Mike Brown Discrimination Essay

A lot of people get discriminated against every day for anything and everything. The most common type of discrimination to me is black and white, and that dates back ages in slavery and all other things. It seems like every time there is a type of discrimination it always has to do with black people. These past years or so the most common type of discrimination is cops and black people. Not white cops and black people but cops in general and black people. It seems likes cops just target black teens for some reason just because they think they can boss them around and do whatever they want to them. One place in Saint Louis that is known for that is Ferguson. The mike brown incident is not the first time this has happened the neighborhood. It …show more content…
As a kid I use to always see the police messing with the older teens for no reason. They could be just outside chilling and they would just roll up and start questioning them for no reason. They really didn’t care about what you were doing, if they felt like messing with you they would. There has been plenty of times where my older brothers have come over for the summer, and would always get into it with the police over something the police wasn’t supposed to be doing. This was when I was younger and didn’t really know what was going on so I didn’t know how to feel about it. This was at the start of it all happening, when people didn’t really know how to handle the police and what to say and not to say. If you were to say the wrong thing they would probably try to beat you up or scare you in some type of way. I really started witnessing discrimination as a little kid, just not knowing what it was in tell I got older enough and it started happening to …show more content…
Thinking back on the incident, my feeling today still hasn’t changed since I was little. It has probably gotten even worse since then. Ever since Mike Brown happen, it changed the whole attitude of the neighborhood, as if it’s not the same anymore. It is stronger and more put together as a whole community. After reading this I want you to learn how to deal with the police and learn that police and black discrimination is real and always be prepared for them to mess with you at any time. Always know don’t give them a reason to do anything to you, or they will trust me. Throughout everything I have learned that, you can’t stop discrimination so all you can do is try to do things to prevent it from happening. Because 12-14 years old growing up in Ferguson, you start to get to the age where they start to mess with you because you not a baby anymore. Just remember the stuff I told you, never give them a reason to do