Essay On Criminal Justice And Social Class

Response to “Criminal Justice and Social Class” In recent years, this issue of criminal justice and the social class in the American society has come to light again. Yes, it seems as a major social class issue, but it is more complex than the media has made it out to be. The solution is not that clear or easy to accomplished. It would seem that in this century, America would be past this issue. The issue stems because we had an Anglo-Saxon white society with African American slaves. The bias views on both culture effects and clouds the views of each culture and race. Much of the view is that jealousy, the other is getting more than the other. Many African Americans have believe that they are not been given the equality and pay needed to climb up. They believe they need to be given it. This lower in class leads to less educated and then they turn to crime and drugs. This has led to more crimes and more African American males being incarcerated (Dewey, 2016). Yes, that is a fact. How can we change this problem of the incarceration rate? The biggest issue in this race inequality is the lack of trust by both races about each other. The police are not trusted by the African American culture. This dates back to 1704, when the slave owners formed slave patrols to recapture …show more content…
Yes, there is and always be racial tensions between the races in America. Look at the Academy Awards this year, there are no African Americans nominated for the top Oscars. This may not be intentional, but for the African American culture there has been an outcry of racism. Chris Rock is hosting the Oscars, but it is racism. This view does not make sense. The sensitivity is always high and the racism card is always there. The racism that is at issue may or may not be intentional. The main way to combat this issue is to educate everyone to be tolerant of each