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  • Essay / A Time To Kill By John Grishmams - 1193

    One of them describes the problems African-American defendants face in getting a fair trial. Given the negative actions of police, it is reasonable for many African Americans to accept that police racism exists and that this racism would lead to false biases that frame African American defendants in court. This also shows the difference in treatment of white people who are the exploiters, systematically presenting themselves as the “good guys”. Their superiority is seen as justified while non-whites are the “bad guys.” In Kopplemans' first section, Understanding Human Differences, he describes how the majority group creates names and labels for minority groups. When a dominant group has the power to label the subordinate group, the labels are used to define and control the subordinate group. The media portrays these groups in a negative manner (Koppleman, 2005). In “A Time to Kill,” African Americans are characterized as enemies of the community. The story is based on the fact that society is so racist that this father must avenge his daughter himself. If the little girl had been white, prosecution would have been brought to the fullest extent of the law; however, because the girl was black, he could not rely on our justice system to achieve a positive outcome. Unfortunately, this stereotype is deeply ingrained in our popular culture and