Stereotypes and Police Brutality

Growing up in East Los Angeles and having family in South Central, Compton, Bell, I never understood I rarely saw white people in those communities.  Why were all of the Latinos and African Americans living in the same areas? I never understood why until I asked my parents and they explained everything to me.  After viewing this documentary, I really understood the whole situation and why they were separated. It just reassured me that there is still racism and white privilege is a real thing in our communities.  The way I see it, most whites don't want to live in the same communities as blacks and Latinos because they feel like they'll be less safe and as an outcast in the community.  another reason they might not want to is because they feel like there social status will be hindered and they won't be looked at the same way someone else from a white community would be looked at.  I feel like this is also where the stereotypes for blacks and Latinos come from.  Not living in the same communities as them they don't really understand who they are so they make these stereotypes to make it easier for them to label an entire race instead of individually looking at someone and making opinions based on their own individual values and ethics.  I think this is why there is so much racism still and the stereotypes are affecting the actions people make which is the reason there are so many riots against police and protests against police brutality.