Considering the Relevancy of Racism

When it comes to racism, I always pictured the anguished struggle of the Black American fixed in a 60's scene of peaceful protests only to be aggressively dispersed by armed police officers (and, in some cases, white citizens as well). Being half black myself has put me into situations that may have contained racial tension, but for the most part I'd hoped there were enough progressive-minded people to snuff out such backwards thinking. Surprisingly enough, however, Ferguson, MO still retains its reputation as quite the discriminatory city; the worst of it all being that the discrimination is coming from their Criminal Justice System. 

While it was slow to gain traction in the eyes of the media, the Department of Justice finally received enough allegations of their "beleaguered...system" of "its police department". A Civil Rights lawsuit was immediately dispatched, and shortly after the city rejected the suit, ultimately costing themselves millions for fighting the demands of over overhauling their blatant harassment of their (primarily African-American) citizens.

Unfortunately I feel, this controversy will not end neatly. But it does bring the age old American struggle between State vs. Federal power into the contemporary lime light. Obviously, the national government cannot stand for such a refusal in the face of such an equality-focused society. The only question is what the reaction will be for the sympathizers of the Ferguson Police Department.