A sign posted outside a US Customs and Border Protection agency employee’s home on Halloween has sparked outrage in a Texas border town.
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What is this now? Do they ask children for birth certificates? Sick and twisted racists.
@70torinoman @getgln pic.twitter.com/v1uPxfebd1
— David Gatson (@dlgatson) November 2, 2015
Fundraisers set for two students, officer in #SpringValley incident: https://t.co/wFNp0FtDf0 pic.twitter.com/gDsRMjidFt
— WIS News 10 (@wis10) November 2, 2015
The hidden racism of school discipline, in 7 charts https://t.co/n7doOJ1eMJ
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 31, 2015
Suspect arrested for arson following string of St. Louis church fires https://t.co/RN792JejfI
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) October 30, 2015
"@cschultzphoto: Protestors lay down and block traffic on Henry Johnson Blvd. #DontayIvy pic.twitter.com/zmQKtfGX4I"
— ISTANDwtIDPs&REFUGES (@OlugbengaBlacks) October 31, 2015
I found it. LMFAO! Can y'all sense how fed up my daughter was with this assignment? pic.twitter.com/0VP1uyT31X
— Brandy with a Y (@BtSquared2) October 27, 2015
UPDATE 10/22/15 regarding DNC response to our campaign (Full Statement Linked Below):
It is a given that our network, in collaboration with our allies and supporters, will conduct issue forums and town hall meetings at the local, regional and national levels to help our communities make informed choices in 2016 that help advance our collective interests.
We want a debate supported by the DNC that will speak directly and proactively to the issues impacting black people in this country….
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#BlackLivesMatter brown and black power @uniqueloves @OnlyTruthReign @getgln pic.twitter.com/lhRiCNXXQj
— sebastian (@Jetboy6969) October 25, 2015
911 call of Henson's store visit reveals what we knew: black people can't shop for Rolexes https://t.co/hUEtyHGOHt pic.twitter.com/fYez0M5nkw
— The Root (@TheRoot) October 26, 2015
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Corey Jones (1984?-2015), a drummer and city housing inspector, was shot dead by a plainclothes police officer in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on October 18th 2015.
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David Edwards | RAW STORY 15 Oct 2015
Two Iowa parents are calling for an educator at Bailey Park Elementary School in Grinnell to be fired for allegedly making racist comments to mixed-race children.
Geoff Burd choked up as he explained to KCCI that his daughter,
Nikki, came home from school and recalled that the para-educator had said black people and white people should not be a family or go to the same school.
“It’s an unbelievable situation,” Burd said, sounding defeated. “I work very hard to protect her. I have worked her entire life to protect her.”
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“It is arson,” St. Louis Fire Captain Garon Mosby told media outlets, according to the Associated Press. “These [fires] are being intentionally set.”
Mosby said the possibility of a hate crime for religious or racial reasons “is part of the dynamic” in an ongoing joint investigation currently being conducted by the St. Louis Regional Bomb Unit and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The ATF has jurisdiction over fires at all houses of worship.
All the fires took place in predominately black neighborhoods within a three-mile radius of Ferguson, and all were lit at the front doors of the churches.
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KQED is kicking off a series on how we talk about race. Share your own stories with ‘So Well Spoken.’
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#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/cVTByp8xkL
— Carla Kibble (@uniqueloves) October 4, 2015
There's a Belief System that led 2 police strangling Eric Garner. 2 bringing the War on Drugs 2 schools #Racism #Justice2015 @Cal4Justice
— Taryn Ishida (@TarynIshida) October 3, 2015
Debate addresses institutional racism against Black people ………………………………………. http://t.co/fONPuDl3O2
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 3, 2015
.@rweingarten it's not luck. It's privilege, built off the genocide of indigenous & Black peoples. It's institutional. #Justice2015
— María C. Fernández (@MariaN904) October 3, 2015
11 women kicked off #Napa Valley Wine Train file $11M racial discrimination suit. http://t.co/hzW4C1OgwI pic.twitter.com/lN8zkuDhsm
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) October 1, 2015
Even at cursory glance, one can see the same apparatus committing unpunished killings of black folks in the US, destroys countries abroad.
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) October 3, 2015
#JusticeOrElse Pre-Rally on 10/9 w/ @TamikaDMallory @jamalhbryant @yandysmith @SybrinaFulton BE THERE. pic.twitter.com/PDKXRNZD9m
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 6, 2015
Report: White Supremacy a Greater Threat to US Than Radical Muslims http://t.co/YOkLEsyH3s via @TheRoot
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) October 5, 2015
Mass. High Students Mock, Threaten to Lynch 1st Black Senior Class Pres – http://t.co/SeSfVXUxdQ… pic.twitter.com/0HlzjsnDNI
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 3, 2015