You Look Familiar: How Physical Similarity May Contribute to Stereotyping
 

by Brandon Levy


In February 2012, Florida neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin after calling 911 to report a "suspicious person" in his neighborhood. In November 2014, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot by a Cleveland police officer while playing in a public park with a toy gun. Nearly a year later, California resident Fay Wells published a piece in the <em>