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2012

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Race

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Racism In The Criminal Justice System, Nichole Griffith Jun 2012

Racism In The Criminal Justice System, Nichole Griffith

Social Sciences

This paper examines racism in the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system creates and perpetuates racial hierarchy in the United States. African Americans are criminalized and targeted because of their skin color. I analyze the Reagan administration, the War on Drugs, corrupt police practices, media, inner city enforcement, police discretion, racial profiling, and sentencing to reveal this racism and unfair treatment of African Americans. These victims of racism face lifelong marginalization and exclusion because they were criminalized. I also draw a link between the criminal justice system and slavery and Jim Crow. This racism explains why there are so …


Standing With Students: An Exploration Of Educational Inequality, Grace Hurner Mar 2012

Standing With Students: An Exploration Of Educational Inequality, Grace Hurner

Social Sciences

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