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Essay On Ferguson Riots

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“ Notice that there is more pressure on black people to stop talking about “Race” than there is for racists to stop being racists. System does not racism to end, it just wants you to stop talking about it.”(Chris Rock). Has the black race always been a target of the law enforcement? Ferguson riots did not seem to make a slight difference because, even though thousands of people fought for what they believed was right nothing ever changed. Police officers still treat blacks like if they were a virus that needed to be cured. Provided that information, all of the riots and arrests that occurred in Ferguson will not change anything that will occur in the future. Race has always played a major factor when it comes to a black man being killed …show more content…

In reality, would you shoot an 18-year old for stealing something from a liquor store? Tons of people will maybe say yes, but there would be no reason for it. People always see the negative things about people than the positive things. Media is a big perpetrator that binds and twist information, that can only be true because otherwise they would not have anything to say. Our society needs to open their eyes and see the wrong in people when they have actually been wrong. Nobody's perfect, but let's face it, a white male is always going to be preferred over a black male.
We live in a world where so many people stereotype each other that no one can live in peace. the Ferguson shooting caused tons of riots. Those riots were made by people fighting for their equal rights. It seems as if history is repeating itself all over again. Thousand of years ago African Americans were slaves to white and they also suffered a lot to gain their equal right. Or is it that the battle was never ever and today it continues? We may never know why the police are preferred over anyone else if we are all humans. We can say that we live in the same world, just under different

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