"(...) we found out that seven out of every ten black men behind jail, and most of the men behind jail are black

Seven out of every ten black men never went to the ninth grade

Didn't have 50 dollars and hadn't had 100 for a month when they went to jail

So the poor and the ignorant go to jail while the rich go to San Clemente"

     -- We beg your pardon America, Gil Scott-Heron
        from the album The First Minute of a New Day (1975)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCfEkopryo