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BLM ARTICLES
Education At Your Reach!
The New York Times
HOW PUBLIC OPINION HAS MOVED ON BLACK LIVES MATTER
"American public opinion can sometimes seem stubborn. Voters haven’t really changed their views on abortion in 50 years. Donald J. Trump’s approval rating among registered voters has fallen within a five-point range for just about every day of his presidency."
Equal Justice Initative
RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA: RACIAL VIOLENCE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
"EJI’s new report, Reconstruction in America, documents nearly 2,000 more confirmed racial terror lynchings of Black people by white mobs in America than previously detailed."
Vox
WHY THESE PROTESTS ARE DIFFERENT
"Americans have come out nightly in nearly every US city to demonstrate for the past week. They’ve been attacked by police, tear-gassed, and arrested, and have marched shoulder to shoulder amid a deadly pandemic. Their demand: an end to racism, police brutality, and the attitudes and policies that allow both to exist."
Politico
I WAS THE MAYOR OF MINNEAPOLIS AND I KNOW OUR COPS HAVE A PROBLEM
"The searing images from the past several nights of anger and violence in dozens of cities across the country have shocked and horrified the nation. But there is one image that we need to keep fixed in our minds, the one that started it all"
Medium
WHITE FRAGILITY: WHY IT'S SO HARD TO TALK TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACISM
"I am white. I have spent years studying what it means to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race. This is what I have learned: Any white person living in the United States will develop opinions about race simply by swimming in the water of our culture. But mainstream sources — schools, textbooks, media — don’t provide us with the multiple perspectives we need."
The Guardian
THE MYTH OF THE FREE SPEECH CRISIS
"When I started writing a column in the Guardian, I would engage with the commenters who made valid points and urge those whose response was getting lost in rage to re-read the piece and return. Comments were open for 72 hours. Coming up for air at the end of a thread felt like mooring a ship after a few days on choppy waters, like an achievement, something that I and the readers had gone through together."
Jacobin Magazine
FIVE YEARS LATER, DO BLACK LIVES MATTER?
"The autopsy report confirmed what her neighbors said happened in an apartment complex outside of Houston, Texas. Pamela Turner, a forty-four-year-old grandmother of three, was on the ground, trying to connect with the humanity of the police officer who stood over her by screaming that she was pregnant."
Los Angeles Times
DON’T UNDERSTAND THE PROTESTS? WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IS PEOPLE PUSHED TO THE EDGE
"What was your first reaction when you saw the video of the white cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck while Floyd croaked, “I can’t breathe”? If you’re white, you probably muttered a horrified, “Oh, my God” while shaking your head at the cruel injustice."
Chacruna
HOW WHITE FEMINISTS OPPRESS BLACK WOMEN
"In November, I participated in a panel discussion at a psychological conference in Washington DC. The name of the panel was Being a Mentor in the Era of #Metoo, which seemed extremely timely given the spate of powerful people recently felled by revelations of sexual wrongdoing."