Parts of the Metropolitan Police are still «institutionally racist» and
young black people continue to be victimised by officers, the mother of...
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Its a sad day when our
young black men do nt have the freedom to walk through certain neighborhoods without being harrased are mudered, no one has the right to just take a life just because of the color of your skin we as a
people has to stand up to injustices such as this no one wants to hear the truth there is still a racial devide in America and our justice system create laws so that this kind of injustice can
continue to happen rather u want to admit it are not our
young black men are the prey.
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Far from being consigned to the textbooks of history, racism
continues to blight the lives and life chances of
black and minority ethnic children and
young people, teachers and communities.
«I was impressed with what Stephon's brother Stevante said that how proud he was of Sacramento, of his city, how
people turned out and made this case a national one and brought attention because I think too often, our elected leaders, they will talk about things when it's a lot of children in a school, but when it's
young black men of color who are being shot by the police unarmed... I think if we're gonna say
black lives matter, we have to mean it, and we have to implement change,» she
continued.
As the costs of college in the U.S.
continue to rise, the disproportionate level of student loan debt among
black young adults is cause for concern, as high student loan debt loads may exacerbate racial disparities in college dropout and completion rates, and may also have broader implications across the life course, including
young people's ability to attain other conventional markers of adulthood (such as marriage and becoming a parent).
This theory that some
people are disposable is what has led to mass incarceration and
continues to ensnare
young black people.»