Racism Has Deep Roots in US
Racism
Has Deep Roots in US, Police Killing African-Americans Has Its History -
Journalist
In
the wake of police shooting of 18-year-old African-American Michael Brown, over
140,000 Americans have supported a petition to US President Barack Obama’s
administration calling for the introduction of the so-called Mike Brown Law,
demanding the government “create a bill, sign into law, and set aside funds to
require all state, county and local police, to wear a camera." ©
AP Photo/ Charlie Riedel
WASHINGTON, August 22 (RIA Novosti), Liudmila Chernova -
Racism has deep roots in the United States, as the country was built on
enslavement of Africans, and police killings of African-Americans have a long
history, American journalist and writer Adam Hudson told RIA Novosti.
“The United States was built on the enslavement of black
African slaves and the genocide of Native Americans. So racism runs deep in
American history, culture and politics. The routine police killings of
African-Americans has a long history,” Hudson said, recalling slave rebellions
in the United States, and other European colonies, “and white slave masters did
as much as they could to repress them, including through violence.” Read more >>
Source: http://en.ria.ru/analysis/20140822/192250812/Racism-Has-Deep-Roots-in-US-Police-Killing-African-Americans-Has.html
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