Action Plan
In my action plan I am going to create awareness of the racial disparities in the criminal justice system because this is not a topic that most people know of and if they do they have that “well it is what it is” attitude. This is a topic that is crucial to be aware of because it affects us minorities and our communities. The perpetrator is the law in which it is not being enforced equally among races. It is being manipulated to benefit the wealthy and powerful people and to keep minorities at a disadvantage. Minorities and their communities are being targeted by this unjust law and the bystanders are people in political power that are witnessing these large disparities but are not taking action in trying to stop or decrease these disparities. The interveners are organizations such as the sentencing project and others that are creating awareness and providing people with statistical analysis of the disparities occurring. The steps I will take are once the brochure is created I will pass them out throughout the Little Village and North Lawndale communities and then hopefully then spread information through social media to reach people who are out of my capacity. People need to become aware that this problem is present and that we are feeding into the cycle that higher powers have created for us and that there has to be a change in the entire system we are living in.