By the Numbers
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15
The number of black people arrested for marijuana possession in Chicago for every one white person arrested
40
Number of black people who plead or are found guilty of marijuana possession for every white person in Chicago’s courts
2
Percent of all people who plead or were found guilty of low-level marijuana possession in 2009-10 in Chicago who were white (89 percent were black, 9 percent were Hispanic)
$55
The average street value of the marijuana found on offenders convicted for marijuana possession in Chicago in 2009-10
70,000
Third-country nationals working for the American military in war zones
2,000
Contractor fatalities reported in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001
51,000
Injuries to contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001
85
Percent of applicants accepted into Harvard in 1940
6
Percent of applicants accepted into Harvard in 2010
Source: The Reader, “The Grass Gap”; The New Yorker, “The Invisible Army”; The New Yorker, “Live and Learn”