-Pg.125 She denies him the security of punishment following sin. ... It is interesting to note as well, that it is the dietician who causes Joe to be taken out of the orphanage, the only home he has even known, by telling the matron of the orphanage of Joe's mixed heritage. ... However, this is the sort of punishment Joe wants. ... Indeed, Joe is forced to withdraw from the two extremes of his blood and exist apart from race, and only when he sins or commits a crime is he defined as absolutely one race. ...

• Word Count: 1750
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In addition to the practice of racial segregation across the South, Tindall and Shi note that, "The period of growing discrimination at the turn of the century was one of the worst" (America 854). ... Second, voters were disqualified if convicted of any crimes. ... In part he reminds the white race, " We shall constitute one-third and more of the ignorance and crime of the South, or one-third of its intelligence and progress" (42). ... She insists that the law must bring severe punishment to the lynchers, but that it couldn't be done without public demands to take action such as this. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

While it can easily be argued that the southern motives against slavery were solely based on embedded racism, it is important to note that most Americans felt the exact same way about the issue. ... When you look at a human being as property, it is fairly simple to justify cruel treatment and punishment in the face of resistance. ... Nonetheless, African Americans are disproportionately targeted, arrested, and jailed for drug related crimes....

• Word Count: 1706
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate