights.

[P1] The criminal justice system disproportionately targets minorities, especially African-American men. [P2] Felony disenfranchisement is an intentional effort to take away minorities' voting rights.