racism
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I do not use “microaggression” anymore
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I do not use “microaggression” anymore. I detest the post-racial platform that supported its sudden popularity. I detest its component parts – “micro” and “aggression.” A persistent daily low hum of racist abuse is not minor. I use the term “abuse” because aggression is not as exacting a term. Abuse accurately describes the action and…
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Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death
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When the Israelis pick up guns, or the Poles, or the Irish, or any white man in the world says “give me liberty, or give me death,†the entire white world applauds. When a black man says exactly the same thing, word for word, he is judged a criminal and treated like one and everything…
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James H. Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree is next on my to-read list.
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Recommended: When They See US (Netflix)
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I just finished watching this series and I’d have to agree with LeVar Burton– it’s essential viewing. Based on a true story that gripped the country, When They See Us chronicles the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The…