Appearance has held such precedence for Americans. ... For a variety of reasons, it is easier to make arrests in these neighborhoods as contrasted with, for example, suburban neighborhoods with mostly white populations. Records of past statistics make officers believe they have a sufficient amount of evidence to incriminate anyone who fits these standards. ... African Americans make up 12% of the U.S. population, but they comprise about half of all prison inmates and 40% of those sentenced to death. ... The most recent statistics show that blacks are arrested and incarcerated for drug use at a...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All the '58 stereotypes are in abundant supply: mellifluous judge, evil, smirky prosecutor, drunken law professor, cynical divorce lawyer pal, good ol' dog, morally pure African-American, Cro-Magnon white racists.... RACIAL ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE BOOK While Grisham critizises numerous aspects of the American legal system and the society in general, the most prominent issues are race-related. ... In an Interview with Al Jazeera America, the segregation expert John Logan from brown University claims that there is a " high degree of segregation" (El Nasser) in modern-day Amer...

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I used to hear some of my black friends talk about "how hard it is to be a black man in America." ... Kinloch, coined Missouri's first black city, was eventually comprised and controlled entirely by African-Americans (Wright). ... Racial isolation is often defined by a 90/10 rule representing that a block's population is made up of ninety percent like-raced residents and ten percent of another race. Thirty percent of black Americans live in all-black neighborhoods (Gillmor). ... Whether we like it or not we are a divided people, and yet we have the nerve to call ourselves the "Un...

• Word Count: 2726
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

He advocated for equal treatment for every American in the United States. ... Globalization has had an immense influence on the ethnic map of America. From the beginning of 1960, immigration has heightened in the American society. ... The resulting effect has been the rise in non-white diversity population. ... Statistics have shown that these policies target students of color and those with a history of abuse, neglect, poverty or learning disabilities. ...

• Word Count: 2870
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Black inmates now constitute roughly 38% of the nearly 2.2 million people incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails Bureau of justice statistics [BJS], 2007), where they are overrepresented relative to other populations. ... This movement was part of a broader shift toward formalism and rationalization in American criminal law. ...

• Word Count: 2620
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate