Incomplete Systemic Racism List

I use the word systemic because it’s widespread. Our racist history is still present in laws, practices, attitudes and beliefs. Here are a few examples. The list includes more stories about black people because of recent conversations about Mike Brown, but I'm trying to expand it.

Racism in Laws

• Stand your ground / Castle Laws used as defense to murder

Jordan Davis http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/02/michael_dunn_verdict.html

Renisha McBride http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/renisha-mcbrides-killer-found-guilty-murder-n175306

“In Florida alone, 26 children and teens were killed in Stand Your Ground cases.” “White-on-black homicides are 354 percent more likely to be ruled justified than white-on-white.” http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/02/26/3332391/trayvon-martin-years/

• Stop and Frisk Laws focus on minorities

http://rt.com/usa/stop-frisk-whites-drugs-weapons-667/

• voting laws

http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/is-jim-crow-back-racist-laws-exclude-5-million-blacks-latinos-from-polls/

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/12/19/3082371/racial-voter-suppression-study/

• Immigration laws

A history of racism  http://racism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=586:immigr01-1&catid=23&Itemid=145

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/01/30/3226951/immigration-gop-racism/

SB-1070 racial profiling https://www.aclu.org/arizonas-sb-1070

• Segregation in schools

http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/05/60_years_after_brown_school_segregation_on_the_rise.html

http://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-now-full-text

• healthcare

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/mead_racialethnicdisparities_chartbook_1111.pdf

Racism in Police treatment

• Murder of black men

John Crawford http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/08/cops-gun-down-ohio-man-holding-toy-rifle-in-walmart-like-he-was-not-even-human/

Kajieme Powell http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-police-release-video-calls-city-shooting

Ezell Ford http://ktla.com/2014/08/12/man-hospitalized-after-being-shot-by-police-in-south-l-a/

Eric Garner http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/07/18/3461602/nypd-choke-hold-man-dies/

Mike Brownhttp://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/michael-browns-body

Dante Parker http://www.sbsun.com/government-and-politics/20140819/naacp-calls-for-accountability-in-dante-parkers-police-custody-death

Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/nyregion/fatal-shooting-of-ex-marine-by-white-plains-police-raises-questions.html?_r=0

Kimani Gray http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/officers-teen-slay-avoid-criminal-charges-article-1.1884963

Oscar Grant III http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/oscar-grant-lawsuit-bart-officer_n_5548719.html

Kendrec McDade http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/06/16/44754/pasadena-pays-1-million-to-parents-of-kendrec-mcda/

Jonathan Ferrell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/jonathan-ferrell-shot_n_3937175.html

Sean Bell http://nypost.com/2013/11/30/former-cops-still-reeling-7-years-after-sean-bell-horror/

Amadou Diallo http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-02-05/how-legacy-amadou-diallo-lives-new-yorks-immigrant-community

Bias to pull the trigger http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0778/investigations/shooters_choice.shtml

• Murder of black women

http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2014-08-black-unarmed-women-girls-without-weapons-killed-law-enforcement/

• Murder of Native men

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/02/21/shooting-death-john-t-williams-18538

• murder of white men leads to jail time for officer

The life of a murderous neo-nazi had value.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/national/17deputy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

• other physical abuse

http://www.suntimes.com/27487657-761/lawsuit-chicago-cops-physically-verbally-abuse-woman-on-video.html#.U_4zB_ldV8F

http://wtvr.com/2014/04/23/75-year-old-woman-tied-up-while-state-police-invade-her-apartment/

Henry Davis http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/15/the-day-ferguson-cops-were-caught-in-a-bloody-lie.html

• Innocent black people detained for nonsense reasons

http://ktla.com/2014/08/26/producer-in-beverly-hills-for-emmy-pre-party-mistaken-for-bank-robber-held-6-hours/

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/08/the-problem-is-im-black/379357/

• In consequences for officers

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/08/21/3474119/one-of-the-two-officers-who-killed-a-man-in-wal-mart-is-back-to-work/

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2014235279_policeshooting16m.html

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/suspended-st-louis-officer-speaks-darren-wilson-department/

• Police being suspicious of black people

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2014/08/some-readers-experiences-with-race-and-police.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/25/opinion/norwood-ferguson-sons-brown-police/index.html

Henry Louis Gates Jr. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/harvard-professor-henry-louis-gates-jr-arrested-home-calls-cambridge-police-racist-article-1.394425

New Jerseyman afraid to get out of the car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVaU8qm2LhQ

Racism in Courts and Prison

• Harsher sentences for black defendants

http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/rd_sentencing_review.pdf

• Disproportionate numbers of black people in prison

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/racial-disparities-incarceration.html

http://www.naacp.org/pages/criminal-justice-fact-sheet

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-top-10-most-startling-facts-about-people-of-color-and-criminal-justice-in-the-united-states/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate

• White defendants “innocent” after murdering black people

Zimmerman (Trayvon Martin) http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/14/us/zimmerman-why-this-verdict/

Michael Dunn (Jordan Davis) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/florida-juror-loud-music-killer-michael-dunn

• Drugs

http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/07/study-whites-more-likely-to-abuse-drugs-than-blacks/

http://corporate.dukemedicine.org/news_and_publications/news_office/news/white-and-hispanic-teens-more-likely-to-abuse-drugs-than-african-americans

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/1/5850830/war-on-drugs-racist-minorities

Racism in News Media regarding legal issues

• White people are encouraged to fear black people

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3740175113001/juan-williams-on-eric-holders-mission-in-ferguson/?intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips

• Victim-blaming and excuses for why a black person was murdered

Mike Brown “no angel” New York Times http://www.donotlink.com/framed?527339

http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/2014/08/things-stop-distracted-black-person-gets-murdered-police/

Trayvon smears http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/26/452310/what-everyone-needs-to-know-about-the-smear-campaign-against-trayvon-martin-1995-2012/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/media-black-victims_n_5673291.html