Tag Archives: Institutional Racism
As #HillaryClinton Bungles, Angry Pundits Blame #BernieSanders! | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
So, clearly, we’re all angry now. Paul Krugman is seething at Bernie Sanders Continue reading As #HillaryClinton Bungles, Angry Pundits Blame #BernieSanders! | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Forum with #BernieSanders, NOC and Keith Ellison: Black Experience In Minnesota
Bernie Sanders participated Friday in a forum focused on the Black experience in America, Continue reading Forum with #BernieSanders, NOC and Keith Ellison: Black Experience In Minnesota
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, Martin Luther King, Socialism and #Reparations | #Blog#42
Ta-Nehisi Coates in his Atlantic piece, dated January 19th, 2016, asks, “Why Precisely Is Bernie Sanders Against Reparations? The Vermont senator’s political imagination is active against plutocracy, but why is it so limited against white supremacy?” Continue reading Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, Martin Luther King, Socialism and #Reparations | #Blog#42
Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Baltimore
It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions, Continue reading Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
#Updated: South Carolina Rep. Chumley’s Southern madness: White confederate ignorance on Blog#42
Three #BlackLivesMatter stories while we debated #RachelDolezal | Blog#42
Three important stories were told but scarcely heard today. Here are curated quotes from each: Continue reading Three #BlackLivesMatter stories while we debated #RachelDolezal | Blog#42
The Week in #Racism and #PoliceBrutality, 3/18-3/25 | #BlackLivesMatter
This is a compilation of cases I saw in my news feed this week. It is by no means a complete list of events around the country. I will try my best to generate a post like this each week. Continue reading The Week in #Racism and #PoliceBrutality, 3/18-3/25 | #BlackLivesMatter
UPDATED: Bratton: between #NYPD, de Blasio, and #BlackLivesMatter
Gothamist put out a piece on a recent Bratton appearance where he “bemoans all the work it takes to explain police shooting Black men.” Here is an excerpt. Please go on to read the material from December for context. Bratton has gotten away for far too long with a public perception of him that is polar opposite of what he actually stands for. Continue reading UPDATED: Bratton: between #NYPD, de Blasio, and #BlackLivesMatter
Take this Hammer: James Baldwin in Oakland, 1963
When people think of James Baldwin, they think of Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Fire Next Time, or Giovanni’s Room.
They might think of his articles for The New Yorker. They wouldn’t readily think of him as a documentarian. He was that too! Continue reading Take this Hammer: James Baldwin in Oakland, 1963