ChrisMuoz

3/5/15
Fourteenexamplesofracismincriminaljusticesystem
Requirements:Summaryofthetext.ananalysis/commentary.areflectiononitsapplicability
toyouressentialquestion.

Quigley,Bill."FourteenExamplesofRacisminCriminalJusticeSystem."
TheHuffingtonPost
.
TheHuffingtonPost.com,n.d.Web.2015.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/billquigley/fourteenexamplesofraci_b_658947.html

ThisarticleisabouthowAfricanAmericansaretargetedandpunishedmoreharshly
thanwhiteamericans.Likethetitle.Theauthorgaveexamplesofthefactthatthecriminal
justicesystemisracist.Thisarticlegivesreasonsandfactsonwhythecriminaljusticesystem
isracisttowardsafricanamericans.
Ithinkthatthisarticleissomewhatright.Thereisapresenceofracism,onesuchfact
thatInoticedwasexamplenumberfourteen.Example#14statedthatafterbeingreleased
fromprison17%whitesgetcallbackswhenapplyingforjobswereasblackshavea5%of
gettingacallbackwithoutacriminalrecord.Thattheirjuststatesthatwhitecriminalsare
treatedbetterthanafricanamericans.Alsomeaningthatblacksareconsideredworsethan
whiteamericanswithacriminalrecord.Ithinkthatsverywrongandunacceptable,Ifonlytheir
wereawaytochangethesystemevenslightlytohelpminoritiesout.
Readingthisarticlemakesmewonderaboutwhatmakespoliceofficerstarget
minoritiesratherthaneveryoneequally?IsitnotjustthecriminalJusticeSystemthatis
racist?Thisarticlemademethinkaboutbothsidesofthestory,theCriminalJusticeSystem
andAfricanamericans.Whatcausesafricanamericanstomakethesecrimeratesevenupon
thecharts,andwhyaretheyhigherthanwhiteamericans?

"IstheCriminalJusticeSystemRacist?DiscovertheNetworks."
Isthe
CriminalJusticeSystemRacist?DiscovertheNetworks
.N.p.,n.d.Web.02Mar.2015.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1627

Thisarticleisabouttheracismagainstafricanamericansisevenseenbycongress.
CongresswomanMaxineWatenssharesinthisarticlethatskincolormattersineverything.
Herearesomeexamples,skincolordictateswhetheryouwillbearrestedornot,prosecuted
harshlyorlessharshly,orreceiveastiffsentenceorgainprobationorentryintotreatment.
Thearticlethenstatesevidenceonhowthecriminaljusticesystemisracist.
ItsaysthatandIquotefromJesseJacksonAmerica'sjailindustrialcomplex,
maintainsthatblacksareoverrepresentedinprisonpopulationsnotbecauseoftheircriminal
activity,butbecausethejusticesystemholdsthemtomuchstricterstandardsthanwhites.
TheJusticesystemissupposedtobefairandspreadjudgmentequallywhethertheybe
white,africanamerican,mexican,orasian.Thecriminaljusticesystemneedstobejudged
somehowmaybebyanotherlawenforcementgroupmeanttokeeptheJusticesysteminline,
thatswhatIthink.

Inthisarticleitsaysthatin1978astudyofrobberyandaggravatedassaultineight
citiesfoundthattheratesatwhichvictimsandwitnessesidentifiedblacksandwhites.The
equalratesatwhichblacksandwhiteswerearrestedforsimilarcrimes.HeatherMacdonald
statesthatsthisfindinghasbeenreplicatedmanytimessince,acrossarangeofcrimes.
Thisissoundslikearootcausetowhyblacksareprosecutedharshly.

Elder,LaurenceA."FiveMythsofthe
Racist'CriminalJusticeSystem."
ByLarryElder
onCreators.com
.Creators.com,2012.Web.03Mar.2015.
http://www.creators.com/opinion/larryelder/fivemythsoftheracistcriminaljusticesystem.ht
ml

ThisarticleisaboutwhethertheJusticeSystemisracistorthatit'snotracist.Itstates
atthebeginningthattheyquestionifitsreallyracistbysayingthatwhentalkingtowitnesses
theymostlysaythatitwasanafricanamerican.Italsostatesthatblacksandwhitesare
arrestedatdifferentrates,convictedatdifferentrates,andreceivedifferentsentencesallfor
thesamecrime.Afterthatlists5differentassumptionsaboutifthecriminaljusticesystemis
notreallyracist,butitseemsthatway.
InthearticlewhatIrealizedwhenreadingthiswasthatmaybeblacksaren'tbeingover
arrested.Isaythisbecauseinreasonsoneandtwosaythatthevictimsthemselvesthat
witnessedthecrimessaidthatthesuspectswereinfactafricanamericansayingthattheyare
notlying.IfthisistruewhatcauseAfricanamericanstocommitmorecrimesthaneveryone
else.Ithinkitsoundsabitfarfetched.
Inoticedthatsincethisarticleisstatingthatracisminthejusticesystemisn'tracist
theydogiveveryreasonableexplanationswhy.Maybeinsteadoffocusingontheracism
towardsafricanamericansandtrytofindoutwhataretherootcausesthatmakeblackpeople
commitmorecrimesthanotherminoritiesorraces.

"IstheCriminalJusticeSystemRacist?byHeatherMacDonald,CityJournalSpring2008."
Is
theCriminalJusticeSystemRacist?byHeatherMacDonald,CityJournalSpring2008
.N.p.,
n.d.Web.06Mar.2015
http://www.cityjournal.org/2008/18_2_criminal_justice_system.html

Thisarticleisjustgoingoverideasandfactsabouttheracismseenwithinthecriminal
justicesystem.In1976to2005Africanamericanscommitted52percentofthemurdersin
america.Arrestdataisstatedthattheraceofcriminalsreportedbycrimevictimsmatches
arrestdata.Alsogoingoverbiasprosecutionsofcases.Italsogoesoverpunishmentand
crime.Thisarticlemainlyshowsfactsandstatisticsofcrimewithincertaintimeperiods.
Samewiththeotherarticlesthesameinformationisstatedinthisarticleaswell.So
whatIcantellfromthisarticlearethattheiraretwosidestoastory,thisstorybeingisthe
criminaljusticesystemracistornot.
MostofthesefactsIcoulddefinitelyusetohelpwriteforthetedtalkwe

Donald,HeatherMac."Article|HighIncarcerationRateOfBlacksIsFunctionOfCrime,Not
Racism."
Article|HighIncarcerationRateOfBlacksIsFunctionOfCrime,NotRacism
.
Investor'sBusinessDaily,28Apr.2008.Web.06Mar.2015.
http://www.manhattaninstitute.org/html/miarticle.htm?id=4582