Tag Archives: Black people
Opinion: Why are black murder victims put on trial? – CNN.com
This is the same idea that says its completely reasonable for the NYPD to continue to \”stop and frisk\” — a practice that disproportionately targets black people, despite its resulting in confiscation of a gun one-tenth of one percent of the time.Its the idea that says two police officers, who fired 15 shots at an […]
Trick-or-Treating While White: White Supremacy and Costumes of Racial Tragedy
The history of American public discourse on equality and freedom is one marred with both the erasure of Black suffering, and efforts to find happiness and pleasure in the suffering of the OTHER. We saw this during Hurricane Katrina where the sight of African Americans wading through water in search of food or medicine, […]