“If you are silent against oppression, you have become a silent devil.”

Privatization and Policing “Black Colonies”: the Death of Alonzo Smith

Pan-African Community Action (PACA) convened a rally in Washington, D.C. Saturday to call for answers in the death of Alonzo Smith while in private police custody

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#Decolonize and stop the oppression

#Xenophobia #Racism #Hate Tweets 12.8

#Xenophobia #Racism #Hate Tweets 12.8

VIDEO: Bigot Cop Blows Fuse, Threatens Black Man, Tells Him “I Don’t Care About Your People”

As if racial tensions in the United States weren’t high enough, a clueless and racist Georgia cop just did his part to raise them even higher.

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#BlackLivesMatter #Racism Tweets 12.2

#BlackLivesMatter #Racism Tweets 12.2

Cops Cross Thin Blue Line, Leak Info Showing Racist Officers Planted Drugs & Guns on 1,000 Black Men

Leaked documents reveal that an Alabama police department planted drugs and guns on innocent black men for years, and prosecutors helped cover it up.

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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.

An Aryan Brotherhood Kingpin from Texas Is Getting Life in Solitary Confinement

In the five months Byrd spent free in northern Texas between federal sentences, from late 2013 to early 2014, he held the Brotherhood’s highest rank for members outside prison—Major. In that time, Bangs said, he worked with success to dominate the North Texas meth trade, became “very influential” in the gang, and amassed a loyal following.
He also committed brutal crimes: He stabbed a man 37 times in the face, and another time he stabbed a man, soaked a piece of bread in his blood, then ate half and shoved the rest in his victim’s mouth.

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U.S. Terrorist

[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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