| It is a known fact that there are more African | | | | prosecution rates to fall, now that our president is black |
| Americans in our jails and prisons than other ethnic | | | | and Barack Obama is in the White House. Of course, |
| races as a percentage of the total population. Now | | | | anybody that says anything about this natural |
| that we have elected an African-American president, | | | | occurrence will surely be called a racist. It really is true |
| we may see more leniencies in the court towards | | | | that in America when it comes to race we are a |
| black Americans. It is true that the court systems of | | | | bunch of chickens and we are unwilling to talk about |
| the past have gone harder on African-Americans, than | | | | the reality. |
| blue-eyed white people. | | | | We should discuss things like this to make sure that |
| Nevertheless, a person should be equal under the law | | | | justice is blind toward race, religion, and/or ethnicity. Our |
| and just because someone is a black American does | | | | court systems must remain fair and true to their cause |
| not give them an upper hand on the justice in our | | | | so that all people will have justice and those victims |
| nation, or it shouldn't anyway. Of course, since our | | | | that have been hurt by crimes can feel comfortable |
| president is black, this indeed will slightly change the | | | | knowing that justice will be served no matter what. |
| stereotype of people of color amongst the general | | | | In the past many white people have skated by for |
| population and the juries in our courts. This means that | | | | their crimes, and yes, this is unacceptable. But, by the |
| some African-Americans will get off for crimes they | | | | same token if we let criminals off just because of the |
| did commit and should have been prosecuted for. | | | | color of their skin, if they happen to be black, then we |
| Our prejudices are not something we like to talk about | | | | haven't learned anything have we? Reverse |
| in our society, but they do exist and as these | | | | discrimination is a lie to our founding principles just as |
| stereotypes change, we should expect Black | | | | much as discrimination is against the law. Think on this. |