Under the white gaze, the black child
becomes another black
boy, like Michael Brown and the
officer, representative of the history of law enforcement as an institution that
polices black bodies unjustly, his race evaporates, he is simply an agent of the state, like the white patrolman, Darren Wilson.
Founded in 1980 when a group of caring volunteers helped a young
boy fulfill his dream of
becoming a
police officer, the Foundation is one of the world's leading children's charities, with 64 chapters in the United States and its territories.