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Unintentional Racism

Unintentional racism starts with unconscious bias.

Accidental-Racism-2Unconscious bias

Psychologists tell us that our unconscious biases are simply our natural people preferences.  Biologically we are hard-wired to prefer people who look like us, sound like us and share our interests. Social psychologists call this phenomenon “social categorisation‟ whereby we routinely and rapidly sort people into groups. This preference bypasses our normal, rational and logical thinking. We use these processes very effectively (we call it intuition) but the categories we use to sort people are not logical, modern or perhaps even legal. Put simply, our neurology takes us to the very brink of bias and poor decision making. –Tinu Cornish and Dr Pete Jones

To learn more check Understanding Unconscious Bias and Unintentional Racism


This clip features Barbie-Danielle DeCarlo, Rinku Sen, Suzanne LePeintre, Tilman Smith, Tim Wise, Robin Parker, and Yuko Kodama.


Jump to 5:02 for the full story on the shooting of Amadou Diallo (age 23), which reminds me of the shootings of Jonathan Ferrell (age 24), Oscar Grant (age 22), Jordan Davis (age 17), and Trayvon Martin (age 17) – all unarmed Black men.


“In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois suggested that the question white people so often want to ask black people is, How does it feel to be a problem? This program turns the tables and recognizes some simple facts: Race problems have their roots in a system of white supremacy. White people invented white supremacy. Therefore, the color of the race problem is white. White people are the problem. White people have to ask ourselves: How does it feel to be a problem?”

Individuals need to become less focused on feeling very tolerant and good about themselves and more focused on examining their own biases. -Jean Moule

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Jordan Davis – Wounds

Jordan Davis. Projectile shot by Michael Dunn.

Jordan Davis. Projectile shot by Michael Dunn.

Jordan Davis shot by Michael Dunn.

Three bullets entered Jordan Davis.
Testimony by Dr. Stacey A. Simons, MD, forensic pathology specialist, paraphrased below.

  • One bullet entered Mr. Davis at his lower right abdomen. That projectile perforated his ribs, his diaphragm, his liver, perforated the diaphragm again, then the right lung, went behind the heart, in front of the spinal to column to perforate the aorta. The aorta is the large artery that carries all the blood from the heart to the body.  The projectile continued and perforated the upper portion of the left lung, continued on and caused fractures in the left 5th rib, a smaller fracture in the left 6th rib, then exited through the ribs, and came to rest below the skin, in between the ribs and the skin. A Melbet risk-free bet offer is a promotion that insures a specific wager, usually your first bet of the day or a bet on a highlighted event. If your bet loses, you receive a refund up to a certain amount. The melbet promo code bangladesh today free bonus sum for this refund is typically capped at a specific value, such as €10, which is returned to you as a free bet, allowing you to try again without a total loss.
  • One bullet penetrated the inside of his left thigh and did not exit. It stopped at the femur.
  • One bullet penetrated the back of his right thigh.
Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn trial. Bullet trajectory entering SUV.

Bullet trajectories entering Durango.

Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn trial. Bullet trajectory entering SUV.

Bullet trajectories entering Durango.

Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn trial. Bullet trajectory entering SUV.

Bullet trajectories entering Durango.

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White American racism against Blacks: 1600s

 

“By the 1610s the plantation system in Virginia was in place – before Blacks arrived in numbers. Whites grew tobacco and other crops using forced gang labour.

 

Working conditions:

  • pay: little to nothing
  • housing: separate, substandard
  • food: poor.
  • punishment: whippings, maiming
  • term of service: generally four to seven years.

 

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Four Types of Racism

 

Two types of individual-level racism, and two types of systemic-level racism.

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Four Types of Racism

Four Types of Racism

Source Race Forward, Part 1

And for a positive view:

 
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10 examples of #AAPI’s rich history of resistance

 

“In the wake of the #AsianPrivilege response hash-tag to #NotYourAsianSidekick and #BlackPowerYellowPeril, it appears as if (among other misguided ideas) there is a prevailing notion out there that, in contrast to other minorities, Asian Americans “lack a history of resistance” (or that we think we do), and that this invisibility and dearth of civil rights history actually confers upon the Asian American community a form of racial privilege.

 

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CNN turns story of murder into a “feel good” story

I’m calling out male violence when I see it. Male violence is a huge problem in our society.

This story does no justice to the wife who was murdered. I would think she would want media to call out men on their violence?

CNN dropped the ball on this one. They turned the story upside down. Instead of talking about male aggression, they talk about how great technology is and almost make the murderer out to be a hero because his wife’s organs went to seven other people. Wow. This CNN coverage is male privilege and patriarchy at it’s worst.

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Wiyot People of California

 

Joe McGinnis (Wiyot from the Bear Creek branch), Nicole McGinnis (Hupa Tribe), and their daughter, Tea

Joe McGinnis (Wiyot from the Bear Creek branch), Nicole McGinnis (Hupa Tribe), and their daughter, Tea

Population Numbers and Declines

Year    Population or Change
1770   1,000 to 3,300

1858    State militia unit (Trinity Rangers) killed Northern California Natives rampantly for 5 months and were mustered out of service. –North Coast Journal

1860    Twelve massacres over 2 to 5 days by lynch mob of European settlers –North Coast Journal

2004  477

 

1860 Wiyot Indian Massacre

1860 Wiyot Indian Massacre

Indian Island, Humboldt Bay, California

Indian Island, Humboldt Bay, California

In the early hours of Feb 26 1860 the Whites began their 2 day massacre (up to 5 days by other accounts) on at least 12 CA Indian sites. Dulawat village on Indian Island, on the lower Eel River, at least two locations on the South Spit, at Table Bluff, in the Fortuna area, in the Rio Dell area, at Humboldt Point, several ranches on Elk River, and the village of Kutserwalik at Bucksport.

Cousins Matilda and Nancy Spear gathered up their three children at the start of the massacre and hid with them on the west side of the island. Afterwards, they found seven other children left alive. They put the entire group in a canoe, rowed them across the bay, and then walked to Matilda’s husband’s homestead in Freshwater.75 Nancy later described the massacre to her nephew: “They came like weasels in the night, crawling on their bellies. We were without any men to protect us. We had never fought the white men and had thought they were our friends.”
– (The Matilda & Nancy Spear Memorial Foundation. Brochure. Photocopy in the “Indian Island Massacre” file, Humboldt County Collection, Humboldt State University Library, Arcata.)

 

 

The Wiyot people have recently had 40 acres of Indian Island returned to them.  –North Coast Journal 2004