Rachel E. Barkow states that,"We are a nation dedicated to liberty and equality. So it is a particularly tragic irony that America leads the world in imprisonment and that a large proportion of those serving sentences are people of color".
this quote gives us a clear view of american injustice and defiance of the constitution.the american prison system has majority of African Americans incarcerated as compared to other races.As a nation of equality and dedicated to liberty,this must not happen ,however we see it on daily basis how the judiciary institution append different sentences for people of color and Caucasian whom have committed the same crime. African american get longer sentences with ridiculous probation periods as compared to white people.this is not the american we all inspire or try to portray.
this quote caught my attention because i see a lot of people of color in jail for petty crime or misdemeanor acts.they receive unusually long jail sentences which in most cases should be a fine or warning.certain counties pass legislation targeting African american norms and culture.recently an american american got 12 years prison sentence for switching her zip code to get her child in a good school but a white woman who paid bribe to get her child accepted in University of Southern California gets 9 months probation.this injustice and inequality that exists in american judiciary must be fixed and reformed.
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