Police brutality and feminism are some of the issues the United States facesd today.
Police have always been an issue for people to deal with especially for the Black Community.
Numerous African American males have encountered situations where they have been accused or beaten by the police. Feminism dates back to history where women were discriminated and degraded because of their gender. In today’s society, many of these conflicts still occur today and many prejudicial statements are made to downgrade women as a whole. In the book “Meet
Me Halfway; Milwaukee Stories” written by Jennifer Morales, she addresses these two topics that people face everyday. In her book, she states the issues that African Americans face in historical and present …show more content…
Each of these conflicts, consisting of racism, segregation, racial profiling, police brutality, civil rights movement, feminism, sexual identity, etc., are problems that the characters from each chapter faces. The issues that are stated in the book are all problems that still exist today not only in Milwaukee but throughout the world. In the historical fiction of chapter three of in the book, Morales introduces the readers to Loretta, an African
American woman who is a mother and wife, and John, the husband of Loretta and a member of
the Black Panther Party (BPP), having a small dispute. Loretta soon wants to be a member of the
BPP due to her husband’s making a sexist statement. Morales addresses this situation to portray the seriousness of sexism that women went through in the past that still exists today. Later on in the chapter, Morales writes a conflict that the BPP faces, police brutality. According to this issue, the headquarters of the BPP in Milwaukee was burned down by the police and many got injured.
In this circumstance, Morales also introduces the major topic that the world still faces, police brutality. Police brutality has been an great issue in the United States for decades. Many of …show more content…
Papachristos, and David S. Kirk, discusses police misconducts cause communities to be an unsafe environment for citizens, especially the black community. Many black men have experienced racial profiling or police brutality in Milwaukee and this continues on to a point where calling 911 for help is no longer a choice for individuals to use due to a publicized case of police violence against a defenseless man, Frank Jude. Jude, as stated in the article, was unarmed, accused, stripped naked, and beaten by the police viciously. This terrifying incident caused many to protest against the police force. Desmond, Papachristos, and Kirk all believed that after this savage case, many residents in Milwaukee, mainly the black community, stop reporting crimes which lasted for a year. In Milwaukee, police violence on black men made an impact on citizens reporting crimes and this effect caused a net loss of “approximately 22,000 calls for service” (Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community).
Police misconduct can cause the deterioration of crime reports which can make communities and residents feel unsafe in what they call “home”.
The article “Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black
Police have always been an issue for people to deal with especially for the Black Community.
Numerous African American males have encountered situations where they have been accused or beaten by the police. Feminism dates back to history where women were discriminated and degraded because of their gender. In today’s society, many of these conflicts still occur today and many prejudicial statements are made to downgrade women as a whole. In the book “Meet
Me Halfway; Milwaukee Stories” written by Jennifer Morales, she addresses these two topics that people face everyday. In her book, she states the issues that African Americans face in historical and present …show more content…
Each of these conflicts, consisting of racism, segregation, racial profiling, police brutality, civil rights movement, feminism, sexual identity, etc., are problems that the characters from each chapter faces. The issues that are stated in the book are all problems that still exist today not only in Milwaukee but throughout the world. In the historical fiction of chapter three of in the book, Morales introduces the readers to Loretta, an African
American woman who is a mother and wife, and John, the husband of Loretta and a member of
the Black Panther Party (BPP), having a small dispute. Loretta soon wants to be a member of the
BPP due to her husband’s making a sexist statement. Morales addresses this situation to portray the seriousness of sexism that women went through in the past that still exists today. Later on in the chapter, Morales writes a conflict that the BPP faces, police brutality. According to this issue, the headquarters of the BPP in Milwaukee was burned down by the police and many got injured.
In this circumstance, Morales also introduces the major topic that the world still faces, police brutality. Police brutality has been an great issue in the United States for decades. Many of …show more content…
Papachristos, and David S. Kirk, discusses police misconducts cause communities to be an unsafe environment for citizens, especially the black community. Many black men have experienced racial profiling or police brutality in Milwaukee and this continues on to a point where calling 911 for help is no longer a choice for individuals to use due to a publicized case of police violence against a defenseless man, Frank Jude. Jude, as stated in the article, was unarmed, accused, stripped naked, and beaten by the police viciously. This terrifying incident caused many to protest against the police force. Desmond, Papachristos, and Kirk all believed that after this savage case, many residents in Milwaukee, mainly the black community, stop reporting crimes which lasted for a year. In Milwaukee, police violence on black men made an impact on citizens reporting crimes and this effect caused a net loss of “approximately 22,000 calls for service” (Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community).
Police misconduct can cause the deterioration of crime reports which can make communities and residents feel unsafe in what they call “home”.
The article “Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black