This pervasive and not-so-subtle media bias is right in front of your eyes….
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
African Americans
respectability politics
Apostles: Booker T. Washington, Don Lemon, Bill Cosby, Barack Obama, Chris Rock in “Niggas vs Black People”.
Glory days: 1895 to 1955, from Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise to the murder of Emmett Till. Its low point was from 1965 to 1984, from Carmichael to Cosby. It seems to be a reaction to racial nadirs, periods of White racist backlash against anti-racist reforms.
In the US, Whites dehumanize Blacks, partly through stereotypes. Blacks are seen as lazy, unintelligent, violent, criminal, oversexed, etc. Most Whites think the stereotypes are true. They inform not only “realistic” television dramas, but even news reporting, policing, court cases and government policy.
Therefore, says respectability politics, the main thing wrong with Black people is their behaviour. Change the behaviour and Whites will see Black people as human and worthy and therefore do right by them. Stuff like police brutality and high unemployment will melt away.
There are two things wrong with that:
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Palestine’s Letter of Solidarity With Ferguson, Missouri
People of the Third World know very well what it is like to have their voices forcibly suppressed by neo-colonial governments funded and armed by the U.S. and its Western allies.
Source: ushypocrisy.com
Eyewitness to shooting of Mike Brown tells her story
Tiffany Mitchell, eyewitness to the shooting of Michael Brown, tells Lawrence O’Donnell about the night Michael Brown was shot to death by a Ferguson police officer.
Source: www.msnbc.com
Don’t Shoot
Any cop who is so scared of a large Black man their only recourse is to kill them, is a coward and has no business with a badge and a gun.
Source: jeffwinbush.com
Stanford research discovers whites support harsher laws when they perceive more black Americans in prison
Informing the white public that the percentage of black Americans in prison is far greater than the percentage of white people behind bars may not spur support for reform. Instead, it might actually generate support for harsh laws and sentencing.
Source: news.stanford.edu
Black In America: The Power of Rage
We have to learn about power and violence in a whole new perspective. I’m down for the revolution. I’ve been told it cannot happen without bloodshed, so I’m bracing myself for that inevitability. BUT I am really spending my time in preparation by learning and understanding the system that oppresses us: finding its weaknesses and how it maintains control.
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Often we have sat so idle for so long that our pain and anger has festered into disease that is sure to be toxic to any and everyone.
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We should let our anger push us to participate in our local governments which direct the local law enforcement. We should use our anger to make us treat voting day like a national holiday and plan months ahead to take the day off and/or make arrangements to cast our votes.
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Ferguson Is 60 Percent Black. Virtually All Its Cops Are White
Sixty percent of Ferguson’s residents are black, but 95 percent of its cops are white.
Source: www.motherjones.com
The paradox of race in America [VIDEO]
Chris Hayes examines the racial double-standard that still dominates American society.
Source: www.msnbc.com
This video shows the ongoing police violence against African Americans.
Ex-Officer Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Wins Lawsuit
A San Francisco civil jury today ruled in favor of a white, former transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed, black man in an infamous killing captured on cellphone cameras.
The federal jury awarded no damages to the father of Oscar Grant III, killed by a single shot to the back from BART Officer Johannes Mehserle early on Jan. 1, 2009 in Oakland.
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Strange how Oscar Grant’s father didn’t win a settlement but Grant’s mother and daughter and Grant’s friends did win a settlement.