Nateisha Smith

Jan Lee
11 September 2015
Outline
Introduction: Why do African American citizens believe that their lives dont matter?
I. Stereotypes
a. African American citizens detect that they are the ones being attacked the most
b. African Americans are being called more than just Blacks
c. They perceive to see that system is unfair to African Americans
II. Murder
a. History of black people being killed
b. The outrage between the police and black people
c. The outrage between white people and black people
III. Discrimination
a. Other races categorize African Americans as just what they presume them to be instead of
what they actually are.
b. Majority of African American citizens are being judged based off of the color of their skin or
there background.

c. There is a slight imbalance of equal opportunity between an African American citizen and a
citizen of a different race
IV. Arrest
a. African Americans in the rural environment
b. The accommodation of other races being convicted for their arrest; as to African Americans
being mishandled differently.
c. The African American imprisonment rates are higher than other races
Conclusion: From past conflicts of African Americans being hated upon, the favoritism, and
prejudice is still currently going on today; the media and other reportings attempt to cover it up.