Racial Discrimination In Prisons

They are often racially profiled because of the common black drug dealer stereotype that has been forced upon them by the media. Trayvon Martin, a young black teenager, was murdered by a 28 year old white man named George Zimmerman. Zimmerman claimed that Martin was suspicious simply because he had a hoodie up over his head. This has caused an uproar, with one side claiming the murder was a hate crime and the other side believing Zimmerman’s story that he was attacked by Martin and acted in self-defense (Buchanan, 2012). Buchanan stated: “Is this our idea of justice? No. But if the purpose here is to turn this into a national black-white face-off, instead of a mutual search for truth and justice, it is succeeding marvelously well.” Instead of
As long as they are fighting amongst themselves, they will continue to be ignorant to the real problem of legal racial discrimination that is promoted by the government.
With so many people being incarcerated, many prisons have reached their maximum capacity and are extremely overcrowded with racial minorities. Inhumane prison conditions have become more and more common due to the increase of inmates. In May of 2011, the