The ideal way to address the aggressive sentencing that is taking place
with minorities is to prevent the crimes in the first place. As the old [1]
adage goes, an ounce of prevention, beats a pound of cure. This approach
is both biblically and practically sound, as it seeks to address the root of
the problem and not just the result of the problem. However, in order to
do so, one must look at the root problems and all the connections that
they have with one another.
Chief issues in most impoverished inner cities are the lack of jobs,
poor education systems, and a need for better police-community
relations.[2]When good paying jobs are not available, young people will
look to anywhere and any means to make money. This is often a reality
when schools lack the ability to teach to and train students for jobs in
trades. The viable industries that are losing people, are not gaining them
because of poor education systems. The last component requires that
police-sponsored outreach programs be brought back to endangered
communities. Instead of having a constant police state where everyone is
a criminal, present opportunities for youth to grow and be better and they
will do better.
The aforementioned problems are resolved by putting things into
place that prevent crimes from happening and sentencings from being a
necessity. However, the question posed was how to address over-
