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napkinz
Jan 2015
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drynberg
(1,648 posts)2. I'm not sad, no, I'm MAD!
This racism and difference between white and black America and the Police is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. I mean, it's 2015 and the civil war was over about 150 years ago...how long?
Stephen Retired
(190 posts)3. Damn right
Not to mention disgusted!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)5. Want cops to stop killing unarmed black kids? Just follow these 5 steps ...
Stephen Retired
(190 posts)4. This should have more recs!
WAY more! This needs to be in GT!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)6. This Is How Black Parents Talk To Their Sons About The Police
High-profile tragedies such as Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin have further exposed the systemic racism that still lives within our country young unarmed black males are disproportionately being killed.
Gun violence is the leading cause of death among black children, with black teen males at the highest risk. Because black males are targeted so much by police, black parents are now forced to speak to their children about police brutality and how theyre perceived by the people that are supposed to protect them. This is a conversation that white parents have never even had to think about.
Jazmine Hughes wrote an article for Gawker about black parenting in which she reached out to a group of black parents and youths to see what they tell their sons about the police. She writes:
Every black male Ive ever met has had this talk, and its likely that Ill have to give it one day too. There are so many things I need to tell my future son, already, before Ive birthed him; so many innocuous, trite thoughts that may not make a single difference. Dont wear a hoodie. Dont try to break up a fight. Dont talk back to cops. Dont ask for help. But theyre all variations of a single theme: Dont give them an excuse to kill you.
read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/21/this-is-how-black-parents-talk-to-their-sons-about-the-police/
napkinz
(17,199 posts)7. posted by kpete
Charles M. Blow: "The Scenario I Have Always Dreaded - Yale Police Stopped My Son At Gunpoint"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026138192