Mr. Announcer: “In the ghetto criminal-justice system, the people are represented by members of the newly established Ghetto Science Community Peacekeeping Unit: police officer and part-time security guard at the Funky Ghetto Mall Dudley ‘Do-Right’ McBride; attorney Cootie McBride of the law firm McBride, Myself and I; and guest behavioral health adviser, psychologist Judy McBride. This is their story.”
(Dudley, Cootie and Judy are in the Law-N-Order SUV driving back to the Ghetto Science Community from the Ghetto Science Law and Order National Convention. They discuss the issue of injustice toward African Americans.)
Dudley: “You heard the news? It looks like driving while black comes with a consequence these days. Cousin Judy, how did it get to be open season on black motorists?”
Judy: “As I stated in my presentation at the Law and Order convention, what people watch, read and listen to matters.”
Cootie: “Remember when we would watch the ‘Tarzan’ movies on television? I thought dark and brown skin people were terrible savages.”
Dudley: “Those negative images and perpetuated stereotypes affected us a lot.”
Judy: “Then both of you looked at yourselves in the mirror and discovered something is wrong with this picture. You realize that someone’s propaganda starts to matter.”
Cootie: “Yep. It’s nonsense at the mind’s expense continuously fueling the fires of hatred, fear and prejudice.”
Judy: “The consequence is the unfortunate fate of black motorists like Sandra Bland and Samuel DuBose.”
Dudley: “Am I paranoid, or was that a police siren?”
Doink, doink
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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.