How I would define prejudice, I think, not liking someone because they do not look or act the way I would expect them too. I know there are some who know that their actions demonstrate the behavior of being prejudice and there are some that are unaware that they are behaving prejudicially, and maybe they don’t mean be. As for discrimination I would define it as doing something wrongful to someone for no reason. For example, Kim was breastfeeding in a restaurant and the owner tells her to leave because she grossing out his costumers.
Discrimination in society has been a huge issue for years and it would seem that it was on the verge of heading in the right direction of getting better and people were excepting one another. But of course that …show more content…
I think that its the syndrome of I hold the badge instead of right or wrong. We have seen change with officers and we still have experienced those who rather keep the old ways in motion. It was a good decision for the police department to contribute dash cameras; to me it protects the interest of both the officer and the individual. The truth is to me it’s like a finger print when the camera is in motion. There are several examples that I could talk about reference to discrimination but I only want to address the names of victims that had been faced with police discrimination like, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant and Eric Garner all in some way was discriminated by officers because of the color of their skin. The example I want to use is a video where a police officer on camera is making a discriminatory remark about black people to a white woman that was pulled over. In the video you see a woman with her hands up indicating that she feared what would happen when encountering the police but it was the remark that strikes the community, WE ONLY KILL BLACK PEOPLE”. A terrible comment by an officer who suppose to be protecting and severing the
Discrimination in society has been a huge issue for years and it would seem that it was on the verge of heading in the right direction of getting better and people were excepting one another. But of course that …show more content…
I think that its the syndrome of I hold the badge instead of right or wrong. We have seen change with officers and we still have experienced those who rather keep the old ways in motion. It was a good decision for the police department to contribute dash cameras; to me it protects the interest of both the officer and the individual. The truth is to me it’s like a finger print when the camera is in motion. There are several examples that I could talk about reference to discrimination but I only want to address the names of victims that had been faced with police discrimination like, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant and Eric Garner all in some way was discriminated by officers because of the color of their skin. The example I want to use is a video where a police officer on camera is making a discriminatory remark about black people to a white woman that was pulled over. In the video you see a woman with her hands up indicating that she feared what would happen when encountering the police but it was the remark that strikes the community, WE ONLY KILL BLACK PEOPLE”. A terrible comment by an officer who suppose to be protecting and severing the