Ever since the explosion of the movement, Black lives matter, the term institutionalized racism is gaining more and more popularity. This term stems from the idea that although racism is not blatantly displayed, authority and government figures still carry it out. There has been an increase in media coverage on police shootings of young African-American men who are completely unarmed and defenseless so, as a result, more and more African-Americans are less trusting of their government, and their local authorities. Because the police officers in question have generally been Caucasian, and the victims all a young black male, but the verdict comes as ‘not guilty’ just about every time, most people truly believe, “...Black lives are systematically
