Perspective
Jan. 29, 2011
Legacies of Racism Is Alive and Well
Racism and bigotry against African-Americans still persist in the criminal justice system. By Michael Tonry of the University of Minensota Law School.
As Americans, we would like to believe - after passing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and electing our first black president - that racial injustice would have been abolished a long time ago. Yet, the reality is that we live in a country where black men are much more likely to be stopped by the police, arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned than their white counterparts. So how did this happen? Why are there still obvious disputes ...
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