Dear MEL Topic Readers,
A guide to how you can support marginalized
communities
America again is showing another deeply
rooted division. This time, not gun control or politics but racial
discrimination.
On May 25, a 46-year-old African-American male
died in Minneapolis, Minnesota while being handcuffed and pushed face down on a
city street by a white police officer. The officer kept his knee on the man’s
neck for over eight minutes. Since the victim had not been responsive for nearly
three minutes, the use of excessive force, possibly intended, has been investigated.
He was arrested on suspicion of having used a counterfeit $20 bill at a local
store.
This incident triggered harsh protests across
the country against the treatment of non-white communities in the US. If you
lived in such a diverse community where racial, religious, cultural, social, and
political gaps have been widening, you would be sensitive and knowledgeable about
the differences. How should you become knowledgeable about this complex topic
and society without prejudice, discrimination, or bias?
Read this article and find tips to learn
about marginalized communities in the US.
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