Introduction
The American history is full of racial discrimination against the black people. Although, through the 18th century and pass of Civil Right Bill in the nineties, we find endeavors to reduce bias in the society. The reality is otherwise. The matter of the fact is that the article, “A presumption of Guilt” by Bryan Stevenson, highlights the pathetic picture of the American society and its criminal justice system. The central claim of this article is that American police and justice given authorities presume the black young people as surly convicts of crimes. The black people in the USA consider as a guilty and dangerous. To prove this thesis, the author describes his own story and provides many other factual pieces of evidence.
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It is not wrong to say that African-Americans are subject to brutal murders and unfair trials. There are many examples exist which indicate the very fact. The mass killing of the black people during the start of the 19th century had no substantial reason. Here, the example of the case in which a woman was raped in North Carolina and naturally, a black man is the last suspect. Thus, the black man was murdered by an officer without proper examination. So, this proves that race serves as evidence to consider ones as a convict (para. …show more content…
The author shares his research in which he finds that “more than four thousand racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 in those twelve states, eight hundred more than had been previously reported” (p.3, para, 14). We see that racial terror lynching used a weapon against the black people, specifically. The hidden purpose is to maintain the white authority and n majority as well. These practices raise a question mark to the criminal justice system in the country. These lynchings were viewed as a celebrating event which ensures the white supremacy in the
The American history is full of racial discrimination against the black people. Although, through the 18th century and pass of Civil Right Bill in the nineties, we find endeavors to reduce bias in the society. The reality is otherwise. The matter of the fact is that the article, “A presumption of Guilt” by Bryan Stevenson, highlights the pathetic picture of the American society and its criminal justice system. The central claim of this article is that American police and justice given authorities presume the black young people as surly convicts of crimes. The black people in the USA consider as a guilty and dangerous. To prove this thesis, the author describes his own story and provides many other factual pieces of evidence.
Discussion …show more content…
It is not wrong to say that African-Americans are subject to brutal murders and unfair trials. There are many examples exist which indicate the very fact. The mass killing of the black people during the start of the 19th century had no substantial reason. Here, the example of the case in which a woman was raped in North Carolina and naturally, a black man is the last suspect. Thus, the black man was murdered by an officer without proper examination. So, this proves that race serves as evidence to consider ones as a convict (para. …show more content…
The author shares his research in which he finds that “more than four thousand racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 in those twelve states, eight hundred more than had been previously reported” (p.3, para, 14). We see that racial terror lynching used a weapon against the black people, specifically. The hidden purpose is to maintain the white authority and n majority as well. These practices raise a question mark to the criminal justice system in the country. These lynchings were viewed as a celebrating event which ensures the white supremacy in the