I think in today the word oppression with African Americans most people get the wrong idea. Yes they were oppressed in the way of slavery and up until 1963 with the civil rights movement. But in today no they aren't oppressed that way anymore, they are oppressed in the eyes of society. In particular, through people that aren't African Americans. For some reason people are afraid of African Americans or their culture. I'm not sure why but the main issues today is police brutality. Myself being a white female, I see where they are targeted, or even treated unfairly. I don't know how to fix this because again it is a moral issue, there's a lot of racist people on both sides. But fighting and rioting isn't the way to solve it. It's literally a social issue so nothing can be put into law because then that can be seen as special treatment, and wouldn't go over well. All I know is that something needs to change, and that could be through education, like educating more on African Americans instead of all these white guys that we all forget anyway.
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June 2016
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