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Poll: Do you think police are tougher on Black people than on any other group?

June 30, 2020 — Editor’s note: This post has been redacted. When it was published in 2015, it referred to Black people as “blacks” — language that High School Insider acknowledges is derogatory and dehumanizing toward Black people. HSI works to ensure there is no racist or offensive language in our stories. This 2015 poll…
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Houston Mitchell

April 13, 2015

June 30, 2020 — Editor’s note:

This post has been redacted. When it was published in 2015, it referred to Black people as “blacks” — language that High School Insider acknowledges is derogatory and dehumanizing toward Black people.

HSI works to ensure there is no racist or offensive language in our stories.

This 2015 poll asked students if they believe police racially profile and target Black people. High School Insider is aware this is not up for debate, as a 2019 study found that being killed by police is a leading cause of death for young Black men in America.

Poem: To My Target Panic

Poem: To My Target Panic

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I remember the first time I met you, the first Sunday of September. Before we met, archery was predictable; my routine was reliable. The weight of my quiver, the resistance of my string, the curve of my limbs, and Sunday morning practice, it was always the same. But...