I have had several encounters with law enforcement. ... For example, people of color make up two-thirds of the people incarcerated for drug offenses. ... As a result, small amounts of drugs, coupled with lack of money and lack of education, often lead to ominous encounters with the justice system. The African American males in Carbondale are part of fourteen percent population of drug users in the country, but these users comprise 37% of drug arrests. Furthermore, they represent 56% of the people in state prisons for drug offenses (Mauer). ...

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The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. As Americans, we pride ourselves on the concept that our ancestors fought tooth and nail for our freedom and we should never forget that concept. We pride ourselves on ...

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From local thugs to law enforcement officers, from drug addicts to political figures, Crash brings individuals of varying backgrounds together in a film which represents the attitudes that many people share, particularly those attitudes of racism, whether they are overtly expressed or subconsciously so. ... From local thugs to law enforcement, and from drug addicts to political figures, "Crash" unites various cultures and various backgrounds into a film that presents the attitudes that many people share directly or indirectly. ...

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Wells also mentions an instance when a white man "outraged an Afro-American girl in a drug store". ... The white male who assaulted the woman did not face any serious punishment, while the woman raped often faced serious injuries, no support from local law enforcers, or even death- proving the evident double standard that existed for women of different color as victims of rape. ...

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Attorney General Eric Holder said that Ferguson "should consider the role that increased diversity in law enforcement can play in helping to build trust within communities. " This is totally true because it will allow black people to trust the police. ... Some of these places don't need military equipment based on modest crime rates, no terrorist activities and some drug problems. ... By attacking the black community and their involvement with crimes and drugs. ...

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The Movement's crowning legislative achievement was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which banned discrimination in places of public accommodation, enforced the Constitutional right to vote, established a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and prevented discrimination in federally assisted programs. ... In American society, the word "ghetto" has come to symbolize predominantly poor, black neighborhoods rid with drugs and violence. Racial profiling has become common for most urban law enforcement, thus leading to more Blacks being imprisoned than any other race. ...

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The term "driving while black has been used to describe the practice of law enforcement officials to stop African-American drivers without probable cause" (Weatherspoon, 2004). ... Michelle Alexander stated, "The likelihood that a person of Mexican ancestry is an "alien" could not be significantly higher than the likelihood that any random black person is a drug criminal" (2010, pg.129). ...

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Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with then are relegated to cages. ...

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