- Cook, Lindsey. "No Justice Is Not Colorblind." US News. U.S.News & World Report. Web. 12 Apr. 2016, Page 1 Lindsey 's article explains the racial difference between citizens and the system. As America holds 5% of the world 's population we hold 25% of those in prison. Statistically, of those people populated, African-Americans are more targeted and incarcerated than any other race. This is due to the Caucasians being the prevailing race influencing the NYPD, and the Criminal Justice System. Based on her findings you can assume that the Criminal Justice System is racist, and bias. Caucasians and African-American do drugs at the same rate, yet since the 1990 's there was a spike in the amount of African-Americans that got incarcerated and arrested for drug related issues. Cooks
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The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America. Belmont: Wadsworth Pub., 1996. Print. Some people may argue against the Criminal Justice System being racist, some may agree with it. These authors stand middle ground but decided the system does stray towards people of color on certain occasions. For example, laws that violate the fourteenth amendment. Such as the Federal Cocaine Laws, that states that a certain amount of crack-cocaine is about 100 times as much of powder cocaine. Nonetheless, African-Americans are statistically more likely to get stopped for crack-cocaine and Caucasians are statistically more likely to get stopped for powder cocaine. Intentionally, laws are more harsh on crack-cocaine users than powder cocaine users. However, these authors wrote a well-balanced book that stated evidence using patterns of behaviors, victimization, police practices and other programs. Using these methods they put themselves on the middle ground to let the readers decides if the Criminal Justice System is bias among people of color. This book will help me increase statistical data and master my claim on both sides of the
The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America. Belmont: Wadsworth Pub., 1996. Print. Some people may argue against the Criminal Justice System being racist, some may agree with it. These authors stand middle ground but decided the system does stray towards people of color on certain occasions. For example, laws that violate the fourteenth amendment. Such as the Federal Cocaine Laws, that states that a certain amount of crack-cocaine is about 100 times as much of powder cocaine. Nonetheless, African-Americans are statistically more likely to get stopped for crack-cocaine and Caucasians are statistically more likely to get stopped for powder cocaine. Intentionally, laws are more harsh on crack-cocaine users than powder cocaine users. However, these authors wrote a well-balanced book that stated evidence using patterns of behaviors, victimization, police practices and other programs. Using these methods they put themselves on the middle ground to let the readers decides if the Criminal Justice System is bias among people of color. This book will help me increase statistical data and master my claim on both sides of the