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[marcelina44]

Hello Comrades,

I was just wondering if anyone had interesting topics for ameican social inequality issues, maybe a some that usually go unnoticed. I have to do a project for social inequaity in america class.

thank you

[Easterbrook]

Here's one; I know this is true in the US.

When being charged with similar crimes, wealthy people, on average, spend much less time in prison than poorer folks.

The wealthy are able to afford better defensive counsel which gives them an advantage and decreases the chances of them being convicted or, if they are convicted, may enable them to be convicted on lesser charges. Thus, in a practical sense, justice is not blind.

Many folks have written on this, so researching should not be too bad.

[marcelina44]

Thank you, the person sitting next to me is actually doing that. My teacher said I could do the unfair treatment of leftists in America. Does anyone have an interesting subject or say in the matter. I don't even know where to start, it is such a huge topic.

gracias

[Black Dagger]

The treatment of leftists pales into comparison to the treatment of Blacks and Latinos by the police and injustice system generally.

I would recommend doing something along those lines; here are a bunch of links from the social discrimination index in the discrimination forum:

Discrimination from the cops & the 'justice' system:

-Incarceration is not an equal opportunity punishment (USA) - Here (http://www.prisonpolicy.org/articles/notequal.html)
see also:
~Race and Incarceration: A Preliminary Consideration (USA) Here (http://www.dcjustice.org/pdfs/RaceIncarceration.pdf)

-Racial disparities in sentencing (USA) - Here (http://www.sentencingproject.org/pdfs/disparity.pdf)

-Racially Discriminatory Application of Death Penalty - Factual evidence of racial bias in death penalty cases and reasons why patterns of discrimination in capital sentencing persist. (USA) - Here (http://www.prisonsucks.com/scans/aclu_dp_factsheet4.pdf)
see also:
~Death by discrimination - the continuing role of race in capital cases (USA) - Here (http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engamr510462003)

-Racial Profiling: An Examination of Consent Searches and Contraband Hit Rates at Texas Traffic Stops (USA) - Here (http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/racial_profiling_report_full.pdf)
see also:
~Racial Differences in Traffic Stops and Stop and Frisks (USA) - Here (http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/04/29/racial-differences-in-traffic-stops-and-stop-and-frisks/)
~Minnesota Statewide Racial Profiling Study - Here (http://www.racialdisparity.org/files/Racial%20Profiling%20Study.pdf)

For more useful links on racial discrimination in the criminal 'justice' system in the USA check out Prison Sucks (http://www.prisonsucks.com/) and the Prison Policy Initiative Network (http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html)

[marcelina44]

I would have loved to do that, but we finished our race section before the midterm and i did do that exact same topic. hmph. well thank you so much anyway i wish i had these sources weeks a go.

[Black Dagger]

So you're not allowed to do race in the 'social inequality' section of your studies? Compartmentalised education = fail.

[marcelina44]

well since we already did race projects she wanted us to try something else. i dont know anymore, i just think two more weeks of it all...

[AGITprop]

Originally posted by [email protected] 26, 2007 06:46 pm
Hello Comrades,

I was just wondering if anyone had interesting topics for ameican social inequality issues, maybe a some that usually go unnoticed. I have to do a project for social inequaity in america class.

thank you
im sorry i just find this funny.

AMERICA CLASS?