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What To Do When You're Stopped By Police - The ACLU & Elon James White

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Know Anyone Who Thinks Racial Profiling Is Exaggerated? Watch This, And Tell Me When Your Jaw Drops.


This video clearly demonstrates how racist America is as a country and how far we have to go to become a country that is civilized and actually values equal justice. We must not rest until this goal is achieved. I do not want my great grandchildren to live in a country like we have today. I wish for them to live in a country where differences of race and culture are not ignored but valued as a part of what makes America great.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Opinion | The Racism Inside Fire Departments - The New York Times

 

 

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Once again reality confronts the American myth of inevitable progress and hope.

"Imagine how you would feel if you showed up at work and found a noose waiting for you. It happened just last year to a young black firefighter in Miami. In our profession, that garish expression of racism was unfortunately not an anomaly. In the aftermath of California’s summer wildfires and the well-deserved praise of the heroism of the people who risked their lives to extinguish them, it’s also important to confront the bigotry that puts individual firefighters and the people we serve at risk.I’ve served 35 years as a firefighter, and the racism today is as bad as I can remember. My organization, the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters, is monitoring or pursuing legal or administrative action on a dozen major cases of discrimination.Though the noose incident took place in Florida, this is not just a Southern problem. Complaints come from liberal bastions including New York City, where just last year seven African-American employees of the Fire Department filed a lawsuit over “a broad pattern of racial discrimination.” In Ohio, a volunteer firefighter announced on Facebook that he’d rather save a dog than an African-American. Beyond the obvious implications for citizens who might need help, this statement is representative of the kind of attitude many black firefighters confront at work each day...."

"Opinion | The Racism Inside Fire Departments - The New York Times

Opinion | The Racism Inside Fire Departments - The New York Times

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