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What did Wright find about the prosecutorial election?

In an analysis of local news stories run in the year leading up to prosecutorial elections, Wright found that "whatever case was on the local television news or in the local newspaper, win or lose, that's the case that people were talking about during campaign events. ... Nothing about the big policies.".

How many black jurors were struck by the prosecution?

The prosecution struck 50 percent of eligible black jurors compared to only 11 percent of eligible whites. APM Reports also found that even when controlling for other, race-neutral factors raised during juror questioning, black jurors were still far more likely to be struck than white jurors who answered in the same way.

How old was Doug Evans when he ran for the Fifth Circuit?

When Doug Evans first ran to be the chief prosecutor of Mississippi's Fifth Circuit Court District in 1991, he was 38 years old. He'd grown up in the district and graduated high school there. He had studied criminal justice at a college just an hour away.

How long did the Flowers case last?

Flowers' case wasn't an aberration. Over a 26-year period — from 1992 through 2017 — prosecutors excluded black prospective jurors at a much higher rate than whites, an analysis of jury selection data shows.

What happened in Grenada Mississippi in 1966?

A demonstrator covers his ears as he moves away from a cherry bomb tossed by angry whites during demonstra tions in Grenada, Mississippi, Aug. 10, 1966. Jack Thornell | AP.

How old was Eva Lemon when she was arrested?

Law enforcement cracked down on peaceful black protesters, even arresting children. Little Eva Lemon was booked into the local jail in November. Eva Lemon, age 7. So was her older sister, Estella Cox Williamson, who was 13 at the time.

How many times was Curtis Flowers tried?

We know that race was an important factor in the Curtis Flowers case. Flowers has been tried six times for the 1996 murders of four people at the Tardy Furniture store in Winona, Mississippi. He was first convicted by an all-white jury in 1997, and he was convicted three more times, always by nearly all-white juries.

Who was hiding in plain sight?

Trevor Noah: Hiding in Plain Sight. The next day at school, Noah was called into the principal’s office, where police officers and mall security were waiting. Teddy had been arrested and expelled, and they asked Noah if he knew who Teddy had been with that night.

How did Noah make friends in the white neighborhood?

Noah soon found that the best way to make friends in the white neighborhood was to befriend the children of the help. Servants who lived in backyard quarters of their white employees could keep their children with them. These kids became Noah’s only friends. One of these friends was a boy named Teddy, who went to Noah’s high school.

What did Noah do at the dead end?

Noah headed toward the dead end, calling for Teddy to follow. But this wasn’t Teddy’s neighborhood, and he thought going into the dead-end would leave them trapped. Teddy went a different direction, and Noah snuck through the hole and lost the cops. When Noah got home, he waited for Teddy to show up, but he never did.

Why did Teddy and Noah wander around the mall?

They’d wander around because they couldn’t afford to buy anything. The mall had a movie theater and would stay open late, even after the stores were closed. One night, Teddy and Noah discovered they could stick their arms through the gate of one of the stores and steal chocolates filled with alcohol.

What did Noah swallow in the movie?

Noah swallowed, seeing his likeness smack dab in the middle of the screen. What he didn’t expect was to be questioned about who the other guy with Teddy was. Because of the black and white footage, Noah’s skin looked washed out compared with Teddy’s dark skin. The cops were looking for a white kid.

Why was Teddy arrested?

Teddy’s parents finally came over to Noah’s house and told him and Patricia that Teddy had been arrested for shoplifting. Patricia knew right away that Noah was somehow involved. But Teddy had covered for Noah and said he wasn’t with him. Noah thought he was safe.

What was Noah's neighborhood?

When Noah was an adolescent, he moved with his mother Patricia into a white suburban neighborhood called Highland North. Highland North was mostly working-class or middle-class Jews. As the only black kid there, Noah once again stood out. Noah soon found that the best way to make friends in the white neighborhood was to befriend the children of the help. Servants who lived in backyard quarters of their white employees could keep their children with them. These kids became Noah’s only friends.

Why did white people reverse gentrification?

Oftentimes, minorities reverse-gentrify neighborhoods because whites move to the suburbs to get away from urban thugs and schools with no golf team. Advertisement.

What are the causes of white flight?

It turns out that sociologists studying white flight— the tendency of white people to abandon neighborhoods once minorities move in—have always held that the phenomenon of white flight wasn’t just about whites wanting to live in neighborhoods where people buy sweaters for their dogs and put their children on leashes. Previous research concluded that white flight was the result of three factors: 1 People of color were poorer: For much of American history, a growth in minority population signaled a decline in a neighborhood’s socioeconomic status. Therefore, previous studies hypothesized that white people weren’t necessarily fleeing people of color, they were simply moving to better, middle-class neighborhoods. 2 White people didn’t like cities: The white population in urban areas has been declining for years. Most forays into this subject reasoned that white flight was the result of the white urban exodus into suburbia and the preference of blacks and Hispanics to live in cities. 3 White people weren’t racist, they were just practical: They weren’t running from minorities, they just liked neighborhoods with good schools and low crime. Oftentimes, minorities reverse-gentrify neighborhoods because whites move to the suburbs to get away from urban thugs and schools with no golf team.

Do colonizers like their neighborhoods being colonized?

Even though gentrification is one of the favorite sports of white America, Kye’s research shows that, for some reason, colonizers don’t like their neighborhoods being colonized. And it has nothing to do with crime, poverty, schools or socioeconomics. They just don’t like living around people of color.