kemetic-dreams:odinsblog:Racial bias in America: from higher suspension rates in preschool, to dispr
kemetic-dreams:odinsblog:Racial bias in America: from higher suspension rates in preschool, to disproportionate rates of capital punishment, to everything in between, structures of authority routinely allow anti-Black racial bias to color the “facts”, and warp the narrative. And frequently (whether unintentional or otherwise) the police and the media often work together to further criminalize innocent Black victims1. Criminalizing Blackness in America2. 14-year-old Tremaine McMillian attacked and choked by police, literally while holding a puppy…because McMillian made them “feel threatened” and gave them “dehumanizing stares”3. Author and CNN contributor keithboykin: how the AP slandered Renisha McBride even in death4. The Associated Press: when can skin color alone determine who is and who isn’t a looter? (hint: don’t be Black)5. Lauren Davidson: Disturbing Study Proves That Cops View Black Children Differently This implicit racial bias does not magically stop at innocuous events like the VMAs, or in »Hollywood. So far, it doesn’t ever turn off. There are two Americas and racial bias is as ubiquitous as the air we breatheThis is funny non of these ppl are black! They look brown, maybe whoever wrote this should have said afrakan -- source link