Video released of Okla. man beaten to death by cops

 

FEBRUARY 26, 2014, 3:48 PM

 

Lawyers for an Oklahoma man who died in police custody released cellphone video of police restraining him to the ground as his wife looks on. Luis Rodriguez was beaten to death by cops after an altercation with his daughter outside of a movie theater.

 

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

These imperialist beat a father and husband to death on his own sovereign land.

See on www.cbsnews.com

How Privilege Works in the U.S.

 

How Privilege Works in the U.S.

How Privilege Works in the U.S. H/T Rishona Campbell for finding this image.

The power of the privilege depends on the situation. Which privileges do you think make the most difference most of the time?

http://garrygolden.com/wp-content/themes/pridmag Able-bodied Privilege

Able-bodied people will not have their body discriminated against when interviewing, seeking housing, dating, seeking to procreate, and during child rearing. Able-bodied people have full access to all stores, all entertainment, and the ability to shop alone. Able-bodied people are well represented in school media and media in general.  H/T List of able-bodied privileges by Melisa Graham

repellently Asian Privilege

Asian privilege helps to get a call back after job interviews due to the bias that hiring managers have for the well educated ‘model minority‘. Asian privilege helps avoid stop-n-frisk. Asian privilege does not help against fear of Yellow Peril.

Beauty Privilege

Two U.S. immigration laws are written with favorable bias for fashion models, the H-1B and H-1B3 visas. In general, beautiful people are paid 3% to 4% more then people with below average looks. Super model’s yearly salaries are in the millions. Beautiful people tend to be favored in job interviews and in the dating scene. Good looks however, can attract harassment, jealousy, and even being fired for good looks that are distracting (1),(2). There is no law specifically to protect people from being fired for their distractive attractiveness.

Class Privilege

Those born or adopted into a privileged class will be pampered, protected and given success on a silver platter. The only way they can screw up class privilege is if they work on screwing it up with egregious criminal acts for which a good lawyer cannot get them off the hook.

Female Privilege

Female privilege allows reaching for a cell phone without being shot by the police; allows one to get the job at day cares, elementary schools, and babysitting over most men. Female privilege allows touching and hugs without people feeling defensive or getting their guard up.  For more check Mary Dee Wenniger’s list.

“Good hair” Privilege

‘Good hair’ is the prejudicial term for hair that is not kinky. Many with kinky, curly or wavy hair will flatten it to make it ‘good’. ‘Good hair’ allows one to not be harassed for how the hair grows out of one’s head.

Intersecting Axis of Privilege Domination and Oppression

Intersecting Axis of Privilege Domination and Oppression

Male Privilege

Male privilege usually provides a higher income for the same work. You will not be told that you are too bossy, too loud, or too crass. The list of male privileges is long. H/T Barry Deutsch for the long list.

Mixed Heritage Privilege

Mixed heritage often allows blending into two or more cultures without getting the side eye. Although, there may be a lot of annoying “What are you?” questions or “Where are you from?”, when the person is probably meaning to ask “What’s your ethnic heritage?”

Not Being Black Privilege

Helps avoid getting shot deadrun over, or dragged to death behind a truck (1),(2), helps prevent being disrespected, disregarded, degraded and dehumanized. For more, listen for negative biases perpetuated through media and watch the prison-for-profit industrial complex grow through the incessant New Jim Crow.

Wealth Privilege

The wealthy buy their way to success and buy their way out of trouble. See ‘affluenza,the disease everyone would like to have.

White Privilege 

White privilege helps to get a call back for an interview, helps get executive level jobs through the ‘good ol’ boy’ network, helps get sales jobs due to a bias for a ‘non-threatening’ and familiar culture and phenotype; helps with renting housing (even though housing discrimination has been outlawed). In court, helps to get a lesser sentence or no sentence at all. For more, from the famous list, see Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Intersectionality Kyriarchy Venn Diagram

Simplified diagram shows some of the overlapping identities that we have – showing the complexity and variety of our communities. A more complete diagram would include profession, age, attractiveness, political affiliation, religion, atheism, etc. | Click here to edit diagram.

In Summary

Our communities give us a life with discrimination, disenfranchisement and some privileges. Intersectionality and Kyriarchy are about multiple forms of disrespect and disenfranchisement piling up on an individual.

The opposite of facing the complexities of our interpersonal Venn diagrams of overlapping discrimination and disenfranchisement is ethnocentrismsectarianism, and sectionalism.

To learn about more privileges 

See the list of privileges at Kyriarchy & Privilege 101

Obama’s Honest and Compassionate Speech – About Being “A little bit more forgiving”

 

By JESSE J. HOLLAND, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday launched his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, urging stronger efforts to create more opportunities for young minority men and to improve conditions that keep them impoverished and imprisoned in disproportionate numbers.

 

Obama said these young men consistently do worse in society, with odds stacked against them. “By almost every measure the group that’s facing some of the most severe challenges in the 21st century in this country are boys and young men of color,” Obama said, ticking off statistics on fatherhood, literacy, crime and poverty.

 

“We assume this is an inevitable part of American life instead of the outrage that it is,” Obama said, to applause.

 

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This is the president I elected. I love his honesty and compassion.

 

I hope this moves the country away from the prison industrial complex.

 

Now he needs to stop the drone attacks.

See on www.huffingtonpost.com

Border Patrol’s use of deadly force criticized in report

 

“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, according to an independent review of 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.

 

The report by law enforcement experts criticized the Border Patrol for “lack of diligence” in investigating U.S. agents who had fired their weapons. It also said it was unclear whether the agency “consistently and thoroughly reviews” use-of-deadly-force incidents.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Imperialist invaders shoot sovereign people on their own land.

See on www.latimes.com

Spike Lee rips NYC gentrification

Filmmaker Spike Lee talks to CNN’s Anderson Cooper about his harsh comments on gentrification.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

And the second video is good by they guy who asked the question.

 

He speaks about wealth creation due to gentrification.

 

PS – Calling the cops on a person is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Don’t call the cops on someone for playing music. Just put in ear plugs or something reasonable.

 

See on www.cnn.com

Sheriff’s Report on Migrant Killing Raises Concern About Impartiality

 

“San Diego: On Tuesday, February 18 at approximately 6:40 AM, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed 41 year-old Jesus Flores-Cruz, a Mexican national, while in a rural area of San Diego County about 5 miles north of the Otay Mesa border crossing. The name of the Border Patrol agent has been withheld.

 

The San Diego County Sheriff’s press report on the homicide describes the person killed as the “suspect” and the person who killed him as the “victim.”

 

In response, Pedro Rios, the program director for the American Friends Service Committee in San Diego, issued the following statement on behalf of the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC):

 

“We are concerned that the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is predisposing this investigation to bias by identifying the person shot and killed as a suspect at the initial stages of the investigation. This positioning endangers the impartiality in this case and our coalition has asked the Department of Justice to intervene to ensure a thorough and impartial investigation. The Justice Department is now reviewing the incident.”

 

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