Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System
The aspect of race and ethnic relations I want to explore is minority groups in the U.S. criminal justice system. I will talk about young black and Latino men, especially those who are members of a lower socio-economic status. They are the most targeted by the law, which is portrayed in popular culture. I became interested in this topic because I'm passionate about anything that is related to the criminal justice system. Every single project or research paper that I do is related to these kind of topics because I'm a member of a minority group, and I want to study criminal law when I get to law school. I would like to analyze the way that they are portrayed as criminals in films.
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Two examples that I have right now in my mind are: Barack Obama, and Sonia Soto Mayor. I will have a lot more pictures of other professionals. The reason why I want to do this is to convince my peers of the huge possibility of having more Blacks and Latinos take a different path in their lives if racial inequality did not exist. We already have members of these groups succeeding, but imagine if not obstacles did not exist for them? Things would be different, and maybe similar to the lives of Whites. I'm certain that many doors full of opportunities are being closed for them just because of the racial inequality that exist today in society, but if this changes, they might take advantage of these opportunities and succeed like many of these professionals out there do. I also would like to prepare a short trailer with a few scenes from different films where Blacks and Latinos are portrayed as well educated people, instead of delinquents. As of right now, I do not have specific films, but I will eventually find a …show more content…
Regarding my creative product, I want everyone in class to understand why this topic is important, especially because we have been experiencing a lot of racial inequality in the criminal justice system. Many people know that Blacks and Latinos have been part of the higher percentage of the prison population for many years already, but they may not know that race is as much involve as other factors. I want them to believe as much as I believe that if racial inequality did not exist, most members of these two minority groups could reach the same level of social standing like Whites can. The skills that I will need to complete this project are: critical thinking and writing, the use of statistics, how to cite my references, how to prepare a neat photo collage, and how to create a series of film clips. I will need to work on how to use statistics correctly. I might need to work on a little bit more in my critical and writing skills
The aspect of race and ethnic relations I want to explore is minority groups in the U.S. criminal justice system. I will talk about young black and Latino men, especially those who are members of a lower socio-economic status. They are the most targeted by the law, which is portrayed in popular culture. I became interested in this topic because I'm passionate about anything that is related to the criminal justice system. Every single project or research paper that I do is related to these kind of topics because I'm a member of a minority group, and I want to study criminal law when I get to law school. I would like to analyze the way that they are portrayed as criminals in films.
I want …show more content…
Two examples that I have right now in my mind are: Barack Obama, and Sonia Soto Mayor. I will have a lot more pictures of other professionals. The reason why I want to do this is to convince my peers of the huge possibility of having more Blacks and Latinos take a different path in their lives if racial inequality did not exist. We already have members of these groups succeeding, but imagine if not obstacles did not exist for them? Things would be different, and maybe similar to the lives of Whites. I'm certain that many doors full of opportunities are being closed for them just because of the racial inequality that exist today in society, but if this changes, they might take advantage of these opportunities and succeed like many of these professionals out there do. I also would like to prepare a short trailer with a few scenes from different films where Blacks and Latinos are portrayed as well educated people, instead of delinquents. As of right now, I do not have specific films, but I will eventually find a …show more content…
Regarding my creative product, I want everyone in class to understand why this topic is important, especially because we have been experiencing a lot of racial inequality in the criminal justice system. Many people know that Blacks and Latinos have been part of the higher percentage of the prison population for many years already, but they may not know that race is as much involve as other factors. I want them to believe as much as I believe that if racial inequality did not exist, most members of these two minority groups could reach the same level of social standing like Whites can. The skills that I will need to complete this project are: critical thinking and writing, the use of statistics, how to cite my references, how to prepare a neat photo collage, and how to create a series of film clips. I will need to work on how to use statistics correctly. I might need to work on a little bit more in my critical and writing skills