Question

To what extent are disparities in the criminal justice system reflective of institutional racism in the United States?

Answer 1

USA is a land of ooportunities without any doubt. It provides enormous chances to each and every person. There are some hidden facts also. In USA, existance of racism can not be ignored.

Whenever an American court room is observed then one can easily observe more number of black people waiting for trials. In normal life also it is a documented fact that police stops more black people than whites in everyday life.

African Americans are being counted as black people in USA. Most of them don't even get trials for any argument. In such cases bargaining is being done than constitutional approaches. Movies are mirror of societies. In hollywood movies also same issue has been raised from time to time.

Most of the people getting Life Sentences are blacks. Their number lies from 65% to 85%. African Americans are 14% of population, but their percentage abruptly increases when it comes to the percentage of persons resting in state prisons. Hence it is clear that institutional racism is a truth in USA.