The fact that police officers kill young black men for being black and do so with impunity is terrible. The underlying problem, though, is that being black means being criminal, a drug user, violent, a threat, a thug, instantly guilty and "deserving" whatever happens to them in our society. It is so with the cops, it is so when shopping, it is so on the streets, it is so 24/7/365. It is even so if you are a black woman - you are an addict, a prostitute, a shop-lifter by default.
The protests are amazing and awesome. My question is about the media coverage of them. Does anyone know of anything produced by the national media that exposes what blacks experience every day at the hands of our justice system? That shows an in-depth story on this or a high-level look at the statistics that show the black/white divide in the justice system? These protests provide the perfect opportunity for this kind of reporting but I don't see it happening.
The Washington Post did an article soon after Mike Brown was murdered and it described in detail the way that blacks are oppressed in St. Louis County and forced to fund the many fiefdoms there by being preyed upon by the police. That isn't the case where I come from (I've checked into it) and it was eye-opening to me. I had no clue even though I've believed white privilege and tried to educate myself on the black experience. I've shared the article with as many people as I could and I would sure like to have more information like it to spread around and hopefully change some minds. Here is a link to it and please let me know if you have found anything like it of late:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.