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 Controversy regarding no presence of racial discrimination in the Criminal Justice System  Cases displaying the presence of racial discrimination  Negative impacts of racial discrimination  Measures for reducing racial discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

 Presence of Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System  All Team B members agree on this issue

 Racial discrimination occurs if a person is judged or treated unfairly on the basis of his/her skin color.  Racial Discrimination is still prevalent in every aspects of the Justice System

 Segregation of White and Negro Children in Public Schools

 JetBlue T-shirt Discrimination Case

 Alleged racial discrimination of potential student at The University of Michigan

 Poor image creation of the criminal justice system in public  Display of the system being unfair  Public Image creation of untrustworthy criminal justice system  What next?

 Wrong or bad  Unfair  Immoral  Constitution claims to be equal  Is it true when the criminal justice system judge people based upon their color?

 Communication strategies  Systematic approach  Being communicative to minority communities

 Dedication at all levels  More financial support  Using alternative sentencing

 Elimination of racial profiling  Responding calls in white neighborhoods  Social threat perspective

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