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Serving on a jury showed me how racist and hateful fellow peers are. Maybe I just got stuck with a strange group. And it wasn't even coming from people we've be
by rdtsc 9y ago
Serving on a jury showed me how racist and hateful fellow peers are. Maybe I just got stuck with a strange group. And it wasn't even coming from people we've been taught about as being racist. I live in a state were juries also decide on the amount and type of monetary damages. It seems nothing ignites the stereotypes and prejudices as much as having money in the mix.
- bonniemuffin 9y agoI felt the same way. I served on a jury for a nonviolent drug case, and felt like I heard a lot of thinly veiled racism during jury deliberations. It made me sad how eager most of my fellow jurors were to throw the book at the defendant as if her doing time was going to make the world a better place.