Racial Profiling

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We need to talk about racism: Gillian Schutte at TEDxJohannesburgWomen 2013

 

Writer and filmmaker Gillian Schutte fearlessly and creatively tackles issues of race, identity, sexuality and social justice. She is founding member of Media for Justice and co-owner of handHeld Films and online reality TV show ‘The Schutte Singiswas – A South African Love Story’.

Twitter: @GillianSchutte, Web: mediaforjustice.net

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Source: www.youtube.com
Gillian Schutte (white) explains learning about racism through the eyes of her mixed race child.

 

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NYPD Cop Says He Was Racially Profiled, Assaulted And Wrongfully Arrested By Other Cops

 

New York City, New York – According to former NYPD officer Harold Thomas, he is no longer with the police force after an incident involving a fight with 3 other officers outside of a nightclub that Thomas was leaving.
Thomas believes that he was racially profiled and that the situation escalated because he was black and he was not in uniform.

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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[Video] How Police Are Using Social Media to Lock Up Harlem Teens – COLORLINES

New investigation sheds light on how digital surveillance affects teens in similar neighborhoods

Source: colorlines.com

 

He fit the description: tall, light skinned Black male

 

How many people in Harlem are tall, light skinned Black males?

Every other Black male? And how do they define light skinned?

 

This is racial profiling scooping up innocent people.

 

This is segregation at work in America.

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Remembering Black Lives Unjustly Lost

No Justice – Ferguson on FIRE
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No Justice – Ferguson on FIRE

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 25, 2014

In Memoriam – Mike Brown
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In Memoriam – Mike Brown

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style guide: racial language

 

General rules I currently try to follow (click on links for further discussion):

 

Source: abagond.wordpress.com

 

This article sheds light on why many are nervous to talk about race.

 

They are scared they may say something offensive.

 

Learning from this post can provide a lot of help to not be offensive.

 

Avoiding the topic of race, culture and ethnicity does not help move the country toward racial justice, dignity and respect.

 

Avoiding the topic of oppression keeps the oppression firmly in place.

 

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Black Teen With White Parents Mistaken For Burglar, Assaulted By Cops In His Own Home

 

‘Put your hands on the door, I was like, ‘For what? This is my house.’ Police pointed at photos of white people hanging on the wall and told him that he was lying.

A North Carolina teen was recently assaulted and pepper sprayed by police in his own home, after he was mistaken for a burglar.  18-year-old DeShawn Currie has been living with foster parents Ricky and Stacy Tyler in Wake County, North Carolina for about a year.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/black-teen-fostered-white-parents-mistaken-burglar-attacked-cops/#HFrUI15buAxjaMpr.99

 

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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Drug cops converge on Georgia man’s property after spotting … okra

A Cartersville, Georgia, man is unhappy that police conducted a “raid” after mistaking his okra plants for cannabis.

Source: www.cnn.com

 

Here is our U.S. tax dollars doing the War on Drugs.

 

The War on Drugs is a war on people.