They wanted to write a letter to the police about the brother of a fellow student, Willie Jordan that had been killed by cops. ... An excerpt from the letter sates "Reggie, like many brother and sister, he a victim of brutal racist police". ... It makes a statement about police brutality in the black community and ties it back to the brutality of blacks in the history of the country. If the statement read: "Reggie, like many other African American men and women, was a victim of police brutality... Therefore, if you are writing a letter to a government organization, such as a police station, it...

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Benefits of having white skin are economic privileges, and police protection, instead of police harassment also depending on their financial situation they can choose neighborhoods that are safe and have decent schools. ... White people are not usually in danger of individual acts of discrimination, hate crimes and police brutality at the hands of white people, as well as of institutional practices that kill people due to lack of heath care, lack of police protection and unequal legal prosecution. ...

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To achieve this, the police and the courts "detect crime and bring it to justice" (par 1). ... Police officials are more likely to stop and search an African-American man over a white one. ... Also, that the police are churlish when it comes to African-Americans. ... An example of the unequal treatment that police give is in police brutality. ... Lack of police efforts against hate crimes have made some citizens pusillanimous. ...

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The Chicago riots of 1919 were deadlier than the Ferguson protests in 2014, because in the participants in Chicago were focused on inflicting substantial violence and brutality against minorities, while participants in Ferguson were focused on fighting for social justice and equal treatment for all races. ... Moreover, it was how the police responded to the situation and how they escalated it by using violence of their own (Atman& Miller 110). ... During the Chicago riots police officers abetted the riots by choosing to ignore white individuals and arrest African Americans. The Ferguson poli...

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African Americans are an "at-risk" population. Immigrants, who were forcibly taken from their families in Africa, brought to American, sold and used for manual labor on plantations. Slaves were stripped of their culture and given a new identity and way to live, being inferior to whites, as slaves. ...

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There is a deep, dark secret that some blacks have tried to keep hidden for years. It is the prejudice exists within the race. Discrimination not only comes in forms of black and white, but also in light- and dark-skinned separation. The lighter your skin, the more privileged are considered. The ro...

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