Answer to Question #158869 in English for Mia

Question

In the context of the passage, what is fair? How were the accusations made against the Scottsboro Boys an example of a flawed criminal justice system, and the overall unfair treatment of African Americans? What steps have been taken to ensure that the criminal justice system is fair? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer.

In the context of the passage, how do people create change? How did the Scottsboro Boys bring attention to racial inequality in America, specifically in its criminal justice system?

What changed because of this historic and tragic event? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer.

In the context of the passage, what are the effects of prejudice? How did prejudice drive the opinions and actions of those surrounding the Scottsboro Boys from the moment they boarded the train until their final pardons? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer.

Answer 1

The Scottsboro Boys fought their case through the aid of a communist party who ensured their sentence was delayed and some of them got acquitted but not immediately. The Scottsboro’s boys 14th amendment were obliterated, and this caught the media’s attention for numerous years over this matter and the necessity for racial justice.

The example of a commonplace example of prejudice in this context entails racial prejudice and it fosters discrimination. In my own opinion, the 14th amendment of the Scottsboro Boys was violated based on the prejudice that clouded the jurisdiction’s predetermined opinion. They were not listened to because the jurisdiction’s opinion was already made up against Scottsboro Boys since they were Black hence they were guilty.