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Race played role in sentencing of Black child, 10, for urinating in public, lawyer says (www.nbcnews.com)

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The lawyer said he’s baffled that prosecutors pursued the case and that a youth judge oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring the child to write a report about Kobe Bryant.

A 10-year-old Black child in Mississippi who urinated in public in August was sentenced Tuesday in youth court to three months' probation, a decision the child’s attorney says was influenced by race.

Quantavious Eason, who is in the third grade, was arrested by Senatobia police Aug. 10 after a police officer saw him relieving himself outside next to his mom’s car when the woman was inside an attorney’s office, according to family attorney Carlos Moore.

Given the circumstances, any child would have done the same thing, Moore said. He noted there was no public restroom at the attorney’s office.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I'm pasting part of a comment I made a few days ago on a different post:

This is called implicit racism, and it permeates our society to a systemic level. Healthcare can be a good example, and the U.S. criminal justice system is the best example imo.

One thing that really drives home the systemic implicit racism in this country are studies that have people rate black and white men on how strong/large/muscular and threatening they perceive them to be. The black men were perceived to be more threatening and that use of force was more likely to be viewed as justified. Black and white Americans both perceived the black men to be stronger, taller, and more muscular than their equal-sized white counterparts. Source

Another study found that people view black boys as older than they are, and that they are more responsible for their actions than white boys, whose actions were more likely to be excused by the belief of childhood innocence. So our society essentially strips black boys of their perceived childhood innocence. Same Source

Also should definitely be pointed out that Black Americans are incarcerated at a nearly 5 times greater rate than are White Americans. Source

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

Another study found that people view black boys as older than they are, and that they are more responsible for their actions than white boys, whose actions were more likely to be excused by the belief of childhood innocence.

Tamir Rice right there. When he was murdered, people online were all over the place saying how he was a tall kid etc, as if that matters in any way

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Yes this implicit bias is foundational and starts as early as preschool. Here's a Yale study from 2016 and a short video explainer.

https://news.yale.edu/2016/09/27/implicit-bias-may-explain-high-preschool-expulsion-rates-black-children

https://youtu.be/lJlIeGep_TM?si=BnzyhcZkIzrn5d6O

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Worth pointing out that, since the first racially biased "study" about crime and race, blacks have been wrongly painted as being "mOrE PrOnE to CrIMe" which has done a lot of damage in further spreading and embedding systemic racism. (Source: The Condemnation of Blackness by Khalil Gibran Muhammad)

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

First off, not a fan of ADL and equating anti-zionism with antisemitism.

Second, just want to call out my home state Arkansas for making it illegal to make mandatory implicit racism training. Like, you aren't allowed to tell people they're being racist. Ridiculous.

Third, fuck the ADL.