Institutional Discrimination
It breaks my heart every time I read about incidents as in the murder of Emmett Till and the Little Rock Nine. It is hard for me to grasp why people can be so mean to each other based upon their religion, ethnicity, or in this case their skin color. We were all created in an image to be unique from one another and yet many still criticize each other because we are all different.
In the events that took place with the murder of Emmett Till, I was shocked to read the very descriptive wording. In August 1955, Emmett Till stated to a white store owner's wife "Bye baby" because he was dared by a few of him friends. A few days later, the store owner, Roy Bryant, and his brother-in-law, J.W. Milam kidnapped Till from his uncles house one night. Three days later his body was found looking nothing like himself because of the destruction done to his body. No white lawyer would take this case. In the end though, Bryant and Milam were found innocent......
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