We the people must fix this
Daphene R. McFerren
Daphene R. McFerren is executive director of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis.
Police brutality and racism are not just black people’s problem; they’re an American problem, which makes them white people’s problem, too.
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