Law and Society: Discrimination Faced by Young Black Men

Law Society
And Controversy

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Issue and area of discrimination in the social group..............................................................3
Legislation..............................................................................................................................4
Case Law................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERNCES...................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The law and society is based on the belief that the formulated rules and decisions must be in
accordance with the society. The relationship led to the phrase ‘the effects of law affects the
society’. The social group examined under this report is “Young Black Men”. Mostly they face
racial discrimination which means discriminating an individual on basis of its protective
characteristics-colour, ethnicity, nationality origins or caste. The protest about racial justice in
United Kingdom set up the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities in order to examine
disparity.
The Lammy Review is an evidence which contains recommendations in respect of Black,
Asian and Ethnic minorities (BAME) and determines about the disparity in the criminal legal
system (Abbotts, 2020). The Lammy report even examined the racial biasness in the criminal
legal process. Also the police treats these diverse group in a partial way by using power
unlawfully upon them. The report examines the issue and area of discrimination in the social
group accompanied by legislations and case laws.
MAIN BODY
Issue and area of discrimination in the social group
“Young Black Men” is considered as social group to evaluate certain topics in the report.
The unequal and inhuman treatment on basis of ethnicity or race are some areas of
discrimination which is generally faced by the social group. The racial discrimination includes
stereotypes, racism, prejudice and other areas which does not require any underlying cause.
Almost all black community face such racism in the society including the children. There is no
such official policy statement or documents addressing serious problem of racial discrimination
against the black people. The result of discrimination is harassment, humiliation and
victimisation which is felt by the social groups or community. The reason is that they are being
called by the name racist. The adverse experiences of these social groups causes traumatising
effects. Such discrimination infringes the rights of black people such as right to privacy or to
freedom of movement and association. The major evidence is the stop and search power exercise
by the police against black people. During the last years the black people in England and Wales
were searched and stopped more as compared to white people which showed the discriminatory
impact on this social group (Lowe and Gullotta, 2020). This empowers the police to stop and