SOSC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jim Crow Laws, Emmett Till
2 Dec 2015
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Barack obama"s speech on how black men need to be better fathers. Answer: prison the mass incarceration of ppl of colour. Black ppl are more likely to be incarcerated for drug crimes due to their skin. Racial segregation laws enacted b/w 1876-1965 in the us at the states and local level. Under jim crow, african americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens. Jim crow represented the legitimization of anti-black racism. Historically black people have been seen as dangerous, criminals and these notions have been carried to present day. Police are driven by racial biased opinions are though law is supposed to be unbiased. African americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2. 3 million incarcerated population. They are incarcerated nearly 6 times the rate. Reform: remade, it isn"t taken completely out, bring slight changes, putting a ban-aid on cancer, etc. Use the fact she was a prostitute to lessen the sentence for her killers: 80 quote.
