According to Robert Patrick of Stlttoday.com, on August 9, 2014, a call went out to officer Darren Wilson to respond to an incident with a baby with breathing problems. On his …show more content…
Fuentes lists the descriptions for racial “boxes” that the government describes as races. “There are a number of relevant factors to be found in these definitions, but one aspect stands out: “black” is treated differently from all the others.” (Fuentes, 97) He goes onto say that the United States only refers to people from Africa as a racial group. Implying that black is a race, a biological sign of difference. Racism is at the core of American life whether we like it or not. It has been rooted into our countries history and laws that it has become a part of unknowing racism. Being racist without knowing that you are being racist. The Michael brown shooting is only the most recent case about race that has received media attention. Many more people suffer under a racist law everyday and go