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How Structural Racism is Linked to Higher Rates of Police Violence Institutional Racism Is Our Way of Life The Reason This "Racist Soap Dispenser Doesn't Work on Black Skin  7 Ways We Know Systemic Racism Is Real As you look at the titles of these articles, one thing is clear: people are well aware of how racism is embedded into our everyday lives. Many people hear “racism” and immediately think about segregation and violence, however it can be as simple as microaggressions like telling someone they “don’t sound black” and as ingrained as redlining. Each article touched on just how deep racism can go. The first two articles provide in depth analyses of social injustices in a legal sense, with the first focusing on police killings of unarmed black people, particularly men and the second focusing on racism’s effects in the legal system as a whole. Brentin Mock, the author of the first article, provides studies that show that these occurrences are mor

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