Examples Of Social Injustice Of African Americans In The 1930's

As Americans we stand for peace, freedom, and justice for all but we have come to the realization that this is not always the case. African-Americans during the 1930’s were faced with the injustices and discrimination of being lower than the white population. In today’s society countless African Americans are confronted with the same difficulties and profiling as their ancestors did almost 9 decades ago. As Americans, the need to rid these inequalities and come together as a community is crucial for a better life. In the 1930’s, social injustice and inequality throughout the south controlled the life of African-American lives, and in our world today this is still the case. Since the 1930’s African-Americans have been challenged with injustice

In our nation today African-Americans, such as Duane Buck, are mistreated in court ,just like Tom Robinson in the novel. In an article by the National Public Radio (NPR) it mentions “Duane Buck was convicted of murder in Texas, and he was sentenced to die after a psychologist testified he was more likely to commit violent crimes in the future because he was black” (Totenberg). Duane Buck was convicted of murder and then tested by a psychologist who told the jury that due to the fact of him being black, he is more likely to do other violent crimes so he should be sentenced to death. Duane Buck endured the injustice of being racially profiled and sentenced to death do to the fact of him being a black man. Our court systems from the 1930’s to today’s society have not changed from the fact of racial profiling African-Americans under the court of law. The courts is not the only law enforcement that mistreats African-Americans, police officers are also part of

African-Americans were unemployed or underpaid in the 1930’s that it was hard for them to provide for their own families. In an article by the Washington State University, it reads “At that time non-whites were barred from most unions, had considerably lower pay scales, almost twice the unemployment rate, and were frequently abused on the job”(Pinckney). African-Americans were greatly underpaid and mistreated in the workplace no matter where you worked. They encountered the inequality of being forced into manual labor and being underpaid, while the white men could stay as the higher class and rule above all. In our society today a multitude of African-Americans still experience lower pay and higher rate of poverty. An article by Futurity.org declared “In 2010, median earnings for black males were 32 percent lower than median earnings for their white counterparts” and “The employment rate for African American men has been 11 to 15 percentage points lower than that for whites”(Martinovich). African Americans in our society today are challenged the inequality of being paid less than White men and having worse home conditions. Numerous people in the black community still struggle with trying to earn enough money to provide for their family and to earn enough money to live a decent life. Black people in today’s