Racial Injustice In America

Justice for All The United States of America grants there citizens civil liberties. Civil liberties give these citizens the rights to speak, believe, and act as the chose. The Constitution as well grants the people the right to express themselves freely without being penalized.
The rights of an individual to receive without being discriminated such as education, healthcare, employment and much more are all parts of having civil rights here in the United States. Civil rights have come a long way from the turn of the century, African Americans had very little rights compared to the rest of the people. African Americans lived in an unequal world filled with discrimination, segregation, and many different types of oppression. African

Although the U.S has come a long way from the turn of the century, African Americans go through a small amount of discrimination. After an African American is arrested he is 33% more likely to be detained then a white person. There have also been reports by the Sentencing Commission that African Americans are known to receive 10 percent longer sentences than whites although being accused for the same crime. In the article, “For African Americans, discrimination is not dead” by Carroll Doherty he stated, “Our June survey found that blacks (36%) were far more likely than whites (19%) to say that economic conditions were excellent or good, even though the unemployment rate for blacks was roughly double that for whites.” Overall discrimination and racism has gone down but it is still seen as an issue in today's

Civil liberties are meant to protect us from government action. The bill of Rights and the Constitution both have to do with civil liberties. Freedom of speech is in the first amendment in the Constitution, both African Americans and women were not able to speak up in the past. African Americans were seen as property and not as individuals who also deserved the same rights as everyone else. African Americans had very little rights and the right to be free was not one of those rights, African Americans were taken advantage of, discriminated and were bought as slaves. The right for a fair court trial is still seen as an issue in today's century, there has been a study done indicating that African Americans and Latinos are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police than whites. In the article “Fourteen Examples of Racism in Criminal; Justice System” by Bill Quigley he states, “When whites were stopped, only 8% were frisked. When blacks and Latinos are stopped 85% were frisked according to information provided by the NYPD.” The right to vote was one that both African Americans and women fought for, voting was only allowed for white property owners in the past. Now in today's world anyone has the right to vote without a problem no matter the race or gender that person may