https://contemporaryracism.org/2616/what-do-you-stand-for-when-you-stand-your-ground/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Mon, 19 May 2014 20:04:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/2616/what-do-you-stand-for-when-you-stand-your-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:19:57 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=2616#comment-330 I am confused as to how “stand your ground” laws apply to the current case – Dunn’s life/safety were not in jeopardy, and it seems as though he was not provoked. Playing loud music may be annoying but it does not seem to me to be a personal attack. Unfortunately, I think that stand your ground laws have been used to promote white privilege within the justice system, and can often be used as an excuse for dominant populations to avoid a sentence that they actually deserve. Perhaps I am missing details on this specific case, but stand your ground has come up in many recent court cases, and has produced situations where dominant populations are granted the benefit of the doubt and marginalized populations (i.e. black women) are not granted the same privilege. How do we go about changing the law? Or, at the very least, regulating the way the law is manipulated in the justice system?

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