Month: February 2014

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Tavis Smiley – Week Six 2014

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Memories Of The Movement, Hour One — Part One

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski: Alabama native and current university president recalls how he became a child leader in the movement. Danny Glover: Award-winning actor connects his own emergence as an activist to bearing witness to the movement. Eleanor Holmes Norton: The DC congresswoman was part of the movement’s most turbulent days as a young law student in Mississippi.

 

Memories Of The Movement, Hour One — Part Two

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.: Rainbow/Push Coalition founder recalls the events that led him to take a pivotal role in the movement. Dr. Raye Richardson: Owner of the nation’s oldest surviving Black bookstore recalls her struggles against segregation. Yuri Kochiyama: Activist remembers the fear and excitement she experienced when meeting Malcolm X. Rep. John Lewis: Civil rights hero remembers the fight he helped wage for the Voting Rights Act and the struggle’s renewed significance…

 

Memories Of The Movement, Hour One — Part Three

Dorothy Tillman: Former student organizer recalls the climate that led her to join the movement. Robert Graetz: One of the few white Christian ministers tied to the movement recalls his friendship with Rosa Parks. Harry Belafonte: Legendary actor and close confidante to Dr. King recalls his friend’s sense of humor amid the turmoil. Andrew Young: Former ambassador and King associate recalls meeting with President Johnson in the days before the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Elizabeth Eckford and Jefferson Thomas: As youngsters, they helped integrate Little Rock’s Central High School as part of the famous “Little Rock Nine”. Dick Gregory: Legendary comedian says the courage of the men and women who were active in the movement is no laughing…

 

Kenneth Braswell – How Will Obama Help Young Men of Color?

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama announced a White House initiative, called “My Brother’s Keeper”, to pair foundations and corporations with young men of color to help them reach their full potential. Kenneth Braswell, executive director of Fathers Incorporated, a nonprofit agency that works to develop support and services for fathers, shares his thoughts on the initiative and what the president needs to do to ensure its success. Read Kenneth Braswell’s State of the Union report…

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Unarmed Black Men and Children shot by police

 

KIMANI GRAY

Sixteen-year-old Kimani was shot four times in the front and side of his body and three times in the back by two New York City police officers as he left a friend’s birthday party in Brooklyn on March 9, 2013. The only publicly identified eyewitness is standing by her claim that he was empty-handed when he was gunned down.

 

See on www.theroot.com

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Michael Dunn tries to explain to police what happened

Police tell Dunn that Jordan Davis was unarmed during shooting.

Michael Dunn Interview

Michael Dunn Interview

In the video below you will see Michael Dunn’s cooked up story that he had all night to think about. 

Dunn did not call 911 after the shooting.

He went to his hotel with his fiance, ordered pizza for his distraught fiance and he let the dog out to go potty.

You will hear Dunn say that Jordan Davis had a shotgun, or a stick.

Jordan Davis had a cell phone.

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Michael Dunn’s Shocking Admission Exposed

Michael David Dunn’s first letter from jail to Rhonda

Michael Dunn's handgun used to murder 17 year old Jordan Davis

Michael Dunn’s handgun used to murder 17 year old Jordan Davis

Hat tip to BlackButterfly7 for the link to the letters.

Michael Dunn is the man who murdered 17 year old Jordan Davis by shooting him three times through the back door of a red Durango.

The altercation started over loud music, which was turned down. Then Jordan Davis said ‘fuck you’ to Mr. Dunn.

Mr. Dunn reached into his glove box, cocked back his handgun and immediately started firing. In all, Mr. Dunn put nine bullet holes into the Durango.

Three bullets stopped inside the front door panel. One bullet shot into the back of the Durango hit the driver’s sun visor and then the inside of the windshield.

In the first letter from Dunn to Rhonda:

On page 2 he says

“The more time I am exposed to these people, the more prejudiced against them I become.”

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“I sure am looking forward to moving out of the South and away from the scourge of this country.”

Mr. Dunn’s middle name is David. That’s why the letter is signed “Michael David”.

Section of first letter, page 2, from jail from Michael Dunn to Rhonda.

Section of first letter, page 2, from jail from Michael Dunn to Rhonda.

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The Effects of Ignoring Systemic Racism | The Nation

 

“Individual racism may be hurtful, but the systemic carries much more ruthless consequences.

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Ignoring the reality of racism only makes us more racist.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Part of the responsibility of living in the U.S. is to fight it’s own oppressive systems. Systems of imperialist white supremacist racist patriarchal vulture capitalism.

 

See on www.thenation.com

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Decolonize All The Things: How Africana Sociology & Decolonized Anthropology Undo Domination

 

“The first step towards critical analysis and political liberation is decolonization.  Decolonization is anti-racist, anti-patriarchal, and anti-capitalist. ”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I’m finding that the study of Decolonization is where I need to focus more attention.

 

@getgln

See on redsociology.com

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The Sikh Coalition and South Asian Organizations Release Report on Racial Profiling

 

One young Sikh man recalls:

“There was a couple who started calling us names, referring to my turban, like ‘Osama bin Laden – I wouldn’t want to mess with you. God knows what you might be hiding in that…’ The staff of that cinema not only noted what he said but contacted the NYPD and said there was a possible terror alert. We were escorted out and detained by 12 cops and 3 undercover detectives.” – 23-year-old Sikh man

 
See on sikhcoalition.org

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U.S. School Meal Programs

Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program

Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program

The Black Panther Party began giving FREE breakfast to children as early as 1969.

Free breakfast was one of over 60 community services provided by the Black Panther Party.

Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program

Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program

The U.S. government began a pilot breakfast program in 1966, expanded the program in 1971, and further expanded in 1975. Federal funding varied by the family income of the participating child.

U.S. government lunch programs began as early as 1853  with The Children’s Aid Society of New York. In 1894 Philadelphia began serving ‘penny lunches’. Boston began a lunch program in 1908. Federal aid started in 1933.

The government run program requires children to qualify for free meals or pay for the meals. If the children don’t qualify, the school will bill the children for their food. Schools have been found not treating children with dignity, courtesy and respect.

Utah was caught throwing children’s lunches in the trash when their accounts ran low on money.

A New Jersey mother says her son’s school replaced his hot lunch with a cheese sandwich when money ran low in his account.

A principal in Colorado was fired after speaking out about her school’s lunch program that had a policy of stamping children’s hands who didn’t have lunch money, shaming the students in the process.

CNN’s coverage of school meal fiascoes.