Essay On Race Relation

Race relation is always a problem in the society. Different people have different feelings or opinions about races. It is hard to have race equality in a society, but we can eliminate inequality among races. Legal system can be an issue when there are discriminations, everyone should be treated equally when they are facing the legal system. For example, if someone has to use the legal system to do something, he/she should be treated equally no matter what race he/she is. There should be no difference when different races ask the legal system for help. Comparing to the past, race relation and legal system get better and better. However, race relation and unjust legal system were big issues in the society in the 18th Century, the New York Conspiracy Trials showed that some groups of people became the scapegoat for something bad happened, and the legal system was being flawed, which would be unfair to some other …show more content…
Black people got blamed for setting fires to burn the city, even though there were limited information to prove that those fires were done by the black people. Black people had low social status, they would be the scapegoat for any bad or harmful things happened. In addition, the flawed legal system contributed to scapegoat for being happened, black people would not be accused if there would be a fair and just legal system in the society. The courts relied heavily on white people, instead of enough evidences. The courts still sentenced black people even though there was not enough evidences to charge them. Therefore, there should be a fair and equal legal system to eliminate social inequality and race discriminations, better race relation and social equality would help to make the community preferable and improve the quality of a