Author: Oppression Monitor

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A Return to School Segregation in America? – Separate and Unequal – FRONTLINE

Public schools are more segregated now than in 1968. Does it matter? FRONTLINE goes inside one school district’s debate about education, class and race in the upcoming “Separate and Unequal.”

 

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Source: www.pbs.org

 

School integration without respect for ALL the students is also bad for the students who are disrespected.

 

Y’all. Do schools do enough to teach respect for ALL students?

 

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#OscarsSoWhite

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Off-Duty Cop Acquitted for Drunkenly Pulling Over an Innocent Man and Shooting Him

 

Louisville, KY– The jury reached their verdict on Thursday evening in the case of former Louisville officer Chauncey Carthan, who pulled over and shot a man while under the influence and off duty.
The former detective was acquitted on the charges of wanton endangerment and official misconduct, the charges relating to the actual shooting of Ishmael Gough, but was found guilty of driving under the influence.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/officer-acquitted-drunkenly-shooting-man-pulling-duty/#tjR9EkgV8TPMWmqb.99

 

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

 

A bullet in the leg. That’s much better than 8, 11 or the whole clip that some other cops unload.

 

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Cop Shoots Unarmed Man in the Back, Pepper Sprays His Dying Body, Then Runs Away

 

Rocky Ford, CO– Former Rocky Ford police officer will be standing trial on second degree murder charges after a preliminary hearing Thursday morning.
James Ashby was arrested on Nov 14., and fired that day for the killing of 27-year-old Jack Jacquez on October 12.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/unarmed-man-shot-pepper-sprayed/#tOTsgSGSrDXLzBys.99

 

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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Cop Found Not Guilty After Being Caught on Video Stomping & Kicking a Subdued Man

 

Bridgeport, CT — Officer Clive Higgins of the Bridgeport police department,was indicted in August for stomping a subdued man’s head and neck during an arrest. Higgins was accused of using unreasonable force during the course of Orlando Lopez-Soto’s arrest on May 20, 2011, in Beardley Park.
Higgins, 49, was found not guilty Wednesday by a federal jury.


“We respect the jury’s verdict and the criminal justice process,” the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a statement. “Our office will continue to prioritize civil rights investigations. We thank the FBI and the prosecutors for their hard work on this case.”
When Higgins was first indicted in August, the US Attorney’s office put out this statement, “The use of unreasonable force during an arrest is not only a clear violation of an individual’s civil rights, but also gravely undermines the community’s trust in law enforcement.”
Video of the incident surfaced nearly a year after the arrest which is when the family of Lopez-Soto filed a lawsuit against the department. With the compelling video showing three officers brutalizing an incapacitated Lopez-Soto, the city agreed to pay out $198,000.
In November of 2013, a $10 million federal lawsuit was filed against the department claiming that the problem of brutality within the Bridgeport police department is systemic and police officials closed their eyes to a rampage by three rogue officers allowing them to leave a nearly two-year trail of abuse and brutality.
In the video, the two officers, Elson Morales and Joseph Lawlor, can be seen kicking the victim repeatedly while he is on the ground. Higgins then arrives in his cruiser, gets out and appears to stomp the downed suspect around the head and neck.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-guilty-caught-video-stomping-subdued-mans-face/#DAJbSdSsFL2X4q8s.99

 

 

 

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

 

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Does beauty trump race?

 

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Source: racelessgospel.com

 

Does beauty trump race? 

 

Or does it depend? 

 

Is there more favor for beautiful people in general – regardless of race?

 

Is there more discrimination against ugly people – regardless of race?

 

Do we talk about discrimination against ugly people?

 

If not – why?

 

Don’t say because beauty is subjective. ‘Cause you know, Hollywood knows, and the music industry knows who’s beautiful (who sells tickets) regardless of race.

 

We know that individuals have preferences, but I’m talking the big picture. I mean the standard things like symmetry, even skin tone (without blemishes), and people who are not too skinny, not too fat, not too short, not too tall – these perfect middle of the road beauties. They have privilege. But more importantly, those who do not fit these perfect middle of the road norms are discriminated against – and we don’t talk about it. Why don’t we talk about it.

 

I think there is something deep here. Some prejudice that our whole society has that we don’t talk about. We celebrate beauty like crazy but we don’t talk about discrimination against the less beautiful.

 

I think the positive treatment of the beautiful and the discrimination against the less beautiful has a compounding effect over a person’s lifetime.

 

I think discrimination against the less beautiful can lead some of them toward depression, drugs, crime, incarceration. I think this is a big issue that no one talks about.

 

Yes, people have more to their identity then just their beauty or lack of it. But our society (Western Society) places a lot of emphasis on celebrating beauty. But how much time do we spend acknowledging that less beautiful people are being discriminated against all the time?

 

I say, add beauty to the intersectional graph and let’s stop pretending that it’s not a serious factor in people’s lives.