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StarfishSaver's JournalIt's obvious who really believes all lives matter and who doesn't
https://twitter.com/NahNotFeelinIt/status/1268761577366437888"Dear anti-racist allies: Here's how to respond to microaggressions"
These stereotypes often come in the form of microaggressions brief and commonplace verbal, behavioral or environmental indignities, said Beverly Daniel Tatum, a psychologist and former Spelman College president, in a previous interview with CNN. Tatum is also author of the classic books "Can We Talk About Race?" and "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"
Microaggressions can be intentional or unintentional and sometimes even well-meaning. But they communicate hostile, derogatory or negative racial messages or assumptions to the receiver.
The ability to even notice these instances requires educating yourself about the experiences of black people in America and the significance behind such remarks.
Here's a list of common microaggressions, the messages they send and what to say when you hear friends, family or colleagues say them.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/racial-microaggressions-examples-responses-wellness/index.html
10 Documentaries To Watch About Race Instead Of Asking A Person Of Colour To Explain Things For You
https://www.docplay.com/articles/10-documentaries-to-watch-about-race-instead-of-asking-a-person-of-colour-to-explain-things-for-you/32 Pictures That Show What White Privilege Looks Like
More at:https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/white-privilege-black-lives-matter-protest
No words. These. People. Are. Out. Of. Control
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1268724577586331648Dream of Freedom
In difficult times, the words of Langston Hughes can provide comfort and inspiration:
Dream of Freedom
Theres a dream in the land
With its back against the wall
By muddled names and strange
Sometimes the dream is called.
There are those who claim
This dream for theirs alone
A sin for which, we know
They must atone.
Unless shared in common
Like sunlight and like air
The dream will die for lack
Of substance anywhere.
The dream knows no frontier
Or tongue
The dream, no class or race
The dream cannot be kept secure
In any one locked place.
This dream today embattled,
With its back against the wall
To save the dream for one,
It must be saved for all.
--- Langston Hughes
Scott Woods: Racism is bigger than conscious hate.
Yet when we hear about big picture stuff like the disproportionate ratio of blacks in prisons, something short circuits in white folks. Suddenly there are plenty of other reasons why these things might play out that way. Folks, thats racism too, both the statistic as well as your denial that there might be anything racial about it.
Heres the deal with racism: Racism is an insidious cultural disease. It is so insidious that it doesnt care if you are a white person who likes black people; its still going to find a way to infect how you deal with people who dont look like you. Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is another. And so on.
So while I agree with people who say no one is born racist, it remains a powerful system that were immediately born into. Its like being born into air: you take it in as soon as you breathe. Its not a cold that you can get over. There is no anti-racist certification class. Its a set of socioeconomic traps and cultural values that are fired up every time we interact with the world. It is a thing you have to keep scooping out of the boat of your life to keep from drowning in it. I know its hard work, but its the price you pay for owning everything.
https://scottwoodsmakeslists.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/5-things-no-one-is-actually-saying-about-ani-difranco-or-plantations/
"Dear White People: Stop using Dr. King as an example of peaceful protest ..."
"You shot him, too..."
NBC: "Disturbing" texts between Oregon police and far-right group prompt investigation
This is one of the reasons I have little patience with people who try to downplay the role racism plays in police brutality by pointing to the fact that many cities run by Democratic and black mayors have police brutality. This kind of filth has so infiltrated and entrenched itself police departments throughout the country, it usually doesn't matter who is running the city. Police departments are independent fiefdoms immune from oversight or political pressure of the governing body. And, unfortunately, too many people - including many white progressives - give them a pass.
From 2019:
Texts between Joey Gibson, the leader of the far-right group Patriot Prayer, and Portland police Lt. Jeff Niiya have been criticized by officials in Oregon's largest city.
After public backlash, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, is no longer asking the city's police chief to lead an investigation into friendly text messages between a lieutenant and the leader of a far-right group that some officials say confirm "collusion" a criticism later mocked by the group's leader.
Officials and activists also voiced concern about the texts and demanded that Mayor Ted Wheeler order an independent investigation and not one headed by Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw as he first suggested. The mayor relented late Friday and said he will be working on how the new inquiry will take shape.
"I will order an independent investigation to review the existence of bias in the actions of the [Portland Police Bureau] leading up to and during demonstrations involving alt-right and anti-fascist protesters," he said in a statement, adding that he has "heard from the people of Portland" and will also work with Outlaw to implement training for police in identifying white supremacy.
Wheeler's concern over the texts, which he called "disturbing," comes after a report Thursday in the Willamette Week that highlights the correspondence between Joey Gibson, the leader of Patriot Prayer, and Portland police Lt. Jeff Niiya, the commander of the department's rapid response team.
The pair shared messages in 2017 and 2018 that were joking at times, but also raise concerns that police give Patriot Prayer and members preferential treatment, even though they have been involved in violent clashes with antifascist protesters.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disturbing-texts-between-oregon-police-far-right-group-prompts-investigation-n972161
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