W.E.B Du Bois writes:
Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon the law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression. The laws are made by men who have little interest in him; they are executed by men who have absolutely no motive for treating the black people with courtesy or consideration; and, finally, the accused law-breaker is tried, not by his peers, but too often by men who would rather punish ten innocent Negroes than let one guilty one escape.Check out this link from Howard University School of Law on race and justice.
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/221714
Check out this article by Charles Ogletree and Johanna Wald, "After Shirley Sherrod, We All Need to Slow Down and Listen" Washington Post, Sunday, July 25, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072304583.html
Have attitudes changed in the 21st Century? Let's talk about.
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