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Racism in America

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

Anais Nolasco 101

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Upon meeting me most people ask me “where are you from?” when they hear my name. If you ask me “where are you from?” I will answer “South Jersey.” (There are some Jersey natives that would say my town is in central jersey. They’re wrong. Central jersey does not exist.) However, if you were to ask my ethnicity I would gladly answer “Puerto Rican and Dominican.” In my free time I like to bake, read, and of course binge watch countless tv shows.  My favorite tv shows that are on air right now are Game of Thrones, the Chicago shows on NBC, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Bold Type, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Bob’s Burgers, The Challenge, and anything on HGTV; shows that I could binge watch over and over again are The Office, Parks and Rec, New Girl, Friends, and Charmed. I don’t believe in “guilty pleasures” so I list all of those with an equal amount of pride. I come off as quiet and shy, but in the right environment I can actually be very outgoing and outspoken. I’m a very liberal per