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Can we overcome a white supremacy that has permeated our politics and culture? Part 2
Anis Shivani continues his rumination upon white supremacy by tracing the tendrils of it throughout contemporary American society. He traces its presence not only within the commonly understood movements that are openly racist, but also into the neoliberal policies and globalizing… Continue reading
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Brief history of a term and a movement: White Supremacy Part 1
First part of Anis Shivani‘s very nice introduction to the issues surrounding the meaning of “white supremacy” and how the term has been at the heart of a number of movements in America. Yet we may conceive of white supremacy,… Continue reading
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Jesse Williams: “We’re Done Watching Whiteness Use and Abuse Us”
Actor Jesse Williams is best known for his role on the TV show “Grey’s Anatomy.” On Sunday night, he earned a standing ovation when he addressed the BET Awards. As he accepted the Humanitarian Award, Williams paid homage to police… Continue reading
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We Gon’ Be Alright: Black Love, Black Resistance and Black Liberation
Coming together across different ideologies, generations, geographies and experiences, participants in the Movement for Black Lives have the potential, the brilliance and the power to get free and to stay free. More than 1,500 Black people came together in Cleveland,… Continue reading
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Revisionist Betrayal
We owe it to ourselves and to our descendants to be always open to reconsidering history. But there is a difference between taking back up an account to make it more rigorous and adopting a wholesale lie that makes us… Continue reading
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Friday Night Fights: Racism in Texas
A pool party in McKinney, Texas, on Friday, June 05, ended with police terrorizing kids in the Dallas suburb. A police officer with the City of McKinney–Eric Casebolt–has come under special scrutiny and been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced… Continue reading
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