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A 4 page debate as to the reasons behind the disproportionate representation of blacks in the criminal justice system. The author contends that although the criminal justice system is not racist, the racist aspects of many other components of society often result in a greater propensity for criminal activity among blacks. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Whether or not our criminal justice system is racially biased is a highly controversial topic. On the one hand, when an evaluation is made of the statistics of who
it is that is incarcerated in our nations prisons it is clear that there is a greater relative percentage of African Americans and certain other minorities than there is whites.
The Human Rights Watch (2000) reports, in fact, that although blacks represent only thirteen percent of our national population they represent some thirty percent of those arrested: "41
percent of people in jail, and 49 percent of those in prison". The conclusion might be that our criminal justice system is racist. If we accept this conclusion
then the next logical question to ask is "does this disproportionate representation of minorities in our criminal justice system point to an inherent unfairness in that system?". Interestingly, a
very visible component of our population would contend that the answer is a definitive no! These dissenters contend that blacks and other minorities are not being singled out on
the basis of their color but rather on the basis of the fact that the commit a disproportionate percentage of the crimes.
While the statistics obviously support the contention that there is a disproportionate representation of blacks as compared to whites in the criminal justice system, coming to an agreement on
the question of whether this disproportionate representation is related to disproportionate criminal activity on the part of blacks themselves is an apparent impossibility. Even those that would contend that
this was the case often look for some means of blaming society as a whole for the actions of a few. Some contend, for example, that societys repression of
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