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“Always dress nicely. Don’t walk too quickly. Be polite, and say sir or ma’am’ if they speak to you. Do not give them a reason to stop you. Do not raise your voice if they question you”

 

From [HERE] Armani Madison reports that he was given this advice when he became a student at Brown University: ‘“Always dress nicely.” “Don’t walk too quickly.” “Be polite, and say ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’ if they speak to you.” “Do not give them a reason to stop you.” “Do not raise your voice if they question you.”

He writes: ‘“They” are the police.

“The saying is that, “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.” But targeted minority groups do not have the luxury of this being applicable to them, because simply being a minority is enough to draw suspicion from police.

 “The U.S. Sentencing Commission found that “blacks receive 10 percent longer sentences than whites through the federal system for the same crimes.” The Sentencing Project cites a 2013 report finding that, of those born today, one in every three black males and one in every six Latino males can expect to go to prison at some point in their lives. Only one out of every 17 white males can expect the same.

(Powerless Class. 'The existence of White Supremacy (Racism) automatically eliminates the possibility of any non-white person being so-called "upper-class" or "middle class" in his or her relationship to any person, any place [MORE].' 

In video above, revolutionary, Booker Wright on how to expect racism from white people everyday (if they are not racist then be pleasantly surprised) and how to 'play' racist suspects. He did not believe he was inferior to white people. He was murdered.   

“At Brown, issues with racial profiling sparked the creation of the short-lived Coalition for Police Accountability and Institutional Transparency in 2006, formed “in order to speak out against DPS mistreatment towards minority students and members of the gay community and increase the dialogue between students, administrators and police.” The organization collapsed in the spring of 2007 as the result of limited support and membership, as well as “a lot of opposition on a number of fronts from the University … (causing) efforts (to) fade out in that respect.” But police misconduct, even at the campus level, remains a real concern for many.

“Racial profiling is real, and minorities clearly receive harsher treatment and sentencing on the streets and in courtrooms than their non-minority peers.”