Don’t you think the prisons are full enough! Well, I may be young, but I am beyond FED Up with the reoccurring injustices served in the courtroom. There have been many African Americans to suffer tremendously or die in the case of injustices. It seems as though the saying “History repeats itself” is true because a black man gaining justice in a courtroom is still remarkably rare. Have you ever thought about why so many injustices reoccur for African Americans in the court room?
Nevertheless, creating a diverse federal bench may help the
racial injustices decrease. The American Constitution Society shows the
statistical view of racial diversity of all active federal judges of the
Article III courts. This data represents a call for diversity because there are 71.75% of white judges, 12.36% of
black judges, and less than 10% of any other race (Diversity of the Federal
Bench).
There are so many young and innocent black people that have been convicted of crimes they did not commit. Men such as Emmett Till (14yrs. Old/killed 1995), George Floyd (46yrs old/2020), Trayvon Martin (17yrs. Old/2012), etc. The long list continues, but these are only a few. Most wrongfully convicted African Americans have been killed or executed, meaning faultless lives are being taken. Yet, justice is still looking to be granted as if nothing happened at all. Making false accusations is one thing, but prosecuting a person based on the color of their skin and punishing/killing them for something they have no control of is different. This is wrong!
Photo by Edecio Martinez
How many more people/families must suffer before these
wrongs are right? Hopefully none, recent studies have shown that Blacks and
Latinos receive more severe charges, harsher sentences, and less favorable
outcomes than their white counterparts (Major). Judging people in this way is a
bit ruthless, but not only must their perspective of judgment change; the panel
of judges must change as well. Maybe racial injustice wouldn’t escalate as much
if diversity and equality were a factor for the federal bench.
Although gaining justice for an African American man is
still rare, there is still an amount of hope that lies for those wrongfully
convicted. I’m sure others are FED Up with the malicious prosecutions often
made. Therefore, time doesn’t repeat, but history somehow does. Now that we are
the hope for our future, we must help make a change because I can’t be the only
one FED Up! Right!?
Photo by Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
Works Cited
"Diversity of the Federal
Bench." American Constitution Society,
23 Sept. 2021,
www.acslaw.org/judicial-nominations/diversity-of-the-federal-bench/.
Major, Derek. "A JUDGE ASKED HARVARD
TO FIND OUT WHY SO MANY BLACK RESIDENTS ARE IN PRISON, GUESS WHAT THEY
FOUND." BLACK LIVES MATTER CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM,
12 Sept. 2020.
Reflective Essay
While writing my Exploratory
essay for Professor Seal’s English 1102 course, I misplaced my thesis statement
within my essay. Instead of writing my research question as my thesis statement
in my introduction paragraph, I seemed to just include the statement in my essay.
According to Professor Seal my essay was “well written”, but I just made one
general mistake in which I plan on correcting. My overall focus for this essay
was to make my audience aware of the injustices of the courtroom in relevance
to black males.
Although my focus was clear
throughout this process, I tried my best to state problems that have occurred
throughout history and are still reoccurring today. I used 2 sources for this
essay. From my 2 sources/articles I used data and quotes to represent my
reasoning. To cite these articles, I used “citefast.com”, this source was given
in class and is a great source in my opinion. I learned that the judicial
system is really not as diverse as it should be. Hopefully something changes
for the better soon!
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