Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress

Mass incarceration is disproportionately concentrated among men, African Americans, and those with low education. Yet our national data systems and the social facts they produce are based on information that excludes inmates and former inmates. This presentation show that because these populations differ in systematic ways from those living in households, data gathered through household-based surveys offer a biased glimpse into the American experience and obscures accounts of racial inequality.