It is very upsetting to learn of the injustice Willie and his family faced over his brother's death. Unfortunately, the stereotype is that Black English is seen as unintelligible and unintelligent. That people that speak with that dialect or ignorant and ill-educated people. This same stereotype is perpetuated by educators, they these students and their voices are not worth listening to because they "sound ignorant." Many students become resistant and resentful because they feel as if their identity is being stripped away. But it's not just Black English, any other form of English that isn't White English is seen that way.
I think that the letters may have been taken more seriously if it was written in White English because it is the standard. But overall, I believe that with the bias against inner-city black people, they are stereotyped as criminals and cops are always shown leniency. Even today, with all of the media and news coverage of unwarranted cop shootings and beatings, these cops don't ever receive an extreme form of punishment. Now if a cop shot an upper-class white person with no just cause, I am sure the media and public would be in an uproar and the policemen would receive punishment.
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