A Lost Boy in Louisville: One Refugee’s Story

For local activists, the killing of a black South Sudanese refugee by a white officer clearly mirrored the racial violence and police brutality that has shaped the lives of people of color in so many other American cities. For Manyoun’s community of South Sudanese refugees in Louisville, this sentiment is familiar. Refugees resettled in Louisville, as in most American cities, are expected to assimilate into a society in which racial discrimination is widespread, especially when it comes to interactions with the police.