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georgia officer kicks 9 month pregnant black woman in the stomach, found not guilty
“A police officer from Dekalb County, Ga. with a history of violent conduct kicked a heavily pregnant woman in the stomach in a recent incident that the officer’s superiors described as within department policy.The incident occurred when officer Jerad Wheeler was called to the pregnant woman’s home to settle a dispute involving the woman’s brother and his partner. When her brother began arguing with the officer, nine month pregnant Raven Dozier said that Wheeler pulled out a taser and used it on him. When Miss Dozier started crying and asking the officer why he was resorting to such actions, Wheeler kicked her in the stomach, arrested her and charged her with obstruction of a police officer.Thankfully, the child was not affected and was born healthy via an emergency C-section two weeks after the incident.The charges against Dozier were dropped. “What kind of a human being kicks a pregnant woman?” said Dozier’s attorney Mark Bullman. “I mean, forget whether or not it is a police officer that is supposedly protecting people.” In his incident report Wheeler claimed that he could not tell that Dozier was pregnant and that he kicked her out of self defense because she was acting aggressively. Wheeler described the kick as “a front push kick to the abdomen, as he was taught to do at the academy.”See link for video.I would like to know what would happen if this was a white pregnant woman. (I have a really good guess)
Fuck the justice system.
If the woman was white, she never would have been kicked or arrested in the first place. Hell, if the family was white the officer probably never would have used a taser on her brother.
29 Black People Have Been Killed by Police/Security Since Jan 2012: 16 Since Trayvon
Twenty-eight Black People (27 Men and 1 Female) Killed by Police Officials, Security Guards, and Self-Appointed “Keepers of the Peace” between January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2012
“Loni Love has this bit about pilot season for black people or people of color not start[ing] until the end of March,” Brown recalled. “That’s when they have cast every other, main, character, and they look at their cast and go ‘Oh no. It’s all white. We need a black guy or something.’ And that’s when the auditions for the “all ethnicities” role of the security guard or meter maid go out, and you’ll see one little spec of color in the show.”
- Yvette Nicole Brown on breaking through industry stereotypes with Community
Toni Morrison (via jumpstart-therevolution)
This is why when my ex got so pissed about “why can’t I be European American, or Irish American, why do I have to select white?” it’s because you’re seen AS THE AMERICAN whereas the rest of us will always be ‘other’.
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Arizona Bill will Ban Subversive Latino Music from Radio
If Governor Jan Brewer gets her way, Arizona radio stations will soon be prohibited from playing Latino music over the airwaves. On May 3, the Arizona House will vote on a bill that would ban any music that:
1. Promotes the overthrow of the United States government.
2. Promotes resentment toward a race or class of people.
3. Is designed primarily for listeners of a particular ethnic group.
4. Advocates ethnic solidarity instead of treating listeners as individuals.[language straight from HB2218]
Dave Chappelle on Inside the Actors Studio (via lucy-vanpelt)
Dave…come back. Please.
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Brooklyn Back in the Day
Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge on their way to the Board of Education Offices, Brooklyn, to press their demands for improved educational facilities for Puerto Ricans in New York City, March 1, 1964. The marchers estimated at more than 2,000, rallied outside City Hall, Manhattan, and staged a demonstration before setting out for Brooklyn. (AP Photo)
Nearly four decades after the United States government mandated the use of the terms “Hispanic” or “Latino” to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, a new nationwide survey of Hispanic adults finds that these terms still haven’t been fully embraced by Hispanics themselves. A majority (51%) say they most often identify themselves by their family’s country of origin; just 24% say they prefer a pan-ethnic label.
Moreover, by a ratio of more than two-to-one (69% versus 29%), survey respondents say that the more than 50 million Latinos in the U.S. have many different cultures rather than a common culture. Respondents do, however, express a strong, shared connection to the Spanish language. More than eight-in-ten (82%) Latino adults say they speak Spanish, and nearly all (95%) say it is important for future generations to continue to do so.
”When Labels Don’t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity [Pew Hispanic]
Unpopular opinion: Pan-ethnic labels or pan-anything is stupid, except for pan-dulce con cafe. :)
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Especially the last minute.The POWERFUL words of David Banner on Trayvon Martin
Wow. He laid it out.
“America only understands two things, Fear & Finance”
I don’t always agree with David Banner but, IMO, he’s on the money (pun intended) with this one.
yes! mississippi stand up!
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Melissa Harris-Perry: “How White People Can Talk About Trayvon Martin
I was prepared to hate this. I figured she was going to be one of mine that had to be collected in the name of “Satire.” I am glad I was wrong and…can each and every person who sees this, commit this list to memory and use it not only in the Trayvon Martin case but ya know, always?
I’ve been watching a lot of The Challenge lately because… well, I’m addicted. I watched The Duel 2 and saw MJ and Landon on there and I remembered MJ saying he had been on the same season as Landon, so I was curious to find out stuff about Landon because he’s kind of beautiful and was really good at the game. So I started watching their Real World season tonight and I’m just so disappointed in both MJ and Landon and the way they handle themselves when it comes to race as seen in this ep. I’m very open in the way I view things so it’s just difficult to watch these two white dudes not even allow Karamo to discuss his issues. Race relations are difficult and I understand you all come from diverse backgrounds but openly saying the n-word and openly saying ~you’re taking this too seriously ~it was a prank ~it’s just coincidental that this has happened to you 20 times already… it just aggravates me. Ugh. I want to live in a world where everyone of every race UNDERSTANDS these issues and isn’t offensive in normal conversation or defensive when it comes to realizing these issues and actively learning from them.
/regardless, I love that even in 2005, the Real World pushed these discussions (as well as others) because you don’t see that in the last couple of seasons (I watched Real World: Las Vegas and yes, it was entertaining, but all I saw was violence/this-dude-was-in-semi-porn/partying and only hints of real world issues). So far in this season of Real World: Philly I’m watching (I’m only on ep 7) there have been discussions on race, child abuse/neglect, bulimia/anorexia/body image issues, money problems, homophobia, sexuality, etc).
[TW: Racism, Threats] Gainesville High School Students' Racist YouTube Rant Forces Girls To Leave School, Apologize (VIDEO)
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You talk about this kind of thing a lot on here so I figured it would be of interest. Most kids at my school talk a lot like these girls and I think it’s a really good example of the racism in highschools that stays with people when they enter the adult world.
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While I don’t approve of the death threats, I’m very glad that something was actually done about this. We need to start showing people that there are consequences for your actions. You put out a racist ass video for the whole world to see, please believe there is going to be some push-back.
If you watch the video, take particular notice at around the 6 minute mark. That’s when they start to talk about their two Black friends. The girl closest to the camera takes particular care to note that he’s “so black that if it was dark outside you couldn’t see him” and that he “makes fun of his race” all the time. The other girl mentions a Jamaican girl they know who “doesn’t consider herself Black”. They both go on to note how “white” both of them act. This is the problem with tokenism. These two Black children befriended these white girls, and now they’re being used to justify their racism. You want to know why Black people side-eye the hell out of white people who claim they have Black “friends” or want to be our “friends”? There you go.
I’m fucking loving the non-apology apologies. The first girl almost had it right. Almost. She fucked up when she said “I’m not a racist person” and “I don’t see someone for their skin color only and hate them”. Yes she is and yes she does. Just because she doesn’t like what she did, that doesn’t mean she can now deny it.
The second “apology” was just all fucked up. For one, the second girl’s mother wrote it. Her mother wasn’t the one in the video, therefore she’s not the one who should be writing an apology. If she really wants her daughter to learn something, she needs to stop babying her and let her take full responsibility for her actions. That includes issuing an apology herself. Of course near the end came the whole “we’re not like that, we know all types of different people” excuse. I am so sick of hearing that bullshit every time someone does something racist.
Also, in both apologies they say “we weren’t raised like that” and “I don’t know where this came from”. I’m smelling major bullshit there. A 14 minute racist rant doesn’t come from nowhere. That is learned behavior. When someone utters the sentence “there are n***ers who are ignorant fucks who are doing nothing with their life”, you know for a fact that they have been thinking this way for a very long time. Both of those families need to get together and do some soul searching because something has gone terribly wrong.
Oh, wow. It’s disheartening to know that I live in the city where this occurred, and also that the girl is of Hispanic descent like me (at least the one that says she’s part Cuban). I’m very glad that they have received disciplinary action from the school. The sad thing is that although they received punishment for their actions, it’s unlikely that their opinions have changed. The apologies were just damage control. And as for one of the mothers doing the apologizing… it’s incredibly likely that they learned this behavior from them.
As for all the ~my friends don’t think of themselves as black and ~my friend is wealthy and doesn’t talk “ghetto”, it just further proves how essential it is for kids and teenagers to emulate whiteness even to the point of hating their own race.
All of her facts are mostly incorrect btw. Guessing random percentages doesn’t validate your point.
Honestly, sometimes I’m optimistic about the future of race relations but then this kind of stuff happens and I facepalm and think that we’ll never live in a world were racism isn’t a problem.
02/21/65 - Malcolm X assassinated.
“They’ve always said that I’m anti-white. I’m for anybody who’s for freedom. I’m for anybody who’s for justice. I’m for anybody who’s for equality. I’m not for anybody who tells me to sit around and wait for mine.”
viola and octavia and tavis
this is worth every second of watch.
this is so fantastic and important from start to finish, and tavis smiley usually plucks my nerves (tbh he still does because no matter how many disclaimers you add, it’s a dick move to ask two artists whether or not they think they were nominated because they deserve it, what the fuck, that would never have been asked of anyone else and they should never have to answer a question like that in what’s supposed to be their moment). but i feel like there’s too much framing of this whole debate in terms of Viola and Octavia and their right to take every bit of work they can from a super shallow pool of opportunities, too many people shaming them and begrudging them and once again placing the burden of representation or image of an entire group onto their shoulders when they’re just trying to do the work they love (like there’s not enough of hollywood and the kyriarchy doing that to them already, in the everyday as visible women of color without people from their own community adding to it)
and not enough people framing it in terms of just how problematic that film and book are, not enough questioning of that movie overall as some kind of important moment. like no one even talks about that anymore. this should never have been about whether they should win or be nominated, or about their stellar performances, or even the fact that they played maids. The fact that it’s supposedly a movie about maids isn’t why it’s problematic, it’s the fact that it’s not REALLY about the maids at all, it’s about white women learning to open their eyes and paint with all the colors of the wind.
But if the woman who once simulated masturbation on a world tour can’t understand the impetus for a provocative notion from a notoriously impetuous pop star, then it was clear the outside world was going to have a collective meltdown. And, of course, M.I.A. was effectively flipping off America, but not everyone in America—just what is perceived as America’s middlestream, the football-watching populace that traverses gender, race, class, age, and sexual orientation.
It’s telling that one of the main critiques of M.I.A.’s finger-flip this week had to do with the fact that she is “not even American,” as Republican Dana Perino groused, which is true (she holds British and Sri Lankan citizenship), but is also veiled code for “brown.” Let us not forget the role race played in Nipplegate, and how it corresponds—woman of color onstage with white pop star offends the country by will or by accident—and wonder if M.I.A. was white and gave the finger, how commentators would react. While we aren’t inclined to think a middle finger is all that interesting—we view it with something approaching boredom—it is somewhat subversive that a young brown woman rapping about her “uranium hits” did it.
Why MIA Was Right to Give America the Finger at the Super Bowl | | AlterNet
Julianne is awesome, and reblogging this for MMM.
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