theGRIO REPORT – This week, Jada resorted to social media to use the platform as a way to speak out against her sexual assault and draw support from users as a way to combat rape culture.
Source: thegrio.com
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Victims
The process Congress wants to use for child migrants is a disaster
A secret UN report obtained by Vox reveals Border Patrol agents are failing to protect Mexican children.
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Mexican children are treated differently than Central American children at the border
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BY LAW, AGENTS SHOULD ASSUME CHILDREN ARE IN DANGER; IN PRACTICE, AGENTS ASSUME THEY’RE NOT
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It’s not that Central American kids need to be protected less; it’s that Mexican kids need to be protected more
Source: www.vox.com
Inside the Immigration ‘Icebox’ – COLORLINES
An unaccompanied child migrant from Honduras speaks out about ‘freezing’ in a holding cell.
Source: colorlines.com
Videotaped beating of woman in L.A.: Is it Rodney King all over again? (+video)
The videotaped beating of a homeless African-American woman by a light-skinned California Highway Patrol officer is reopening the L.A. race-relations dialogue initiated by the Rodney King beating 23 years ago.
Source: www.csmonitor.com
Teen describes brutal journey into U.S. – CNN.com Video
A 17-year-old Honduran girl migrates to U.S. alone, facing threats from deadly gangs. CNN’s Alina Machado reports.
Source: www.cnn.com
Israeli police beat American teen – CNN.com Video
Court: Teen in Mexico who was shot by U.S. agent had rights
The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the family can move forward with a $25 million lawsuit.
Source: www.dallasnews.com
Children’s Books on the Refugee Experience Are Crucial Reading
While facts and figures are useful to understand the scale of the refugee problem, for most people it’s the personal angle that they best relate to. But this personal angle, and the sympathy and understanding that it promotes, is hard to come by, especially in young children.
Children’s literature that focuses on the refugee experience can provide just that. Books such as Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah and The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo focus on the individual’s story. They offer a voice to descriptions of suffering and resilience in the face of the huge challenges that fleeing for safety and seeking asylum bring
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Source: www.theepochtimes.com
Children from Central America – Origins of Crisis
Over the last year, an unprecedented number of unaccompanied immigrant children, mostly from Central America, have attempted to cross the border into the United States. Antonio Gonzalez, president of the William C. Velasquez Institute,explains the roots of the migration surge and the politics behind it.
Source: www.tavissmileyradio.com
An in depth explanation of the origins of the crisis that has lead children to flee to the U.S.
Eleven minutes of audio.
One point Gonzalez had wrong is that the crisis started back in 2009, years longer than the one year that he suggested.
Mom beaten, only toddler intervenes – CNN.com Video
Cell phone video shows the moment a mother was beaten by another woman while her toddler looked on.
Source: www.cnn.com
Well, not only men are violent.
And guess who didn’t show up for that job that she ‘almost lost.’
Did somebody call someone a terrorist? Who is the terrorist?
And not a soul stepped in to protect the toddler when threats where made to the toddler.
PS – Police brutality videos also show the ‘moral breakdown of our society’. Has U.S. society every been angelic?