Racism – Page 8

More than half of police killings in the US are unreported in government data

More than half of police killings in the U.S. are not reported in official government data, and Black Americans are most likely to experience fatal … More than half of police killings in the US are unreported in government dataRead more

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Twenty years ago today, President George W. Bush visited the National Cathedral in Washington to remember the victims of the September 11th attacks. He vowed … This is about racism, it’s not about religious bigotryRead more

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-pT0pNbi0E&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Dr. Patricia Newton

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmsR1Ozmkg&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Anoa Changa and Greg Palast.

There comes a point in every awful horror movie where a character does something so careless and shortsighted a viewer loses faith in the storyteller. … On the verge of repeating a voting rights blunder that led to the rise of Jim CrowRead more

A few weeks ago, a thought woke Camara Jones up in the middle of the night. It was about the coronavirus. That’s commonplace these days, … Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher RatesRead more

In Michigan and Illinois, African Americans make up, oh, 14 to 15% of the population but account for 41% of the COVID-19 deaths. In Chicago … COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black AmericansRead more

Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon stood before the White House press corps, staffers at his side, to announce “a new, … America’s Drug Wars: Fifty Years of Reinforcing RacismRead more