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Article 1 In the article “Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community” written by Matthew Desmond, Andrew V. Papachristos, and David S. Kirk, discusses police misconducts causes communities to be unsafe for citizens especially the black community. Many black men have experience racial profiling or police brutality in Milwaukee and this continues on to a point where calling 911 for help is no longer a choice for individuals to use due to a publicized case of police violence against an defenseless man, Frank Jude. Jude, as stated in the article, was unarmed, accused, stripped naked, and beat by the police brutally. This terrifying incident caused many to protests against the police force. Desmond, Papachristos, and …show more content…

Morales organizes her book in a multifaceted way that allows each chapter to have different conflicts and stories, but somehow have all chapters connected. Each of these conflicts consists of racism, segregation, racial profiling, police brutality, civil rights movement, feminism, sexual identity, etc. All of these issues that’s stated in the book are all problems that still exists today not only in Milwaukee but throughout the world. In chapter three, Morales introduces many topics such as feminism, racism, police brutality, Black Panther Party (BPP), and civil rights. Many of these topics are huge issues that the black community went through and fought for their equal rights. The article “Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community” written by Matthew Desmond, Andrew V. Papachristos, and David S. Kirk also addresses on police brutality heavily. Chapter three of Milwaukee stories main topic focuses on the BPP. Morales stated, “HQ had been shot up, had its windows smashed, and books, food, and other supplies stolen in repeated raids by the police. And just a couple months before there was failed arson attempt. Most of the Party suspected the FBI in that one.” BPP’s headquarters were raided by the police and as you can see, this wasn’t the first time that BPP had face this type of …show more content…

Women too, have history. In the book “Meet Me Halfway; Milwaukee Stories” written by Jennifer Morales, she writes about feminism in chapter three. In chapter three, she writes, “...all sisters down in the kitchen and all the brothers at the front of the house making all the decisions.” When Morales states “sisters”, she is referring to women and “brothers” as men and through this, she explains how women belongs in the kitchen while men belongs at work. Through her use of diction, feminism is highly portrayed. Women are always seen inferior towards men and are always expected to be a housewife, take care of the kids, and be a loving wife. In chapter three, Morales also states, “I don’t know why any woman would complain about feeding children. This is the best part of my day, sitting here just a minute before I have to get up and start on the dishes, looking at the faces of you and the children and knowing I fed you all real good, fed you food I made with my own hands. I don’t know why any woman would complain.” When Morales wrote this, she is conveying a message saying that women rarely have any breaks and the only break they get is sitting down on the dinner table eating with their family, but after dinner is done, they’re back on cleaning duty. If Nancy C.M. Hartsock were to read this book, her being an activist, would totally agree with Morales on her statement about

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