The nature of race relations between the white and black community in America has always been a problem of inequality. No matter how hard we try to eradicate racial bias in all settings, it still exists. We see it everyday in the police system, the judicial system and in schools. Racial discrimination in the police force is shown with force being used unnecessarily on black more commonly than white people. Also black criminals being used by officers to get press through perp walks or in Biggers case, bringing him to the crime scene to reenact the crime. These acts to get press give black people the stereotype of being more violent and dangerous to the public. Even in schools students of color get harsher punishments than white students who
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The same punishment bias still happens today, if you are a black male you might get a punishment longer and harsher than white males. In an article published by Joe Palazzolo in The Wall Street Journal, it talked about how black men 's punishment was nearly 20% longer with probation and without probation nearly 15% longer than a white man who committed the same crime. A black male is also 25% less likely to get a lower jail time then the guidelines range then a white male. But this is just statistics and means very little to anyone but proof of this racism in the judicial system can be show when you compare the punishments of 19 year-old Cory Bates (African American) and 19 year-old Brock Turner (white). Both while inebriated raped an unconscious girl, except one was given 15 to 25 years in prison while the other was charged with a felony but only given three to six months depending on behavior. This double standard here is ridiculous, both men committed the same crime except one because of skin color and the judges involved was given a sentence so short he would be out to still go to the beach during the summer while the other will spend the best years of his life locked away in a prison cell. This case here of two men committing the same crime, under very similar circumstances and getting very different sentencing is a prime example of racism in the judicial setting (article published by Shaun King published in NY Daily
The same punishment bias still happens today, if you are a black male you might get a punishment longer and harsher than white males. In an article published by Joe Palazzolo in The Wall Street Journal, it talked about how black men 's punishment was nearly 20% longer with probation and without probation nearly 15% longer than a white man who committed the same crime. A black male is also 25% less likely to get a lower jail time then the guidelines range then a white male. But this is just statistics and means very little to anyone but proof of this racism in the judicial system can be show when you compare the punishments of 19 year-old Cory Bates (African American) and 19 year-old Brock Turner (white). Both while inebriated raped an unconscious girl, except one was given 15 to 25 years in prison while the other was charged with a felony but only given three to six months depending on behavior. This double standard here is ridiculous, both men committed the same crime except one because of skin color and the judges involved was given a sentence so short he would be out to still go to the beach during the summer while the other will spend the best years of his life locked away in a prison cell. This case here of two men committing the same crime, under very similar circumstances and getting very different sentencing is a prime example of racism in the judicial setting (article published by Shaun King published in NY Daily