The reason being the person on the page is likable or has some qualities that makes the person sympathetic or at least a recognizably authentic human. ... There are various types of people that live in today's society and each person has a unique aspect of their character to share with the society. ... Although the author, O'Connor, possesses strong anti-racist sentiments, he also simultaneously evokes pity for the "innocent" mother of Julian and criticizes her actions. The narrator describes her eyes as "sky-blue, [they] were as innocent and untouched by experience as they must h...

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For instance, a woman in Texarkana in the early 1890's accused Edward Coy of rape, and he was killed while claiming he was innocent. ... This white woman's rape inspired white men to take violent action against the man accused of being responsible, and also gave them an excuse to act out violently against innocent African Americans. ... She brings up the fact that "29% of these two hundred and eleven persons were charged with crimes against women" and then goes on to say that the other 79% of men were lynched over "some kind of offense against white men". ...

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Racial profiling is a form of discrimination by which law enforcement uses a person's race or cultural background as the primary reason to suspect that the individual has broken the law. ... In other words, a person is judged by the description of others and not by their actual character. ... Despite training to avoid discrimination, officers may still rely on cultural stereotypes and act on their perceptions of a person's characteristics (such as age, race or gender)("Racial Profiling," 2013). ... Racial profiling forces individuals that have done no wrong to endure the burdens o...

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While Paul Haggis created the film on an attempt to minimize racial prejudice, the film revealed how the world can be extremely judgmental based on the ethnicity of a person, although discrimination has been a problem for all of the United States. ... This is one of the most significant incidents of the movie, where the individual realizes that the "other" person can be as "innocent" as himself, and he might have just acted out of his prejudice. ... He demonstrates in all of the sub-stories how the world can be judgmental by the ethnicity of a person, how prejudice is a p...

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One aspect of this is the disparate treatment of persons of color which occurs across the entire American criminal justice system. ... The American Bar Association, reviewed the US public defender system in 2004 and concluded "All too often, defendants plead guilty, even if they are innocent, without really understanding their legal rights or what is occurring...The fundamental right to a lawyer that America assumes applies to everyone accused of criminal conduct effectively does not exist in practice for countless people across the US." ... Most plea bargains consist of promise of a longer ...

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But though she has great justification for what she has done, and the reader must partially sympathize with her, her action injures many innocent people and cannot finally be justified. ... Her child, now her master, becomes a sickly and pernicious person who takes particular delight in treating Roxana with open contempt. ... But the impossibility of openly addressing these sins by humans, who are so decidedly not innocent, forces society to operate within a web of lies that enables the civilization to limp along without complete anarchy. ...

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Everyday in the U.S. there are numerous crimes being committed in which law enforcement must take action in order to protect innocent civilians against lawbreakers. ... This states for any person injured by racial profiling to bring a civil suit filed against that department. ... One thing they can do is providing on-going diversity and ethical training for officers, so they can be more prepared to decide whether they are targeting a person because of their race, or because they just merely seem suspicious of criminal activity. ...

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Green recounts the night that the Klan killed his father and mother, then re-emerges later in the story as the reader begins to realize that Captain McBane had taken part in Klan activities that degraded and might have even killed many innocent Blacks. ... This symbolized that even the slightest detection of black blood flowing in a person's veins was deemed a problem to the white communities of the South. All in all this book lead me to believe that no matter how hard you try, due to the concept of whi...

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This case doesn't turn out well - although Tom's lawyer tries to convince the jurors and the judge that Tom was innocent, they still didn't believe him because Tom is African American. ... On the night of February 4th, 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed and innocent African immigrant, was gunned down in a hail of 41 bullets while standing in the vestibule of his apartment building in the Bronx. ...

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.* Howard has to deal with the objective world on a daily basis, because like she stated: no matter how light you are to the rest of your family, you're the darkest person there and they say you're black. ... All of her life, she was categorized as everything other than biracial, and it took her nineteen years to mellow and realize that some people might refer to her as being Black or White because of innocent ignorance. ...

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Humans are generally afraid of the vampires, and will avoid contact with them; immediately branding every person with fangs to be a murderer and rapist. ... Save for the recent "Twilight" trend going on recently, vampires generally have been portrayed as vicious creatures that seduce innocents and violently drain blood from their necks. ...

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"The purpose of the criminal justice system is to deliver justice for all, by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent" (Collins par 1). It is meant to provide equal protection to all persons under the law and to fairly administer the law. ...

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These records should include the person's race; the reason stopped; how long the car was detained; and whether a ticket was issued, the car searched, or any illegal goods or weapons were found when the traffic stop was made. ... I personally, have repeatedly been an innocent victim of racial profiling in the city in which I reside and while visiting other cities in the United States. ... As a reasonable person I firmly believe that even if the suggestions I recommend to end racial profiling are enacted and routine racial profiling is profiling is prohibited, the practice will not cease qu...

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While he could never change the fact that he was indeed African American, what he wanted basically was what all the other African Americans who trudged the land like him desired and that was a sense of belonging and respect in their person. ... People need to learn to understand that these African Americans do react and feel just like any other person. ... Douglass painted the story of a struggling hero who grew from an innocent young man to an experienced one as his will and determination saw him move from chattel to a freed American citizen. ...

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In order to avoid being persecuted for crimes he was innocent of committing, Staples describes his efforts to make himself appear less threatening. ... Staples mentions how people avoid eye contact with him on the streets and compares it to an old wives tale about how rabid dogs will not bite a person who does not look the dog in the eyes. ...

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It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on ...

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Disparity in Profiling on the Streets "Racial disparities affect not only guilty but also innocent minorities. ... Of numerous studies of death penalty outcomes reviewed by the GAO, 82% found that imposition of the death penalty was more likely in the case of a white victim than in the case of a black victim.11 To give another example, defendants charged in Georgia with killing white victims were 4.3 times more likely to receive the death penalty than defendants charged with killing black victims.12 The Baldus study also found that more than 50% of those sentenced to death for killing a white ...

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