The Talk After Ferguson Summary

I chose to talk about the reading by Canedy, Dana. “The Talk: After Ferguson.” In the reading we are introduced to the life of a colored person. She explains the struggle of having to even bring up the topics of police brutality and black people. She is in a battle with herself of knowing when the time is right to explain to her child that society is making the police and black man a problem. A problem that many have died over. Shooting unarmed black men because of suspicion not facts. All of the stories we hear, the police’s defense was that he was moving his hand towards his hip or pocket. Not once have we heard a fact that yes the person shot dead did have a weapon in his possession causing me to defend my life over his. She deals with this struggle but then finds the time to bring the topic up. Explaining to her young one that when approached by a officer to treat them with the utmost respect and to make sure not to make the feel threatened. His response was why can't I just be white. This a thought process
He has given $1 million dollars to the Institute for Community-Police Relations and $1 million to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The aim is to help build trust following several shootings around the country. "As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police officers," Jordan. He grieves with these families because he himself felt the same pain when his father was shot and pronounced dead."I know this country is better than that, and I can no longer stay silent. We need to find solutions that ensure people of color receive fair and equal treatment AND that police officers - who put their lives on the line everyday to protect us all - are respected and