Word: racisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scandal, repentance, pledges of reform and fresh scandal, seemingly unwilling or unable to police themselves. The answer in part lies in the way departments are set up and managed, and also within the hearts of the officers themselves. "The people in a position to do something about brutality and racism are products of the system," explains James Fyfe, a former New York City cop who teaches criminal justice at Temple University." There's a sense that their loyalty should be to the department, not to the public...
Indeed, the say-it-ain't-so-Joe reception of the Fuhrman tapes follows a well-established pattern of denial about the virulence of racism that extends far beyond the field of law enforcement. In part be cause of the conservative backlash against affirmative action, it has become fashionable to dismiss black and Latino complaints of discrimination as either mere pleading for preferential treatment or hallucinations, until an incontrovertible piece of evidence such as the Fuhrman tapes comes along. Then, inevitably, a surge of moral condemnation washes across the country like a cathartic wave--and subsides without any lasting effect...
...beaten or even killed. But certainly the most outrageous incidents, from the assault on Rodney King to the six Philadelphia cops who have pleaded guilty to framing African Americans, have been widely publicized. For that reason, says Don Jackson, a former cop who has devoted himself to exposing police racism in Southern California, "The naive white reaction of shocked dismay is totally disingenuous. It's more like they don't want to know, because if they did, they'd have to do something about...
...question is why so many otherwise alert and responsible citizens are so ready to accept the notion that police racism and other acts of discrimination are aberrations rather than commonplace occurrences. And how, in the face of such reports, citizens can nevertheless believe that it is time to disregard race as a factor and take a ''color-blind'' approach to social issues. The Fuhrman tapes effectively refute the claim put forward by conservatives, both black and white, that prejudice no longer has much impact on the lives and fortunes of African Americans. Like most black men, I can testify from...
...cross-section of Los Angeles citizens--black and white, community leaders as well as cops and city officials--expressed disgust with Fuhrman's remarks; many feared racial tensions in the already riven city would increase. Police Chief Willie Williams vowed the department would no longer be accused of making racism "business as usual" and said he had initiated an investigation into Fuhrman's claims...