Read the following article about the recent murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests in Minneapolis:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/minneapolis-protests-liberal-image.html?
campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200601&instance_id=18980&nl=themorning®i_id=108816026&segment_id=29766&te=1&user_id=9720f632f9f3ae880df01b7ea360f739
Then watch the following video of Dr. Martin Luther King, in which he addresses the “pick yourself up by your
bootstraps” idiom in the U.S. (15:05-17:08): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsbt3a7K8&feature=youtu.be&t=905.
In 2-3 pages, double-spaced, answer the following questions:
-Define institutional racism.
-Explain the American ideology of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps."
-How does Dr. King debunk the myth of this ideology, especially in regards to African-Americans?
-How does this relate to institutional racism?
-What examples of institutional racism are given in the article about Minneapolis?
-How does institutional racism help explain why people are protesting across the country right now in response
to police violence against African-Americans?
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