Black Americans still face many barriers, or ''walls'', which restrict their rights and freedoms and discriminate against them. This has recently come to light with dozens of shootings and killings on unarmed Black Americans over the last few years.
PART 1:
Read through the following links and do some extra research on at least one of the people you read about:
unarmed young black people killed by police:
http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/unarmed/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nicholasquah/heres-a-timeline-of-unarmed-black-men-killed-by-police-over#.ajeQqaw5E
*http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/31/the-counted-police-killings-2015-young-black-men
PART 2:
Read this article on the causes of race issues in America today. This is a very long article, so give yourself time and break it down into chunks.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
After both parts:
Consider race in America (and the world) today.
Why does this ''wall'' still exist? What can be done to, as Hughes hopes, "break the shadow"?
PART 1:
Read through the following links and do some extra research on at least one of the people you read about:
unarmed young black people killed by police:
http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/unarmed/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nicholasquah/heres-a-timeline-of-unarmed-black-men-killed-by-police-over#.ajeQqaw5E
*http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/31/the-counted-police-killings-2015-young-black-men
PART 2:
Read this article on the causes of race issues in America today. This is a very long article, so give yourself time and break it down into chunks.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
After both parts:
Consider race in America (and the world) today.
Why does this ''wall'' still exist? What can be done to, as Hughes hopes, "break the shadow"?