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African Americans Should Be Allowed In Schools Essay

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As a new young driver, how should I act if the police pulled me over? Many parents warn their child on how to react to this situation, but what will African-American parents say to their child(ren)? They will give them detailed descriptions, so their child can come home safe and unharmed. The child is told to act responsibly, answer directly to the officers, comply with the officer(s) and say; yes sir/ma’am and no sir/ma’am. With the amount of killings of innocent African-Americans, whether they were driving or not, this is a major problem. Mainly towards the younger generation, like myself. The majority of these issues have already occurred during the 60’s, the true time of racism, discrimination and the civil right movement. All that has …show more content…

All questions are self asked when a police officer stops you and can 't think of the reason. Though many people worry about being stopped by the police, the African-American community will worry the most. Though the African-American community isn 't the only crowd to pick on, this community will worry the most compared to any other community. Asian, Hispanic/ Latino and the white community will also worry, those within the Hispanic/ Latino community would be able to comprehend on how the African-American community may feel if one of their brother(s) or sister(s) has been injured or killed due to an innocent …show more content…

I, as a young Afro-Asian and a muslim, if something were to happen to me due to the actions of a police officer. Will somebody, who wouldn 't comprehend with my ethnicity and or religion, will they understand what I will or may go through? This situation has already occurred, September 2016 in North Carolina, an African-American named Keith Lamont Scott who was a muslim, who was shot and killed by police officers. According to the police, Keith was allegedly rolling up a marijuana blunt and in possession of a handgun. What could happen if I was sitting in my car and I was doing something and accused of doing something or possession of something that is illegal? What will the police officer(s) think? I will be viewed as a black man behind the wheel, who is committing a

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