Who will be discriminated next, what will their ethnicity be? Throughout history there have been many discriminations and unfair treatments. African americans were getting lynched, females aren’t getting equal rights. In the 1930’s nine scottsboro boys were accused of raping 2 white girls and were immediately sentenced death by an all white jury. During the 1930’s there was a lot of discrimination. The significance of the 1930’s is that many groups/ethnicities were discriminated. Although much has changed in the United States over the past 60 years, this country’s legal system has failed at providing justice for all people.
The first reason that many see as proof of how the justice system has failed, is that people of color receive unfair sentences …show more content…
According to nytimes.com, Wen Ho Lee was accused of espionage. He was accused of stealing the design of America’s most advanced nuclear weapon. But, prosecutors were never able to connect him to espionage. This was racial profiling against asian americans. This tells us that the American legal system is not only fair but racially profiles people. This calls the american legal system out. A second example is when 4 african americans were accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint. According to Civil Liberty.about.com, they stated that the boys robbed a woman at gunpoint on March 22, the night of mob violence in downtown Louisville. After 70 days in jail the boys were free from guilt. The boys did accept the apology from the mayor of louisville, but they believed that the police racially profiled the african americans. The gGood thing is that they did receive 1.5 million dollars from the city. This says that America is judging african americans when they are looking for one specific african american. That also shows how America’s police can racially profile races based on things that happened in the
The first reason that many see as proof of how the justice system has failed, is that people of color receive unfair sentences …show more content…
According to nytimes.com, Wen Ho Lee was accused of espionage. He was accused of stealing the design of America’s most advanced nuclear weapon. But, prosecutors were never able to connect him to espionage. This was racial profiling against asian americans. This tells us that the American legal system is not only fair but racially profiles people. This calls the american legal system out. A second example is when 4 african americans were accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint. According to Civil Liberty.about.com, they stated that the boys robbed a woman at gunpoint on March 22, the night of mob violence in downtown Louisville. After 70 days in jail the boys were free from guilt. The boys did accept the apology from the mayor of louisville, but they believed that the police racially profiled the african americans. The gGood thing is that they did receive 1.5 million dollars from the city. This says that America is judging african americans when they are looking for one specific african american. That also shows how America’s police can racially profile races based on things that happened in the