https://contemporaryracism.org/2541/power-differentials/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Mon, 19 May 2014 20:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/2541/power-differentials/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:02:20 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=2541#comment-303 Emily – thank you for sharing this story. I definitely think it exemplifies the sometimes negative results of the power differential between police officers and ordinary citizens. It is downright disturbing that cops frequently use their power to humiliate and harm individuals, especially those who belong to groups with lower levels of social power. Had this individual been a white male, would an equivalent amount of force be exerted upon him? I don’t think so. Race absolutely matters in this case and in many others where police officers exert their social power in unfair ways.

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