The global human rights organization Human Rights Watch has set its sights on the disproportionate incarcerations of Blacks in America. Similar to the report by The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch has looked at the data and determined that Blacks are more than 10 times as likely as whites to enter prison for a drug offense.

This may not seem out of the ordinary given the popular perception that the “average” drug dealer is a Black male but this perception is actually contrary to all available data. According to the above Human Rights Watch report, “since the mid-1980s, the nation’s drug problem has been perceived to be primarily an urban Black problem, even though… available data suggests there may be six times as many white drug offenders as Black.” Given the public misperception of what the “average” drug dealer looks like, the Human Rights Watch report further notes that the ongoing racial disparity in drug related incarcerations are “as predictable as they are unjust.”

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The above, two very influential studies have removed all doubt about the inadequacy and inherent bias of the SAT exam. The first study is the culmination of 10 years of research at the University of California, Berkeley. It concluded that the SAT is biased and is a low predictor of academic success. Another report by the Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid at Harvard University (and the National Association for College Admission Counseling) has come to the same conclusion. Both studies point out that high school grades and success in college preparatory classes are far better predictors than the SAT, which is skewed by socio-economic status and parents’ level of education.