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#CJreform Tweets 12.11
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#CJreform Tweets 12.11

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6 Phrases With Surprisingly Racist Origins

Ever wonder where phrases like, “no can do” and “the peanut gallery” come from? Well, these everyday phrases have some VERY racist beginnings! Join Franchesca on this week’s episode of Decoded, as she gives a brief history lesson in common phrases that most people don’t think twice about. Do you know of any phrases with racist origins Share a few and be sure to discuss your thoughts in the comments!

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If we speak English the way most people speak English, we will automatically be acting out racism.

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Santa Monica police investigating Black exec’s detention that was based on race

Santa Monica’s police chief Wednesday defended her officers and a 911 caller after a black executive claimed that, because of her race, she was detained as a burglary suspect at her own home.

Fay Wells wrote in a piece published by the Washington Post that she locked herself out of her apartment late one night in September and called a locksmith to get back inside. A  neighbor — whom Wells described as white — called 911, reporting a burglary in progress. That triggered a response by at least 16 officers who detained Wells at gunpoint, according to her article.

Wells identified herself in the Post as a vice president of strategy for an unnamed California company.

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#Politics Tweets 11.16
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#Politics Tweets 11.16

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[VIDEO] Obama praises Mizzou protesters…

President Obama says he supports the protesters at the University of Missouri for speaking out against the racism they say they’ve experienced on their campus. “The civil rights movement happened because there was civil disobedience, because people were willing to go to jail,” Obama told George Stephanopoulos in an interview that aired on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday. I want you to be somebody who’s strong and sees themselves as somebody who’s looking out for the vulnerable.’ “But I tell ’em, ‘I want you also to be able to listen,’” Obama continued.

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