Deconstructive Literary Analysis

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Deconstructive Literary Analysis

The Lynch law in America focuses on various issues that affect different sectors within the United States. The will primarily focus on the progressives as modern day democrats. They both pushing for all social changes such as gun control and a path to citizenship for immigrants, but does nothing about reducing poverty in our towns (Dray, np). Unluckily, most of the progressives were white and did not seem to care much for other people living in the United States of America. The lynch laws of America during those days were not helpful because they could not solve various challenges affecting members of the public.

As such, there is nothing against hanging people for heinous crime, but to accuse a black man due to discrimination because of his or her color is not appropriate. The white people have been the cause of problems since they are killing people randomly for fun (Godoy, 624). During this period, the justice system was white back then, so a man of color got no justice. According to most of the recent mass shootings, it is evident that justice was not prevailing in society. Also, most of those atrocities were committed by white men.

Furthermore, during this period, the white did not give other groups chances to express their views. The white people were looking down upon different groups of people especially the black men who were considered as the cursed groups. The white people are the uncivilized ones, not the man of color or nobody else. The poor Negros were not treated equally as others. They were oppressed and were discriminated from most services of the state (Sieder, 170). All ages from children to adults were treated equally, and no special treatment was given to any group. For instance, how can somebody be able to sleep at night for murdering a little kid just because they are different from you? The killing of a child is unexpected, and no human creature should do that. Even though such acts seem to be stories but they indeed happened, and their effects lasted in the mind of many people for an extended period.

However, these laws a long gone are not applicable in the United States of America any more. Additionally, black people were one-third of a citizen before the emancipation proclamation so they could not even get equal representation in a court case before slavery, or after slavery. It is true that the right to a fair trial no matters the circumstances, and if the man is guilty of their crime, they should be punished thoroughly by the law. But the justice system is a business, and most people never serve their full sentence thanks to plea bargains and ethical behavior (Sieder, 170). The rate of injustices was ordinary and many groups except white people could get the basic needs. For instance, the level of inequality was highly encouraged because law enforcers were not fighting for human rights. As such, every man was for himself or herself due to the inability of legal authority to safeguard and protect human rights.

The harsh treatment of the citizen was encouraged by lack of human right commission that could work to fight for the rights of the citizens to ensure equality among different groups of people (Sieder, 170). Furthermore, the rates of slavery were rampant where young and energetic were led to force hard labor without compensation. On the other hand, young women and girl were sexually harassed, and they could not seek justice due to the lack of transparency in courts and tribunals.

Works Cited

Dray, Philip. At the hands of persons unknown: The lynching of black America. Modern Library, 2007.

Godoy, Angelina Snodgrass. "When “justice” is criminal: Lynchings in contemporary Latin America." Theory and Society 33.6 (2004): 621-651.

Sieder, Rachel. "Contested sovereignties: Indigenous law, violence and state effects in postwar Guatemala." Critique of Anthropology 31.3 (2011): 161-184.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B. Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. Place of publication not identified: OUTLOOK Verlag, 2018. Print.