Race And Crime

Crime and race goes hand in hand, there is no escaping race without crime and vice versa. Race is usually brought up during a crime as a part of judging the criminal. Although criminal acts should be focused on the crime that was committed and not the race of the criminal. Having crime and race known in each criminal case could hurt a race; people will think they are violent or classless. What some people do as an individual should not reflect the race as a whole. We should take away race from determining a criminal charge and let it be an equal and fair trial as stated in the constitution. Not having the right to an equal trial due to a person’s race is a disturbing situation with where American has come from. Working on judging people can help America leaves the past behind. …show more content…
Bringing race into the mix can be degrading with the people in that curtain race classification. My topic about race and crime always being paired should be changed in the future. Having race reported in every trial has a chance of creating racial division. Conducting this research, I have learned that we do still have a problem within the sentencing structure in America. Within in this research I have found that minority races have a higher chance receiving a longer jail sentence. I wonder how we can move away from having a race paired with many and not just crime. We are able to move forward without race being the topic of