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Blind Nation The color of our skin automatically makes us a suspect in today’s stereotypical world. “Despite the civil rights victories of 30 years ago, official skin color prejudice is still reflected throughout the Criminal Justice System.” (Racial profiling, A.C.L.U) Many African Americans know that we are dealing with a subtle form of discrimination, and that our nation has gone blind. We live in a country where Jim Crow “Justice” is still …

…on our roads and highways throughout the country and is a nationwide problem that demands a solution. Works Cited Fyfe J., James, Blind Justice: Police Shootings in Memphis) Knickerboxer, Brad. New face on Racism-The Christian Science Monitor, http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/racism000114.html “Driving While Black-racial profile under study”, 2 June 1999, CNN News, http://www.cnn.com/US/9906/02/racial.profiling “Racial Profiling”, A.C.L.U., http://www.aclu.org/profiling.com.