POLICE BRUTALITY AND RACISM IN THE US

Topics: Race, Black people, White people, African American, Racism, Police brutality / Pages: 4 (814 words) / Published: Feb 8th, 2017

Continue ReadingAfter reading and analyzing Black Boy and various current articles, I am now able to draw parallels between how whites treated of African Americans in two different times. Coming into this project, I knew about present day race issues and the form in which racism presents itself, however I have certainly learned many new things about police brutality and what motivates it. Since the early 1900’s and long before(when Richard Wright was growing up), racism has been a frequent theme in America. However, racism has changed and evolved. Racism used to be mainly expressed explicitly,