https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o en-us 2021-08-19 16:56:19 UTC 2023-03-12 02:46:32 UTC hello@padlet.com ehebert11 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1686491601 This image personifies the critical and fundamental idea regarding policing with respect to the profound discrimination against African Americans in the United States. In a country founded on freedom, liberty, and justice for all, we reach a contradiction within the very blueprint of our nation. Our founding fathers failed to identify and recognize African Americans as human beings which caused a profound ripple effect in our society centuries later. 

]]> 2021-08-19 18:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1686491601 ehebert11 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1686502507 In this video we are able to observe a male African American citizen who’s absolutely terrified for not only his life, but the patient he’s currently looking after. We see Charlie Kinsey laying on the concrete with his arms raised perpendicular with respect to his body, exclaiming he’s unarmed, but somehow manages to get shot by police officers who harbor extreme prejudice towards his artificial race. 

]]> 2021-08-19 18:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1686502507 ccc005 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688011789 This picture shows the police search rate to the 3 races of people for recreational marijuana before and after the marijuana is legalized (around 2013) in Colorado and Washington states. By looking at the chart, apparently, racial disparities and bias still exist even when recreational marijuana is legalized.]]> 2021-08-20 14:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688011789 malbarra https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688534882 When comparing groups of young women to that of young white males, young white women receive shorter sentences than their male counter part. Young black women receive shorter sentences than young white males but still higher than their white counterpart and young hispanic women receive longer sentences than young black and white women and young white men. Older white women receive similar sentences as young white men. Both older black and hispanic women receive longer sentences than young white men and older white women, which hispanics receiving the highest. This figure clearly shows the preference judges in this country have toward young white females with them receiving the lowest average prison sentences of both men and woman, and how harshly POCs are treat with them receiving higher sentences than their white counterparts and Older hispanic men receiving the highest average sentence.]]> 2021-08-20 21:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688534882 malbarra https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688535996 Both young hispanic and Black males recieve longer average prison sentences than young white males. While older hispanics males receive a longer average prison sentence. Older white and black males receive the same average prison sentence but all three groups still receive more prison time than young white males. This shows the innate biases that judges handing out these sentences have and their clear preference toward young white males]]> 2021-08-20 21:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688535996 igarciaa3 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688702599 We can see a clear bias in courts by examining the exoneration rates between races. In 2017, the National Registry of Exonerations revealed that Black people have much higher exoneration rates than White people. This means, that the court systems are more likely to convict an innocent Black person than an innocent White person. ]]> 2021-08-21 02:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1688702599 ehebert11 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692697511 2021-08-24 03:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692697511 ehebert11 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692698082 The Birmingham Campaign was a critical civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the early year of 1963. This campaign’s main objective was to illuminate the injustices of segregation and to call forth leaders to initiate a desegregation of the facilities in Birmingham, Alabama. However, despite Dr. King’s emphasis on peaceful protests, he was arrested. The following days epitomizes the disgusting levels of discrimination and barbaric acts of brutality towards unarmed African American citizens protesting for equality. 

]]> 2021-08-24 03:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692698082 sbharvirkar https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692728124 Although the ratification of the 13th Amendment saw the end of slavery, segregation and discrimination were prevalent. These laws, known as Jim Crow, oppressed African-Americans, which sequentially led to lower-income on average, and an overwhelming sentiment of being "beneath" the White race. This, as well as derogatory representation in media, saw the rise of wrongful stereotypes and prejudice against African-Americans. The Harlem riot of 1935 is a reflection of this. A shopkeeper had suspected a Black boy of stealing candy, and witnesses watched as a cop began abusing the boy. Years of discrimination, constant prejudice, and racism manifested itself in a riot. The upheaval saw 3 people killed and around seventy African Americans arrested. Today, it stands as an example of how the history of Black policing has left entire communities traumatized. ]]> 2021-08-24 03:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692728124 sbharvirkar https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692782655 Policing in schools in communities with gang violence has also become common. Research done by the American Public Health Association shows that policing-- specifically being targeted based on race and undergoing "frisking" often -- causes long term anxiety and trauma. As a result, students at these schools are negatively affected and underperform. Studies also show that more intrusive physical contact worsens mental health. The mental health epidemic due to policing is a topic that is often overlooked and needs to be addressed openly in order to make change. ]]> 2021-08-24 03:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692782655 igarciaa3 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692807827 In 2016 Harvard found that the employment rate between the formerly incarcerated is much lower than those who aren’t. But when we take a look at the employment rates between races along with their average earnings, we see that the employment rate and the average wage of White non-Hispanic Americans is higher than the Black and Hispanic population. Even after serving their sentence, they are still affected at a disproportionate rate.]]> 2021-08-24 04:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692807827 igarciaa3 https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692809490 The sentencing for crack cocaine was much higher than that of powder cocaine. There was a minimum sentence of 5 years for possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine, while the same 5 year sentence was reserved for 500 grams of powder cocaine. This unfair standard was reversed just 10 years ago after decades of unfair sentence lengths which disproportionately affected Black communities.]]> 2021-08-24 04:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ehebert11/2ytqhobuqykhpu8o/wish/1692809490