Racist To Send Out Crime Warning E-Mails
Recently, students at University of Wisconsin-Madison complained that crime warning e-mails sent out by the school perpetuate racism. According to the student newspaper the Daily Cardinal, “sending photographs incriminating black teenagers in a burglary to tens of thousands of email inboxes reinforces the criminalization of black bodies, as well as white UW-Madison students more particular and hateful notions that black people do not belong on campus. It puts the lives of black students and community members at an even greater risk of surveillance and violence. UWPD should do better and follow the precedent they themselves have set by not highlighting the race of offenders, in order to ensure the safety of students of color on campus—in particular, black students.”
Source: http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2017/03/crime-warning-perpetuates-racism
