Slavery was abolished on paper decades ago yet loopholes and the ignorance of white men allows slavery to be a continuous event. The history of slavery still haunts African Americans today, leaving them to feel oppressed and discriminated against in modern day society despite being generations ahead of their enslaved past. Examples to be discussed. These persisting situations of oppression or discrimination are some word that means support against the argument made by many that African-Americans, Black Americans, should release themselves from the past burden of slavery. The argument counters this modern abuse by arguing that if Black Americans did not carry the chains of slavery themselves, they should not let its echoes carry into today.
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Cooper presents a tragic event that revolutionized the country “When 28-year-old George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in a residential Sanford, Florida, the street in February 2012, after trailing the hoodie-clad, iced tea-carrying youth through the neighborhood because he looked ‘suspicious” (Cooper 1). African Americans are at a high risk of facing police brutality. The example of the young black man that killed for no legitimate reason explains how unjust white individuals treat blacks. In many cases, these black men are reaching for their license in their wallet or trying to locate their registration papers, and white policemen are paranoid that they may have a gun, when in reality they do not, and are being lawful citizens. The young man Zimmerman was killed because of his appearance and policemen will attack when they have created in their minds how a person needs to look to be a criminal. White men that commit horrible crimes are given mild punishments or not given punishments at all, while blacks are given death sentences and long imprisonment for minor crimes. Gay analyzes an example of when“ The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. Her black life and her black body did not matter” (Gay 1). African Americans are treated like animals and less human, and sometimes are not even considered people to many ignorant people. They are not given the rights of others, and their life is not important to others. They are still viewed as slaves, and this brutal and unjust treatment is still in the minds of many people. Policemen that assert this brutality believe that that they have extreme power over others, and can abuse their power to hurt minorities. Gay
Cooper presents a tragic event that revolutionized the country “When 28-year-old George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in a residential Sanford, Florida, the street in February 2012, after trailing the hoodie-clad, iced tea-carrying youth through the neighborhood because he looked ‘suspicious” (Cooper 1). African Americans are at a high risk of facing police brutality. The example of the young black man that killed for no legitimate reason explains how unjust white individuals treat blacks. In many cases, these black men are reaching for their license in their wallet or trying to locate their registration papers, and white policemen are paranoid that they may have a gun, when in reality they do not, and are being lawful citizens. The young man Zimmerman was killed because of his appearance and policemen will attack when they have created in their minds how a person needs to look to be a criminal. White men that commit horrible crimes are given mild punishments or not given punishments at all, while blacks are given death sentences and long imprisonment for minor crimes. Gay analyzes an example of when“ The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. Her black life and her black body did not matter” (Gay 1). African Americans are treated like animals and less human, and sometimes are not even considered people to many ignorant people. They are not given the rights of others, and their life is not important to others. They are still viewed as slaves, and this brutal and unjust treatment is still in the minds of many people. Policemen that assert this brutality believe that that they have extreme power over others, and can abuse their power to hurt minorities. Gay