Her Culture Bi-Monthy Magazine August/September 2015 | Page 69

When officers perform arrests fueled by discrimination,
they have committed a disgusting crime: wrongfully
stripping the freedom of another human being. To what
extent can mass incarceration of black women be
attributed to racism or sexism within officers? To what
extent can disproportionate incarceration of black
women compared to other populations be attributed to
officers overlooking crimes committed by a different
race or gender? As a rational thinker, I recognize that
officers enforce what they believe is justice. As a
rational thinker, I also believe that black women cannot
escape some form of bias under the law with the
burden of dual-discrimination.
Michael Brown received little justice prior to and at the
hour of his death.
Will a black woman receive even less justice?

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