called “Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies, which is about
and crime. The stereotype that will be discussed is, African Americans as criminals. In American society
states government ought to pay reparations to African Americans. My partner and I stand in affirmative of
targeting the minority, to be specific mainly African Americans. This is because they are the only ones to
been and still is a major area of concern to the American public. The media seemingly never runs out of
Involvement” asks an important question, why do we always connect crimes with race? Crutchfield states “When
were called to share the stories of the crimes they committed along with the escape of punishment. “Got
“practice that targets people for suspicion of crime based on their race, ethnicity, religion or national
that population – African Americans, Hispanics, and whites – with African American and
was still punishment for crimes, but the biggest punishment for crimes committed by blacks was lynching