Na volcanion please . Zero eight oneseven ty <| sep |> There is no way that ' s all there is to it . It ' s an absurd suggestion . There are experiments that demonstrate implicit bias in the population at large and in police specifically . There were experiments that showed that having a black name makes government offices less likely to call you back , and actually gives you a worse chance at getting a callback for a job than a white named person with an identical resume and a felony conviction . Studies have shown that black peole get harsher sentences for the same crimes with similar records . The justice department found massive discrimination in Ferguson , with black people being widely targeted with fines and tickets , meaning that A There was clear racism at playB Cops were initiating more encounters with black people which inerently increases the chances of a violent incident just by virtue of there being more interactionsC When cops are targeting you based on your race that is logically going to increase the likelihood of you responding negatively , which would escalate the situation . On top of all this , when you look at demographics , it ' s the urban poor in general that commit more crimes . The difference between races in crime rates basically disappears if you look at people who are in cities and poor . And why are black people predominantly the urban poor ? Because of segragation , gentrification , and all of the otber discrimonatory factors listed above . The idea that racism doesn ' t have an acute effect on the lives of black people in America today is simply not supported by the facts .