'We’re not a gang': the unfair stereotyping of African-Australians

Paragraphs just words apart so telling

"How are we supposed to assimilate if we keep being told how different we are?" Sebit asks.

For the life of me Sebit, I can't think of a single reason people have called time on you and your friends and put a line through the lot of you. Call it self preservation perhaps?

Crime Data ...Sudanese-born youth offenders are seven times more likely to be charged than Australian-born offenders.

Government and police sources say this has led to a significant population of African-born males in youth detention - as many as a quarter of the population.

Some of these young men found themselves there because of a concerted effort by police to crackdown on the most serious offences - carjackings, home invasions, armed robberies - that had increased significantly since the start of 2016.

I have no idea Sebit, none at all

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