By: Scott Winship, Richard V. Reeves and Katherine Guyot
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Randy Johnson, 17, a high school student, poses for a portrait between games of basketball outside a friend’s residence in Ferguson, Missouri July 21, 2015. When asked how Michael Brown’s death affected him, Johnson said, “I don’t trust the law anymore. I could be next.” When asked what changes he has seen in his community over the past year, Johnson said, “The police don’t come around no more. They don’t want an incident like that.” On August 9, 2014 a white police officer shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown dead in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri. A year later Reuters photographer Adrees Latif returned to Ferguson, where he has documented events in the past year, to capture the portraits of local residents and canvass their views. REUTERS/Adrees LatifPICTURE 1 OF 13 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY “PORTRAITS OF FERGUSON”SEARCH “LATIF PORTRAITS” FOR ALL PICTURES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – GF20000014299
Black Americans born poor are much less likely to move up the income ladder than those in other racial groups, especially whites. Why? Many factors are at work, including educational inequalities, neighborhood effects, workplace discrimination, parenting, access to credit, rates of incarceration, and so on.
