White Privilege In Criminal Justice Case Study

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White privilege is the paramount example of normalized injustice that still remains in present day society. White people have been fortunate enough to be endowed with criminal immunity, societal advantages and even partisanship in the media, meanwhile people of colour, under the same circumstances are giving nothing. The legal justice system is a prime example of privilege that white people have become accustomed to. The criminal justice system favours white people over people of colour when dealing with criminal offences. People of colour are being subjected to harsher, unjustified punishments for almost identical crimes committed by their white counterparts. (ArrestRecords, 2014). This type of protection under the law serves as a safeguard

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