Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is encouraging employees to start conversations about race in America.
Source: money.cnn.com
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Racial Profiling
School official caught on video saying, ‘I just don’t like the black kids’
Black Employees At NYC TGI Friday’s Claim They Were Replaced With Light-Skinned Workers
By Ruth Manuel-Logan
A group of African-American workers at a Manhattan TGI Friday’s restaurant filed a class-action discrimination suit when they were allegedly replaced by lighter-skinned employees after the eatery moved to a new location, states the New York Daily News.
The lawsuit was filed on Thursday at the Bronx Supreme Court. According to reports, the group of black workers let their feelings be known to the higher-ups about the blatantly racist move, but one manager in particular reportedly informed one of the plaintiffs that his preference was to employ a Hispanic staff because of their diligent work ethic.
“It was their opinion that black people were lazy,” Lisa Baker, 48, a waitress, who spoke to the newspaper, said. “We weren’t even given a chance.”
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Source: newsone.com
Obama administration using century-old racist case law to block citizenship
American Samoans are the only people born on US soil but denied birthright citizenship.
Source: www.motherjones.com
Learning something new every day.
#SystemicRacism
Must See Tweets #BlackLivesMatter 2.23
Comrades. #BlackLivesMatter #Assata #7LastWordsRiverside pic.twitter.com/u2RLjDwn8U
— Rahiel Tesfamariam (@RahielT) February 21, 2015
Report: N.Y. is illegally shackling pregnant incarcerated women, even when they’re in labor. http://t.co/hr7tSQx5T9 pic.twitter.com/aOpaeh5gqz — The Intercept (@the_intercept) February 23, 2015
When @johnlegend said those marching to his song “we see you”, he was talking to us at @NYjusticeleague. https://t.co/7gd4UFlhbK #Oscars2015
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) February 23, 2015
Of the many pressing social issues @JohnLegend chose to use his few seconds to speak against the most oppressed among us, the incarcerated. — Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) February 23, 2015
#Selma #Oscars2015 #Slavery #JimCrow #NewJimCrow We need #revolution b/c #BlackLivesMatter! http://t.co/QP7ni9olA3 pic.twitter.com/2t0FcPGdvq
— BA Everywhere (@BAeverywhere) February 23, 2015
Chief: Retired officer apparently killed 2 daughters, self http://t.co/X1LgvCJO4m — deray mckesson (@deray) February 22, 2015
The 13th amend allows involuntary servitude if a crime was committed. Slavery never ended. Chain gangs still thrive. pic.twitter.com/shYttjt81U
— B (@B_A_Simons) February 22, 2015
Yday me & my comrades shut down Home Depot for 5 hrs in honor of Yuvette Henderson who was gunned down by police pic.twitter.com/FcIYF4hOk8 — Wazi. (@UltraaRadical) February 22, 2015
@deray DEVELOPING: Officer Involved Shooting At Trayvon Martin Memorial In Baltimore –http://t.co/fyMT6oSL9E pic.twitter.com/8xw6DOUR07
— miserablecitytv (@miserablecitytv) February 22, 2015
man. RT @Blueraydre: Please watch. RT @deray: .@tanehisicoates vs Shelby Steele re: reparations. absolute must watch. http://t.co/Gwn9n6qLh4 — Red Auerbach (@redcbw) February 22, 2015
Message to @RahmEmanuel from Chicagoans #ReparationsNOW #RahmRepNow #traintakeover pic.twitter.com/w7NNXy9vyk
— Ida’s Disciple (@prisonculture) February 22, 2015
“You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.”-Malcolm X #MalcolmX50 — Joshua Crutchfield (@Crutch4) February 21, 2015
Multiracial coalitions may be necessary to combat racism: http://t.co/F7Yk3EnsFe pic.twitter.com/HzGxNIpw8y
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 20, 2015
The right to bear arms that kill humans… This Florida Man Got a Free Pass for Shooting a Pregnant Woman To Death – http://t.co/BSDOUfrJH5 — Three Sonorans (@ThreeSonorans) February 21, 2015
Poor communities lose billions to predatory lenders ………………………………….. http://t.co/L4yGVahIh4
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 21, 2015
My own talk: “America between a Dream and a Nightmare: Convergence of #MartinLutherKing and #MalcolmX” http://t.co/HvwbqcQVNQ #MalcolmX50 — omid safi (@ostadjaan) February 20, 2015
Pasco shooting: police will not say how many bullets fired at unarmed man http://t.co/geIPXjayXA
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 19, 2015
New Yorkers will benefit from DACA and DAPA. Read more on our blog: http://t.co/MkaHCrurm5 #ImmigrationAction pic.twitter.com/50m4ITKfvC — FWD.us (@FWD_us) February 19, 2015
@Carl_Dix BRIDGE BLOCKED by Group Protesting #Pasco Police Shooting http://t.co/dIdVsO9Ld2 #shutdownA14 pic.twitter.com/9HSZ9M3Ovz
— Margo Heights (@eyes2future) February 22, 2015
Pasco Shooting https://t.co/7Rdss3pmFq via @waemd a great collection of tweets #justice4AntonioZM
— #Justice4AntonioZM (@Dochas82) February 15, 2015
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO BELOW
I’m sick of this shit. RT “@deray: This video of the officer shooting an unarmed man in the back seat is wild. Wild https://t.co/31A63b2vUr” — Xavier (@SoulfulBrotha) February 20, 2015
Must See Tweets #BlackLivesMatter via Lisa Bloom, Benjamin Dixon
NEW VIDEO: how the legal system failed in Ferguson. Please watch, share, get angry, demand change. http://t.co/pKqJHFuBpv
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) February 20, 2015
@OpICantBreathe @OpFerguson It may start in the black community, but police brutality will spread. #BlackLivesMatter benefits all races
— theBenjaminDixonShow (@TheBpDShow) February 18, 2015
Alabama governor apologises to India for ‘excessive force’ that injured citizen http://t.co/tXothYveQt
— GuardianUS (@GuardianUS) February 18, 2015
Must see Tweets #BLACKLIVESMATTER Banner on Church
Police account of Kevin Davis shooting in Georgia challenged by his girlfriend and neighbour http://t.co/HqirnNmTiY — Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) February 13, 2015
Milwaukee church hangs “Black Lives Matter” sign on building; “We want to be part of the solution:” …… http://t.co/zJg4IqurwN
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 16, 2015
THIS piece of life affirming unity building right here, speaking to why #BlackLivesMatter is unique (from @lsarsour) pic.twitter.com/OrHzkKUV5t — Penn Badgley (@PennBadgley) February 16, 2015
From this morning, before we started. #blackbrunchseattle. pic.twitter.com/32hQSUW4nb — MaxWelp (@local_maxima) February 15, 2015
.@Queen_Blizzy & #AkaiGurley‘s aunt react to #PeterLiang indictment in #Brooklyn #NYC. #OpICantBreathe http://t.co/u102v6iJYh (@AshAgony)
— #OpICantBreathe (@OpICantBreathe) February 12, 2015
Wow… RT@deray: Allegiance. pic.twitter.com/6W5z1mtub6
— Istahil ibrahim (@istahil88) February 15, 2015
MUST SEE TWEETS #BLACKLIVESMATTER 2.12
Growing number of inmates found #innocent in US #prisons [VIDEO] http://t.co/zobDDeypZD @Manuel_Rapalo
— RT America (@RT_America) February 12, 2015
#JamesAllen #JamesAllen #JamesAllen #JamesAllen
#JamesAllen #JamesAllen #JamesAllen #JamesAllen
#JamesAllen #JamesAllen
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 12, 2015
Never, Never Call the Cops For "Help" Unless You're Willing to Risk Someone Being Shot and Killed ……. http://t.co/8QlurBzvgP
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 12, 2015
“@EWDolan: Woman miscarries after Georgia cop who didn ’t ‘appreciate her tone ’ tackles and sits on http://t.co/zH6F6EHiTH”
— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) February 11, 2015
Real talk pic.twitter.com/39BvjKOhT9
— Bassem Masri (@bassem_masri) February 11, 2015
Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley http://t.co/4r7vy18GP4
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 10, 2015
.@eji_org's new report on the history of lynchings documents nearly 4,000 names. http://t.co/gVUbqyCwKD pic.twitter.com/YbpnaWHPOE
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) February 10, 2015
Have Netflix? Watch this documentary right away. From start to finish. pic.twitter.com/BLqfSBh3Ow
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) February 10, 2015
I fully believe that police killings have replaced the American bloodlust for lynching. Systems are eerily similar.
http://t.co/9oQeWc1KIp
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) February 10, 2015
Beloved Atlanta area man, Kevin Davis, shot & killed by police after he calls them to report a stabbing.
http://t.co/11AKAjFxiw
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) February 10, 2015
RT @AnonCopWatch #Ferguson PD arrest 14y/o for drawing with chalk & assault a woman in a wheelchair for filming it pic.twitter.com/9M76cXHzgz
— Unarmed Black Man (@UnarmedBlackMan) February 10, 2015
#ICYMI Chicago Anti-Violence Activist Gunned Down After Anti-Violence Fundraiser http://t.co/cmKCGHJavL
- RT @RippDemUp
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 10, 2015
Civil Rights Attys Sue Ferguson For $40Mil Over Modern Day 'Debtors Prisons'……… http://t.co/oUsAMoSt08 – http://t.co/iXbSkq6K2G
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 10, 2015
#Chicago police tortured 100+ men & women of color. RT to show @RahmEmanuel the world is watching! #RahmRepNow pic.twitter.com/LL5KfkgC3u
— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) February 10, 2015
MT @charlesapple: I grew up in SC, but was never taught 1st thing about "Orangeburg Massacre." pic.twitter.com/1R7mwUc32Q http://t.co/nl5vsI0Yiv
— Zinn Ed Project (@ZinnEdProject) February 9, 2015
RT "@OpICantBreathe: Sign here in Grand Central #NYC! #OpICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/gcKhxUXJHg (@AshAgony)" @70torinoman @CassandraRules
— adri16 (@adri16) February 10, 2015
Cops Publicly Execute #AntonioZambranoMontes after he put his Hands Up
Watch. Now. #AntonioZambranoMontes, killed on 2.10.15 by police in Pasco, Wash. as he runs & surrenders: http://t.co/RsH4hw8hB9
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 12, 2015
Antonio Montes did not have a gun when he was killed on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/wyKcPzSYUV
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) February 12, 2015
Pasco, WA — A man was publicly executed by Pasco police Tuesday as dozens of witnesses, including children, watched in horror.
A cell phone video uploaded to Facebook Wednesday shows several officers chasing down the fleeing man, who had his hands in the air, and then firing multiple rounds at him.
Police have not yet released the man’s identity.
The stop occurred after the man was acting erratically by the roadway. Officers were responding to a complaint that the man threw a rock at a passing vehicle.
According to the Tri-city Herald, Police tried to shock him with a Taser, but it had little effect on him, said Ben Patrick, who was just yards away in the grocery store parking lot with his family when the shooting happened.
“The guy was trying to pull the Taser (prongs) out of his arm,” a witness said.
The man allegedly ran towards officers who immediately began firing at him. After being shot at the first time, the man took off running, with his hands in the air. The second video shows him trying to surrender to police when multiple shots are fired at him, killing him.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Y’all, the police are lynching us.
#HandsUpDontShoot
Facing Evil With Maya Angelou
In this second of two programs celebrating the life and work of the late Maya Angelou, Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 documentary in which he and Angelou attended a conference on “Facing Evil,” held in the Hill Country of central Texas. Evil was a topic about which Angelou, the victim of childhood rape and virulent racism, had a lot to say.
Source: www.youtube.com