Febuary 15, 2015

Shooting of 3 University of North Carolina Muslim Students

Three Muslim students who attended the University of North Carolina were shot by their neighbor. Although local authorities claim that the killings were a result of a "parking dispute", many consider this to be a hate crime.

HOW DOES THIS CONNECT TO STRUCTURAL RACISM?:

The father of one of the victims reported that his daughter had told him several times that they had a neighbor who was "hateful". The fact that this crime would be reduced to a neighborly feud rather than a racially motivated hate crime shows the propensity of the media to not recognize structural racism.

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