Historical Aspect

Throughout the history of America, black individuals have been victims of  racist act. Such as slavery, lynching, racist beatings, and segregation under the Jim Crow law.  In which some continue to happen today. As the author of the novel Between the World and Me,  Ta-Neshisi Coates mentions  “Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free”.(70)

https://www.oxford-review.com/organisational-change-building-support-across-different stakeholders-part-3/

Segregation within schools (Jim Crow Law) 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/racial-segregation

 Racist beating of Rodney King 

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sdut-racial-policing-rodney-king-2016mar01-story.html?_amp=true

Society's Perception of the Black Community

What do you see?

In America today, history would show us that there has always been a struggle in the black community to be on par with the white Americans in social, political, and economic terms. The social injustices that we see today are because of the racism and discrimination that has been embedded deep in this country's identity.

The DEATH of Emmett Till

https://youtu.be/HAoybFsr-Yg

The Garifuna Exodus

People in Honduras who are descendants of slaves, who live on the beach, and have lived on the beach for years now, are being forced to move from their homes into places of poverty. While migrating, they are often victims of fatal experiences. 

Police Brutality

image by: https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/

"We as black men are looked at as the ones who are going to harm your daughters, the ones who are most likely to rob and steal and kill. Historically, dating back all the way to slavery"

-The Undefeated

Yunek Moore 

Yunek Moore told her story as a survivor of police brutality. As she attended a bonfire, she was one of the few Black individuals who were victims of her local police department. Police officers violently arrested Moore and charged her with "obstructing a peace officer."








Teenagers are seen taking a stand against racist police brutality in memory of victims such as Renisha McBride, Eric Garner, and Prince Jones.

“...The law has become an excuse for stopping and frisking you, which is to say, for furthering the assault on your body.” (Coates 17)

Social Problems Continue

Slavery began in the year 1619, when the first African Americans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. 

Smithsonian Magazine

The 13th Amendment was passed in the year 1865 and it abolished slavery.

The Texas Politics Project

Unfortunately, in the United States, there are still various account of racial discriminations. Most of which lead to deaths.

CNBC.com

Woman Calls Police on Black UPS Driver Delivering Packages Because She Felt “Nervous”

https://www.blacknews.com/news/atlanta-woman-calls-police-black-ups-driver-delivering-packages-nervous/

https://youtu.be/ocwJtkl_nZ0

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/11/portland-restaurant-worker-yelled-racist-slurs-at-black-customer-destroyed-her-phone-gets-15-years-in-jail.html

https://youtu.be/AwSHbhNpe2M

Al Jazeera

CBS News