Systemic Racism is non-existent.

My opponent is completely correct, There aren't any actual racist laws. There is no law that states that African Americans should be sent to prison more often than white Americans even if they commit the same crime. But a justice system doesn't only depend on the laws themselves. A justice system depends on the execution of its laws by judges, Prosecutors, Lawyers etc. Laws show what the society believes should be the perfect world. The law against murder shows that the American society believes that in the perfect world, There shouldn't be any murder, But this simply doesn't hold up in real life. There is still murder. Just because there are no racist laws, Doesn't mean that there isn't any major racism in the justice system, And as you and I agree, There shouldn't be racism in such an important institution like the justice system. The justice system is made of two parts, The laws and the people who work for the justice system. If any of these two parts are racist, The outcome of the system becomes racist. I would argue that saying that some people who work for the justice system are racist isn't a vague approach. There has been numerous specific cases of this. In fact, So numerous, That statistics like "African Americans and whites use drugs at similar rates, But the imprisonment rate of African Americans for drug charges is almost 6 times that of whites. " (from the NAACP) aren't true only for a few cases, But for the vast majority of them. And my opponent is right, "You need to give me a specific group/institution that is racist, And provide evidence for it, And I'll go fight it with you. The problem lies when we can't identify the system/law/person that is racist, And so we're just complaining to complain. " But there isn't a single group of people e. G. Prosecutors or judges that are racist. There is a blend of them throughout the system and perhaps the best way to deal with would be to put all members of the justice system through special classes to try to get rid of this racism. Now, Finding a specific person and just talking about a single case of racism in the justice system isn't helpful, Since one example isn't representative of the whole system. Looking at the bigger picture is the way to go, Not specific examples. It is true that "There is no fixed plan or system in U. S. Law that calls for discrimination towards blacks or any group of minorities", But there is discrimination towards African Americans, Not by the law, But by some of the workers of the justice system. It is true that African Americans are more likely to commit certain crimes, But the incarceration rates of white American are much lower than African Americans. According to the NAACP, While a biased source, Still quite reliable, "If African Americans and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates as whites, Prison and jail populations would decline by almost 40%. " According to the NAACP and rated True by Politifact, "In the U. S. , African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one-half times the rate of whites on marijuana charges. " Both of these statistics clearly show that African Americans are incarcerated much more often for the same crimes that white Americans don't get incarcerated for. In conclusion to my previous point, While it is true that African Americans commit more crimes than white Americans, The incarceration rates for those crimes for African Americans are much higher than for white Americans for those same crimes. On affirmative action, My opponent missed my point. My point isn't that the KKK is a hateful group and that is bad. My point was that after discrimination, The group of people being discriminated against, Will never fully recover, Because of hateful organizations like the KKK that were formed during the discrimination.