Post by BuzzFeed Video.
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Sometimes it takes a visual to explain truths the mind can’t accept.
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BuzzFeed’s Adam Serwer shows how our ingrained perception of black men as large, super-strong, and violent leads white police officers to view them as threatening and allows the justice system to condone lethal force in their deaths.Originally published on BuzzFeed.
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