This document discusses the need for law enforcement to overcome racism and improve relations with the black community. It notes that the black community has faced historical intimidation and discrimination. To build trust, law enforcement must understand the different cultural backgrounds and address stereotypes. The document recommends that law enforcement provide equal treatment and access to public services, respect black family structures, avoid excessive force or ridicule of communication styles, and have open dialogue with the black community to understand their perspectives and needs. This could help eliminate historical biases and improve cooperation between law enforcement and minority groups.

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Introduction
The relationship that exists between law enforcers and the black community is plays a
major role that was fostered by historical intimidation and slavery of the black community.
This calls for the need of law enforcers to understand the historical culture of African
American and that of the white to improve their relations while changing the existing
perception. The two cultures have different origins and thus, the possibility of communication
problems between citizens and law enforcers. It is therefore important to recognize the
distinctive of the black language, culture and communication which have rendered
misunderstanding among law enforcers and black community. The law enforcement agency
must address the issue of minority group through offering of equal rights as those majority
groups are conferred with.
The black community has been sidelined historically and even today there are trends
of their deprived rights. The black community has been stereotyped as that of criminals, and
this has resulted to a negative relation between the blacks and the law enforcers. It is
therefore significant for the law enforcers to grant equal rights to this minority group which
has been deprived of its right from seventeenth century to present. The presentation of black
family as incomplete or distorted has crippled the effect of the family for generations. There
is a need for strengthening of the morals of the minority group to a loyalty family which will
effectively build the African American community positively. This will consequently
contribute to high level of respect to testify the strength of black community. The law
enforcers need to interact with the African American problems and stem it from its historical
perspective which will set a positive tone between them. Streamlining of relation of the black
community with the law enforcers will have the effect of eliminating historical predicament
exposure of poor relationship.

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There should be no segregation of access to public institutions as it is exhibited in
many areas. The public institutions need to be offered equally in all areas as this will enable
all communities to access health and education. This will consequently provide employment
opportunities to all hence reduction of unemployment and crime rate. The de privation of
black community access to public amenities rob them of securing good employment
opportunities and this determines who majority group perceive and reacts toward the minority
blacks. Many blacks have inspired the sense of community identification and racial identity
through identifying with African culture. This has a wide difference between the culture of
blacks in relation to whites where the law enforcers need to identify the cultural values of
African American in considering the richness if their heritage. This ethical values which have
influenced the black community culture must embraced by the law enforcement agency to
eliminate biasness with regard to blacks.
Stereotyping is a major problem which has rendered the blacks to be perceived
negatively. This is depicted where police use excessive force when dealing with this minority
group. This notion needs to be eliminated in deal with law breakers effectively regardless of
their cultural background or race. Stereotyping has rendered the law enforcers to harbor fears
regarding blacks association with criminality. This perception has rendered the black
community to resort to behavior of not trusting law enforcers, and riots, and thus, the need for
interpretation of racial difference to benefit the law enforcers and minority groups to increase
cooperation and safety.
The family setting of black community should be regarded as a loyalty family and
treated with respect as much as the white family. The threat of the society needs to be taken
seriously by law enforcers as the cultural differences are at work. Law enforcers must be
concerned with the family of black communities regardless of its setting and treat it with
respect as much as possible. Communication styles by the black community must be of

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concern as this has been viewed a hostile by police. Communication by blacks differs from
that of the white and misinterpretation can lead the law enforcers to deem the person hostile.
The law enforcers must not imitate the accent of a group which has historically been ridiculed
as it can be viewed as insulting.
The response to the racial events must be addressed to enable the black community
increase the level of trust to law enforcers and satisfaction with their interaction. There
should be fairness between the minorities and white in reaction to the law enforcers as this
will increase the willingness to comply with directives of law enforcers. The perception of
fairs treatment is an important aspect that forms reaction of encounter between the law
enforcers and the minority blacks. As griffin (2009) echoed that the best way to open up a
dialogue is through face to face contact where every one has a chance to voice his needs and
feelings and to be heard. Leaning to listen does not predispose the readiness of a battle but if
this is not done the re is a possibility to change into attack mode.