The author of “Black Prophetic Fire” talks about the civil rights movement, President Obama and more.
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Dr. West, the master of speaking truth to power and the master of oratory that gets straight to the heart of deep and pressing matters.
This mother’s creative way to teach her kids not to steal turned into a months-long nightmare for her and her children after a racist thug in a uniform showed up.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Do not ask police officers for any help. Police officers always introduce a gun into the situation.
One Year Since Legalization, Colorado Is Literally Building Schools With Weed Money http://t.co/DhsdtJzFwt pic.twitter.com/5fFXhUROAZ
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 13, 2015
Colorado Collects $2.3 Million In Marijuana Taxes For Schools In First Month f 2015 …………………. http://t.co/PW2HbLQzU4
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 13, 2015
Tony's neighbor. #AnthonyHill #Antlanta pic.twitter.com/JWKK2olwI6
— Jim Chambers (@jccfergie) March 14, 2015
The DOJ report concludes that nearly every Ferguson resident has been criminalized. Must read. http://t.co/LNS6f1y3mk pic.twitter.com/17458aoH9s
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 15, 2015
Martin Luther King III: Don’t Idolize My Father, Embrace Ideals of Freedom, Justice & Equality http://t.co/q2RjsyF8Vp pic.twitter.com/kGTbtMa57P
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 10, 2015
#GOPWantsWar
SEND .@GrahamBlog
RT pic.twitter.com/ikXMA5XevP
— ab terra, ad terram (@revjoe3) March 14, 2015
Michelle Alexander tops this list of the new civil rights leaders by @mattdpearce & @kurtisalee for @latimes http://t.co/sKvlkIBavX.
— The New Jim Crow (@thenewjimcrow) March 6, 2015
Here's an article abt Albuquerque Police Dept, one of the most dangerous PDs in the country. Must Read. http://t.co/x6T81LRXt8
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) March 13, 2015
40% of police ofc families experience domestic violence in contrast to 10% of families in gen pop – @rawdawgbuffalo http://t.co/URn1VZFML6
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 14, 2015
Protestors, check out http://t.co/aWX0iou4g7. You have the power to file FOIA requests. The tools are in your hands, now. Protest.
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 14, 2015
#Ferguson needs to be model for systemic change, professor says. http://t.co/2GgHua1L80 @KhalilGMuhammad pic.twitter.com/5EKB6Ivo40
— Morning Edition (@MorningEdition) March 13, 2015
Mexican kids held for months as punishment for border-crossing http://t.co/tFqJb7X1Mu
#childmigrants pic.twitter.com/V2NBYhasSX
— ThinkMexican (@ThinkMexican) March 13, 2015
#Ferguson report underscores need for racial profiling ban, say activists …………………….. http://t.co/venkjk4DvQ
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 14, 2015
We must do better at loving each other. ##traintakeover #Chicago #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/SL6oPMiVDM
— Holly Sanchez Perry (@HSanchezPerry) March 13, 2015
There's a war going on outside. #traintakeover #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/BVaioWdmYs
— Holly Sanchez Perry (@HSanchezPerry) March 13, 2015
Oregon man has spent almost 900 days in jail even though….. he committed no crime! – http://t.co/yYk1fwDkO6
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 13, 2015
You will never be done proving your humanity to a racist they will always need more proof/conversation. #nerdland pic.twitter.com/yeql0xaVyj
— Torshi DeJarnett (@tdejarnett) March 14, 2015
#Ferguson City Council in closed session, so this is happening: RT @MzzzMariah: Activists hold their own council mtg pic.twitter.com/MN8qSkdGMX
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 9, 2015
Police officer in Vallejo, California kills 3 people in 21 weeks, gets promoted. Good @buzzfeednews reporting: http://t.co/Zfq5aUBnK9
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) March 9, 2015
Report: Texas Over-Prosecutes Truancy, Targets Minority Kids http://t.co/HnfKmK2zJM pic.twitter.com/5HyoD3IjQR
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 10, 2015
Black and white Americans use marijuana at the same rate, but blacks are 4x more likely to be arrested. https://t.co/Pe0z06gBOK
— ACLU National (@ACLU) March 9, 2015
Hey @DeKalbCountyPD :: #AnthonyHill was unarmed. You did not have to kill him. 100 better options existed, but you chose the permanent one.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) March 10, 2015
This naked, unarmed black man was killed in Georgia after running through apartment complex – http://t.co/hzpsjmUMTS pic.twitter.com/Go3615V03r
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 11, 2015
Eyewitness reports differ vastly from police report of officer involved shooting #AmilcarLopez #justice #sfpd #ftp
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— Trap Foot (@melski_yo) March 9, 2015
It's sad that "a nation of laws" ignores the cries of its people. What good is the law if it is simply codified oppression? Protest.
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 11, 2015
March for #TonyRobinson moves down East Washington. LIVE look from above now on 27 News at 5. #WKOW #Madison pic.twitter.com/VzwLolOTsA
— Ed Reams (@edreamsWKOW) March 11, 2015
Small group has broke off from union led #Justice4Tony demo to shut down Highway 151. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/G3ovJPqYW5
— Sam Wagner (@WamSwagner) March 11, 2015
We do this for Mike Brown. Ferguson PD. https://t.co/2DnwFIqUoe
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 12, 2015
Shut. It. Down. Ferguson PD. https://t.co/oiW8EFlf0I
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 12, 2015
3 Unarmed black men killed by police officers in 4 days http://t.co/TmLSdw9fBM pic.twitter.com/kda5KJGto4
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 11, 2015
.@OccupyWallStNYC Stopped at Dept. of Corrections "Build the people, not the prisons! #Justice4Tony #TonyRobinson pic.twitter.com/D4gx9OWhC3
— OverpassLightBrigade (@OLBLightBrigade) March 12, 2015
Can't be more unarmed than NAKED in open space in broad daylight. Or more plainly & desperately in need of help not slaughter. #AnthonyHill
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) March 11, 2015
I can't even describe how wild this is. The police are terrible. https://t.co/fyHYPWpCOe
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 12, 2015
They don't really care about us. Ferguson PD. pic.twitter.com/YXEkIy9nUv
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 12, 2015
White man fights officers. Takes their gun. FIRES it. Then is arrested with only carpet burn.
http://t.co/EoNxuv1irg pic.twitter.com/44fUFZufPQ
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) March 12, 2015
Wanna see how racist your hometown is? Protest.
— ShordeeDooWhop (@Nettaaaaaaaa) March 13, 2015
Wisconsin police confirm #TonyRobinson was unarmed: http://t.co/5c9j6E4wlU #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/F8NTfUxBZq
— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) March 8, 2015
GOP Lawmaker Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) Suggests Wolves Could Help Get Rid Of Homeless People …………. http://t.co/aFREbYL9Sx
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 11, 2015
Obama plans to make it easier to pay your student loans http://t.co/akEVGoMc3U
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 11, 2015
The Wisconsin Capitol is filled with students who have come to protest the killing of #TonyRobinson. pic.twitter.com/v1QyR1XCgg
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) March 9, 2015
In case you missed it: Watch the full video of President Obama’s speech at #Selma50 http://t.co/2hANR2NVvo
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 9, 2015
Racism is alive at The University of Oklahoma. @President_Boren pic.twitter.com/eAvnPD8jxA
— Unheard (@OU_Unheard) March 8, 2015
Seeing cop cars is triggering for me. Not even due to paranoia, but due to trauma.
— (REDACTED) (@MalcolmXcelsior) March 8, 2015
If a terrorist is someone who makes you live in fear… Then wtf does that make #Ferguson PD to us Black Folks?
— (REDACTED) (@MalcolmXcelsior) March 8, 2015
W/ 3 unarmed Mexican immigrants being killed by American police in the past month, the Mexican consulate is involved http://t.co/RfFR0jo9fH
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) March 3, 2015
2015 has already seen the deaths of #JohnPaulQuintero #JessieHernandez #AntonioZambranoMontes #RubenGarcia at the hands of police.
— Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) March 3, 2015
3 Mexicans killed in US by cops within 2 weeks. @gobrep needs to do more than issues statements. Unacceptable! http://t.co/n8kESS3Yoh
— ThinkMexican (@ThinkMexican) March 7, 2015
The murder of Ahmed Al-Jumaili in Texas should be a front-page story http://t.co/JX2VGYFNaZ pic.twitter.com/234XXrGrLt
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 8, 2015
George W Bush banned from Venezuela after country’s president brands him a terrorist http://t.co/sohCy1A8mm
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 8, 2015
You cannot be afraid to speak up & speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, RAW COURAGE. #SelmaIsNow pic.twitter.com/sdvhPM4fen
— KHARY PENEBAKER (@kharyp) March 7, 2015
Headline FAIL: “US police killings of unarmed Mexican men enrage Latino community” @latimes #AntonioZambranoMontes pic.twitter.com/T2GGz9LJ8N
— ThinkMexican (@ThinkMexican) March 8, 2015
RT #Madison #TonyRobinson #justice4tony #NoJusticeNoPeace MT @WORTnews: Crowd moving up Doty Street, heading to Willy pic.twitter.com/pIY1kxahLw
— NoJusticeNoPeace (@anubidal) March 7, 2015
Reports, commissions, task forces, commemorations, celebrations — all important, good, & necessary. None of these, however, are justice.
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 7, 2015
“@DcSlumdog: Meet the woman who coined #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/JhGkjq0nii” I love this woman ❤️ #AliciaGarza ✊
— Glenn Robinson (@getgln) March 7, 2015
” #Ferguson is not the exception it’s the example ” @SunnyHostin on @nightlyshow w @larrywilmore – RT @MichaelaAngelaD
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 7, 2015
Y’all, this is the doorway that #TonyRobinson was killed in, taken today. Organizer just sent it to me. pic.twitter.com/tJpqzQ2GC6
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 7, 2015
By Matt Agorist
“A deputy likely mistook the sound of his fellow deputy breaking the woman’s window as gunfire; causing him to shoot four rounds into this woman’s car, killing her.”
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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Cops always quick to shot.
I feel terrorized by cops.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BarbaraLassere
#Not1More
#ShutitDown
#NoJusticeNoPeace
Unarmed #DerekCruice shot, killed by cop serving pot warrant @ his home as he wore only shorts http://t.co/UQKw7i3nLN pic.twitter.com/O6LEBsjZIw
— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) March 5, 2015
#Iraqi immigrant killed in Texas while taking pictures of the snow http://t.co/L8tHJPTERH
— Bassem Masri (@bassem_masri) March 6, 2015
Ferguson Police Report: Most shocking parts ………………………………………………….. http://t.co/nSpcHKApQI
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) March 6, 2015
"Acting white": The most insidious myth about black kids and achievement – Vox http://t.co/Yk5r1Ja43G
— Joshua Crutchfield (@Crutch4) March 6, 2015
50th Anniversary of Selma to Montgomery March: See Our Interviews with @repjohnlewis & @avaetc http://t.co/OqQ15iPkvW pic.twitter.com/O1YTNr8g2z
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 4, 2015
I gave a lecture today at UTSA and spread the good #pussypower #feminism word. "I'm a Slut" is what this poster say… pic.twitter.com/1OtQpuf19M
— favianna rodriguez (@favianna) March 6, 2015
nailed it http://t.co/i6ss8bdVJ0 pic.twitter.com/qHVKvCfQe8
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) March 5, 2015
By law, police officers are allowed to IMAGINE a grave threat and use lethal force to stop the imagined threat.
http://t.co/teU6cgNp7g
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) March 4, 2015
Where is the list of PDs that the DOJ will be investigating next? They will find a true "pattern & practice" of racist policing nationwide.
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 4, 2015
24 fewer black ppl were killed by police the month after we started protesting. Think abt that. #protestsmatter http://t.co/TcY5rHoQJM
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) March 3, 2015
The month after Mike Brown was killed, the # of black ppl killed by police dropped 56% nationwide. Protests matter. http://t.co/TcY5rH7fSe
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) March 3, 2015
I called #Ferguson PD asked the dispatcher an honest question "how does it feel 2 work 4 a racist police dept" she hung up in my face
Homeless Man Shot By #LAPD – Are Police Deadlier Than #Terrorists? http://t.co/SgIZAZhGtY
— ♕Sohafid♕ (@sohafid) March 2, 2015
A Brutal Beating Wakes Attica’s Ghosts http://t.co/4KAT2FCE9N
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 28, 2015
If you cannot imagine freedom, you cannot fight for it.
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 28, 2015
#LAPD shot homeless man 2day. At least 6 cops swarmed him & were beating him. Then they shot him.. https://t.co/3PuzbRUlrt @mrdaveyd
— Carl Dix (@Carl_Dix) March 2, 2015
#SelfCare During Grief #SaturdaySchool http://t.co/cuuMWtyFWi
— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) February 28, 2015
University of Chicago offers $1 million for best idea to stem youth violence http://t.co/v9NafVknvr
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 28, 2015
Wow. "DC Bans Marijuana Testing of Job Applicants."
@nbcwashington
#DCmarijuana
http://t.co/Gc7U2jARUX pic.twitter.com/KxiIkTPGCa
— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) February 28, 2015
*Seven* cops and prosecutors swore that a Louisiana man assaulted a cop. Cell phone video showed that they all lied. http://t.co/w2u9ohafUP
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) February 28, 2015
Attorney: Autopsy Of Latina Teen Killed By Denver Cops Contradicts Police Account http://t.co/tjIeov4CPG pic.twitter.com/zO50QV8Kw6
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 28, 2015
The way we learn to connect is by learning about and experiencing each other's pain #RVCjohnpowell
— Sharon H Chang (@multiasianfams) February 27, 2015
Across the nation, there is a growing anxiety of the "other". I don't think there is an "other." – john powell #RVCjohnpowell
— SuJ'n (@sujnchon) February 27, 2015
Many S.Asians I know in US think issues around racism don't affect them. They should care even w/out proof like this pic.twitter.com/Ns5Hyo1uDW
— sree sreenivasan (@sree) February 11, 2015
If you'll be in Selma for the 50th Anniversary, sign up for text alerts to stay connected: http://t.co/G6fuhww0Ar
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 27, 2015
'Reverse racism' implies there is a default for racism, white.
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) February 26, 2015
3 yrs. ago today I was teaching Emmett Till in Sanford. My students crying said "Prof. they're still killing us." #TrayvonMartin #HoodiesUp
— Vincent J. Intondi (@VincentIntondi) February 26, 2015
And @Kristi_Capel has been suspended for 3 days for her "jigaboo" comment. https://t.co/lUHZr8WMYz
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 27, 2015
My stomach dropped goddamn “@deray: The. Police. Are. Out. Of. Control. https://t.co/rdibUgbxex”
— Ashley (@granolasunshine) February 27, 2015
It takes a rare breed to unlawfully beat down a person with the mentality of a 7-year-old and then refuse to apologize.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#Justice4AntonioMartinez
#Justice4Latinos
#Justice4SpecialNeedsPeople
#WalkingWhileBrown
#USOppression
#PoliceOppression
In isolation, incidents of racism often appear to be outliers from the norm, anomalies, a deviation from the way people really think and believe.
First off, the local or national news doesn’t cover issues of racism around the country with any degree of thoroughness or consistency unless it’s an enormous national story or if the story happened locally. Secondly, even when they do get covered, the chance of you happening to hear the story or see the tweet is small. Consequently, it’s easy to assume that if you don’t hear about it, it’s just not happening.
So, when students at Lincoln University in rural Pennsylvania found “NIGGER” spray painted on the entrance sign of the school last week, it was only covered by local media in Pennsylvania and a few very select outlets specializing in news for African Americans. Apparently, this is the pattern for incident after incident on college campuses all across the country.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, which I am guessing that 99.9 percent of you don’t read on a regular basis, has catalogued every documented and verified incident of racism on college campuses over from 2011 to 2015.
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Source: www.dailykos.com