Copyrighted Image? DMCA | In the wake of Freddie Gray's death and the uprising which followed in Baltimore, President Obama acknowledged the need to reform police practices and accountability, but insisted that the real problem faced by the black community in Baltimore, and around the country, is not the police--but a system of institutionalized racism, socio-economic polarization, and a public which has refused to confront and address these disparities.
This assessment is absolutely correct. The issues facing the black community are systemic, reinforced over the course of generations. At the same time, however, the President and others who express similar sentiments, seem to misunderstand the reason police are in the crosshairs of activists: |
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