#fieldwork6

@sociologeeek

This is a picture of Nikolas Cruz, the boy responsible for the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High. After killing 17 innocent people he was portrayed in the media as mentally ill. According to the New York Post, Nikolas was “lost in his mind”. To me this is an example of White Supremacy in the justice system. If the shooter was a black male the media would have portrayed him in the most undignified way, but because he was white, this incident is justified by a mental illness.

This image is an example of american prejudices against muslims, particularly women who wear headscarves. People assume that the men in their family force the women to wear the headscarves and not because they want too. 

The systemic racism that is pervading in the United States society is pretty evident in the stagnant or worsening data reported by researchers. The fact is African Americans are continuously working against economic and social constraints that push them back down. To change the realities of these data, we must rethink the systems we have in place. This article is an excellent description of the statuses of African Americans in modern-day racism

https://www.vox.com/cards/police-brutality-shootings-us/us-police-racism