After hearing the verdict in the Casey Anthony case, most people took to Facebook and Twitter to express their frustration over the outcome. From numerous posts and updates, people all across the country were outraged by the verdict. Evidence, fairness, justice system, jurors, race-yes; even race- were reasons behind the frustration of Anthony being acquitted of all but four misdemeanor charges. Every reason except the latter seems to be appropriate concerns to the outcome. Race a ludicrous claim. Simply put, people were saying Casey Anthony got off because she was white. There seems to be a lack of significance to this claim especially since people were juxtaposing her crime to the 2007 Michael Vick dog fighting case. It is one thing to say that Casey Anthony is the modern day OJ Simpson case, but we are not going to touch that. If one is set in comparing this to the Michael Vick case, may I suggest you remember he plead guilty and accepted a plea. If anything, the fact that the jury consisted of seven women and five men from different backgrounds and family makeup was the significant factor to the verdict. If that fails to make sense, neither does saying it is because she was white.It is easy to sit around and recall every case where African American or Caucasian men or women were found guilty or innocent in similar or even less heinous crimes such as: Estelle Walker (African American) who was sentenced in 2010 to admittingly starving her four children in 2006 (the children survived);Nicole Redhead (Caucasian) sentenced 12 years for suffocating her 2-year old daughter or the infamous Huntsville, AL murder trial of Heather McGill who was acquitted of killing her three children in 1998. In these cases, is it sincerely plausible to think a jury deliberates based on skin color?The fact that race is ever present in our society holds true because there are times when race is motive i.e. hate crimes. What needs to be dismissed, however, is African Americans finding it necessary to drudge up any reason to pull the race card. There are a lot of black and white issues in our society, but the Casey Anthony case is not one of those-guilty or innocent. The acquittal did not come because she is white, the defense simply played the game the way it is supposed to be played and that was in Casey Anthony's favor.
Written by: TerashaNicole
Race is always a factor because racism/white supremacy exist... Also why is an Ohio woman that's black may be going to jail for using her dads address so her kids could go to a better school, but a white woman can kill her child and get off that's just one instance... Also there was a study done that employers would rather employ a whit convict over a black educated male with no criminal history... My point is racism/white supremacy exist period and because of that it affects all aspects of people activity economics, education, entertainment, labor, law, politics, religion, sex and war
ReplyDeleteI think the point people were trying to make is that minority defendents have been convicted on a lot less evidence. Race has and continues to play a documented, undisputable role in our justice system. That is a fact. It is a fact that white women are less likely to be convicted, and when convicted receive less time than their minority counterparts for the same crimes. That is a fact. Honestly, I think justice prevailed in this case and we should all use it as a benchmark. There was simply not sufficient evidence to convict, and the defense attorneys could not erase the reasonable doubt from the minds of the jurors. How can you convict someone of murder when you can't make a definitive statement on if and how murder was comitted. The jury in this case did an impressive job. To convict this young attractive white women they had to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, and they were not. And based on documented evidence, when it comes to minority, poor and unattractive defendents, jurys can be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt with a lot less evidence. That is a fact.
ReplyDeleteWe have and continue to live in a society were race plays a detrimental role. Pretending it doesn't exist will not make it go away, make the oppressed feel any less oppressed, or make you appear to be more American because you dispute it. Racism is a fact. And no minority group in America today has the institional power to inflict racism on other groups or the social capital to effectively combat it. The biggest obstacles standing in the way of African Americans' ability to fight racism are the critical and self-loathing standards we place our ourselves.