The Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, is a man in a very difficult situation regarding the safety of the African-American community, not only in his city, but all across the nation. On August 9th of this year, Michael Brown, a young black teenager living in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a white police officer Darren Wilson, after shoplifting from a convenience store. This incident sent a shockwave throughout the community and began to draw attention to the racial discrimination all around the United States. Since then, stories have surfaced relating the mistreatment of the African-American peoples of our nation by white officers. Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and Trayvon Martin have become household names, and riots are breaking
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So does that mean that he may have been wrong about the black and white people of his city not coexisting peacefully? Your answer, no. For decades, the dark-skinned citizens in this country have been being singled out, separated from the freedom of the whites. To give you an idea how how serious this issue really is, 1 in every 3 black males born in the United States today will go to jail sometime in their life, as opposed to 1 in 6 Latino men and 1 in 17 White Males. DWB (Driving While Black) is an actual thing, where you can get pulled over simply because you are a black male driving an average car. Now, imagine if the rolls were reversed, and the white people of America were the minority. Can you imagine how frustrated you would feel knowing that at any time you could be pulled over and searched, or stopped while walking down a street, simply for having your hands in your pockets? Riots are breaking out all across America because the African-American people are through being treated lesser than others. In these riots, you will still see Whites, Latinos, Indians, Native Americans, and all other races belong side the blacks, helping to fight for a change of views of most
So does that mean that he may have been wrong about the black and white people of his city not coexisting peacefully? Your answer, no. For decades, the dark-skinned citizens in this country have been being singled out, separated from the freedom of the whites. To give you an idea how how serious this issue really is, 1 in every 3 black males born in the United States today will go to jail sometime in their life, as opposed to 1 in 6 Latino men and 1 in 17 White Males. DWB (Driving While Black) is an actual thing, where you can get pulled over simply because you are a black male driving an average car. Now, imagine if the rolls were reversed, and the white people of America were the minority. Can you imagine how frustrated you would feel knowing that at any time you could be pulled over and searched, or stopped while walking down a street, simply for having your hands in your pockets? Riots are breaking out all across America because the African-American people are through being treated lesser than others. In these riots, you will still see Whites, Latinos, Indians, Native Americans, and all other races belong side the blacks, helping to fight for a change of views of most