US State official sends racist meme despising African-American and Mexican people and goes viral

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Patrick Reed, a public and government affairs manager for the secretary of Washington state, got caught sending a racist meme to a colleague making fun of Black and Mexican people, according to KIRO 7 Seattle. Residents of Sumner, where Reed is a council member, were disturbed by the image.

Reeds colleague sent him a message a month ago celebrating that he had been excused from jury duty. In response, Reed attached an image of a shirtless white man with a mullet in front of a red pickup truck (this CANT be going anywhere good). The caption of the image read, If theyre in court, theyre guiltyespecially if theyre Black or Mexican. Residents responded to the picture calling him unprofessional and concerning and one said he will reconsider voting for him again when he is up for re-election.

Now, with the exception of one man of color, most of the reactions were from white people. But us? We expected nothing less than a government official being exposed for being racist. However, if one state official holds these beliefs about Black people, imagine how the court officials think when a person of color enters the courtroom.

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As one could assume, the states prison population is overrepresented by people of color. In 2010, there were 2,000 more Black people in prison than white or Hispanic people, per Prison Policy. The report also found that as white incarceration rates went down Black incarceration rates increased.

When people believe Black or Hispanic people are more prone to being criminals, thats exactly what leads to them being convicted at a higher rate, given exaggerated sentences, and denied their ability to defend themselves.

Source: KIRO 7

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