Monday, November 6, 2017
Was the OJ Simpson Verdict Fair?
This is not to say whether or not it was correct, I do believe that OJ Simpson was guilty in partaking in, if not directly responsible for, Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman’s death. The real inquiry is whether or not it was fair to declared him not guilty because the African-American community needed to see a mark of progress. While the Simpson was supposed to present a case in which an African-American man, who has prestige and fortune, can overcome the prejudice that is inherently a part of the system; did it not become more divisive in the end? How exactly is it a landmark of progress when, a year later, the black and white communities are even more divided about the subject?
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I agree with what you're saying. Although it's possible that sometimes you have to go backwards before you go forwards. Although this at first divided the country, it perhaps leveled the playing field a bit. Ultimately it did show that things could go in African American's favor instead of the way things had usually fallen. At first people felt attacked by this idea but I think as they got used to it and saw it outside the court room, it might have been a fair verdict.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jamie. The African American community needed to see that it is possible for them to win in the American justice system, a system that was so stacked against them for so many years.
ReplyDeleteIn response to your last question, I do agree that the OJ case made racial relations a lot more divisive, but I think that should be seen as a mark of progress. I think with OJ, people realized that it is possible for minorities to win, and thus, began to fight harder for minorities to actually win in the system. I believe without OJ, the likelihood that people would develop a sort of jadedness about the system would have been a lot higher, thus wouldn't be fighting as hard as they are now. Fighting, while it is scary, shows that there is at least some push back against an unfair system.