Racism

There are 23 posts filed in Racism (this is page 2 of 3).

Bookmarked When police officers are told they’re in a war, they act like it (Vox)
Via Dave Winer, I am going to start following Patrick Skinner, it sounds like he understands both the problems and how to solve them…

Patrick Skinner spent a decade running counterterrorism operations overseas for the CIA. He worked in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Jordan; met with kings and presidents; rose through the ranks. But he came to believe he was part of the problem, that the very premise of the work was flawed. So he came home, and joined the police force in Savannah, Georgia, where he grew up.

I first learned about Skinner in a New Yorker profile. Then a friend mentioned his Twitter feed to me: There, Skinner reflects, in a thoughtful, continual stream, on the work of policing, the importance of treating your neighbors like neighbors, the daily work of deescalation, and the behavior of his menagerie of pets.

Bookmarked George W. Bush finally steps onto the right side of history (CNN)

In 2020 all Americans are deciding whether to be on the side of the race-baiting President Trump , or the American people who are protesting to make our democracy inclusive for black Americans. George W. Bush made the right choice: “Achieving justice for all is the duty of all,” writes Dorothy Brown. Which side will you be on?

A moving article, glad to see GWBush stepping in…

Bookmarked Anti-Racism Resources: Books, Conversations and People Leading The Charge — Sarah K Peck (Sarah K Peck)

Whenever I read an article or see a headline that says, “The surprising racist history of…” I think, wait, this shouldn’t be surprising because the United States and much of the colonial and Western worlds were built on the backbone of slavery, oppression, and racism. There is racism in everything. Including ourselves. This should not be a surprise. There is racism everywhere, in everything.

via Patrick Rhone