After the George Zimmerman trial a lot of articles were coming up about race in America. As I was scrolling on the internet looking up random things like I always do, I came across a very interesting article about stereotypes and perception.
Most people are familiar with the young black male that was caught joy riding in his grandmother's car because he "likes to do bad things." The same incident happened with a young white male. Instead of criminalizing this child, his deviance was portrayed as something cute and innocent.