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Racism Exposed In Twelve Angry By Reginald Rose

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If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals”. Twelve Angry written by Reginald Rose is a play set 1957 where racism was still huge. On a very hot day, 12 jurors are to decide on a case of a 16-year old who supposedly killed his father. Every juror believes the boy is guilty except 1, juror eight, who believes that the boy is not guilty, and he goes above and beyond to finally convince every juror of the boy’s innocence. In the end everyone votes not guilty After careful consideration of the text, it is evident that biases, the evidence, as well as the witnesses, played the largest role in the outcome of the trial. “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright
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