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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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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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TEDx – Jay Smooth – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race

 

“You will never bat 1000 when talking about race.” -Jay Smooth

 

“In this talk, he discusses the sometimes thorny territory of how we discuss issues of race and racism, offering insightful and humorous suggestions for expanding our perception of the subject.”

 

“Jay Smooth is host of New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, the Underground Railroad on WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, and is an acclaimed commentator on politics and culture.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This is the best advice I’ve heard on how to be conscious of personal biases.

 

Think of anti-racism work as a daily hygine routine – ’cause the media feeds you information daily with bias. It takes a conscious effort to see through to the truth.

 

PS – I didn’t hear him explain how he learned to stop worrying. Did you? Or why he loves discusing race?

See on www.youtube.com

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Four Types of Racism

 

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

Click photo to enlarge

Four Types of Racism

Four Types of Racism

Source Race Forward, Part 1

And for a positive view:

 

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Kimmel “Kill All Chinese” Comedy Skit Discussion in CNN

 

“Chinese community rallies against Jimmy Kimmel for ‘kill everyone in China’ comment

 

This video was aired by CNN on November 12, 2013 morning.

On October 16th, 2013, Jimmy Kimmel conducted a segment on his nightly talk show during which child participants of his “Kids Table” segment proposed that a feasible solution to US foreign debt issues involves killing all people in China. Instead of reacting as any rational adult would in such a situation, Mr. Kimmel told the kids that it is “an interesting idea”. Horrifyingly, he proceeded to pose a question to the other kids: “Should we allow the Chinese to live?””
See on www.youtube.com

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Hate Crime charges for 3 white San Jose State students

Prosecutors allege the white students harassed a black roommate with insulting nicknames and behavior including securing a bicycle lock around his neck.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Notice the media often doesn’t show the photo’s of the white faces who commit crimes.

 

Click through to see the video report. However the article goes into more detail on how f’d up the taunting and abuse was.

 

@getgln

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