Justice and Conflict: An Analysis of Mississippi Burning

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Do the ‘ends justify the means’ in Mississippi Burning? Mississippi Burning, is a film based on the real life, Mississippi Burning case. It revolves around the disappearance of three civil rights workers, and how two FBI agents solve the case. The agents start off using two different methods, which caused conflict between them. Towards the end, they set aside their differences, and solved the case together. However, people question the methods they used to solve the case, arguing that it wasn't just. This essay will show how the FBI served justice, the circumstances they went through, and the difference they made to the people in the south. Therefore, this essay will argue that the ends justify the means. The meaning of just, is behaving accordingly to what is morally right, and fair. So, how was the method of the FBI not just? A few members of the Ku Klax Klan, terrorised and killed those three people. It was only right for the FBI agents to act accordingly. It was only fair, that the people who where involved in the murder, got terrorised before getting prosecuted. What they done to the civilians could be seen as extreme, but almost all of the civilians stayed quiet, and supported what the KKK was doing. Finally in the case of the mayor, he didn't support the KKK, but he also didn't go against them, letting them do as For the most part, their ideology still stayed the same, that the blacks are inferior and believe that they're trying to destroy the white race. The KKK returned even after the case, being fuelled by the white residents. Still, to this day, there are still hate crimes and racism in the South. This case angered them and their beliefs. However, this case gave African Americans hope, that one day racism and discrimination would end, and they can finally live with peace and harmony. Although it has died down, racism in the south still exists, and is likely to never to

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