"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life. […]"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box." (pg.38-40)
This quote really speaks out to me because throughout history there has been and will always be racial discrimination and injustice, unfortunately.And you would think that even with people having there prejudices that they would at least have the decency and respect to allow everyone a say so without wrongly being accused of something he or she didn't do. This world is very corrupt, an innocent black male could be walking down the street and could get "accidentally" accused and killed for just being present and black at that very moment.While a white man could go shoot up some place get arrested but gets treated with care and with grace.There's white privilege and sadly there will always be.
Racial Inequality
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Blast from the past
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I still haven't lost hope that we can turn this around during our lifetimes, and pretty much extinguish racism in the coming years. But I do agree that there is a lot of racism laced throughout our society, and it will not easily be stomped out. Especially if things keep going the way they are politically.
ReplyDeletethis quote really embodies so much! it discusses the idea of white privilege which is SUCH a frustrating concept that needs to be gotten rid of!! I agree, I think if we work hard to make everyone equal, we can!
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