1. I don't see how "slightly more than 1 in 4" is all that better.

2. I used the past tense intentionally. It is true that it is no longer 1 in 3 today, but the rates were much higher in the 80s and 90s.

3. In 1997, "one in three young African-American men are incarcerated, or on probation or parole"

In my hometown (Washington, DC), this number was closer to 50%.