https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o Skin color should not define a person en-us 2018-12-11 19:22:21 UTC 2018-12-12 19:49:06 UTC hello@padlet.com avassey1 https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313587733 prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.]]> 2018-12-11 19:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313587733 avassey1 https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313591816 In many areas, Racism has decreased sufficiently. Whites and blacks are no longer forced to go to separate bathrooms and blacks no longer have to stand up on the bus. Now, public restrooms are open for everyone to use.]]> 2018-12-11 19:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313591816 avassey1 https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313593899 Not too long ago, blacks and whites could not be in the same classroom as one another. There was a low quality school for colored children to go to, and whites had a more sufficient school to go to. Now, roughly 85% of schools allow children of all color to get an education]]> 2018-12-11 19:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313593899 avassey1 https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313597426 1. Speaking Up
If someone witness an act of racism, they should speak up instead of joining in or being a bystander
2. Ask A Open Ended Question
(EX:“why do you think that?, why do you think that’s funny?, why did you say that?”)
Call the person out make them think about what they are saying but don´t be rude.

]]> 2018-12-11 19:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313597426 avassey1 https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313603760 1. African-Americans are only 13% of the U.S. population and 14% of the monthly drug users, but are 37% of the people arrested for drug-related offenses in America.
2. After being arrested, African-Americans are 33% more likely than whites to be detained while facing a felony trial in New York.
3. In 2010, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites through the federal system for the same crimes.
4. In a 2009 report, 2/3 of the criminals receiving life sentences were non-whites. In New York, it is 83%.
5. In 2012, 51% of Americans expressed anti-black sentiments in a poll; a 3% increase from 2008.]]> 2018-12-11 20:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/avassey1/drkey7ii6u0o/wish/313603760