Racism played a major part in the Scottsboro trials. Racism is when people make fun of others of a different race. For example, Routledge states, that some humans are racist to boost their own self-esteem. Routledge also says people are scared of differences, so people lean away from others that are different. Another reason of racism, is dominance. Most individuals want to feel the most dominate, so they make others underneath them by being racist. The Scottsboro trials clearly displayed racism. The boys were convicted twice for something that obviously did not do. Even though there was a group of white men and a group of black teenagers, the police immediately assumed the group of black teenagers had done it. At the trial, it was proven that
