{"id":490,"date":"2015-11-09T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/248philofrace\/?p=490"},"modified":"2015-11-23T21:35:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T21:35:25","slug":"video-qi-where-are-1-of-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/248philofrace\/2015\/11\/09\/video-qi-where-are-1-of-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: QI &#8211; Where are 1% Of Americans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QI | Where are 1% Of Americans?\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHz2Hmq7soo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>QI (Quite Interesting) is a British comedy panel game show hosted by\u00a0Stephen Fry, which brings together four comedians a week to share anecdotes and trivia.<\/p>\n<p>In this clip, Fry asks the panelists\u00a0<span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"QI - Where are 1% Of Americans?\">&#8220;Where are 1% Of Americans?&#8221;, which kicks off a conversation about\u00a0mass incarceration, bringing to light\u00a0unsettling details and statistics on racial disparity in the criminal justice system and the\u00a0<\/span>three-strikes law.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;No society in history has imprisoned more of its citizens&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While it&#8217;s illegal to import good made by forced labor or prisoners, American prisons produce &#8220;100%\u00a0military helmets, bulletproof vests&#8230; and other items of uniform &#8230; 93% of domestically produced paints&#8230; 36% of \u00a0home appliances&#8221;. \u00a0It could be said that America &#8220;reinvented the slave trade&#8221;; these prisoners are paid way below minimum wage, allowing the country to compete with factories in third world countries.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;5% of the world&#8217;s population is American, 25% of people in jail worldwide are American.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Though QI\u00a0is a comedy show and this particular conversation ends in a laugh, it\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0detract from the\u00a0gravity\u00a0of the pervasive existence\u00a0of racial discrimination and the business side of the American criminal justice system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QI (Quite Interesting) is a British comedy panel game show hosted by\u00a0Stephen Fry, which brings together four comedians a week to share anecdotes and trivia. 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