On April 20, 2016, the MIT Black Graduate Student Association hosted an event to discuss the current American criminal justice system and how race and media portrayals helped to shaped its evolution. The discussion also featured visions and strategies for reform, in hopes that the criminal justice system of the future will more equitably serve the American public. As a vehicle for this discussion, we chose to focus on the Central Park 5 jogger case of the 1990’s, a case the polarized our nation across race and class lines.
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