Young Black men in the US are more likely to be stopped by the police for no reason, to be unduly perceived as overly aggressive, or to be unfairly deemed disrespectful and defiant by teachers and other institutional representatives, resulting in them being disproportionately disciplined, expelled, arrested, or killed by the police. And, as it turns out, young Black men are also more likely to be disproportionately scrutinized in the current US election campaign.
Young Black men have even been described as a “key voting bloc” by numerous commentators — despite accounting for a mere 0.8% of the US adult population (and 0.6% of the voters in the 2020 election.) Indeed, young Black men have been mentioned on 24/7 TV news seven times more frequently than young white men, who represented 2.9% of registered voters in 2020.
