Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle – [Steve] Foster’s experience [for eating a breakfast sandwich on the platform] is a microcosm of the other-ization of black people that happens frequently on BART. They’re detained by police more often than any other racial group despite making up a small percentage of total BART customers. These incidents oftenContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #104: ‘Riding BART while black: Does our transit system play a part in continuing racial stereotypes?’”
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This Week in White Supremacy #103: The Electoral College’s Racist Origins
The Electoral College’s Racist Origins: More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that. – The Atlantic http://bit.ly/2D7yXwATHE GOOD NEWS FIRST:Sherrilyn Ifill on Twitter: “So honored to receive this award from @UDCLaw named for such a great lawyer and legend. #CharlesOgletree https://t.co/UDPQX870EU” / TwitterContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #103: The Electoral College’s Racist Origins”
This Week in White Supremacy #102: When powerful white men use words like lynching
Tom & Lorenzo on Twitter: “When powerful white men use words like lynching and witch hunt to describe their perceived persecutions, it’s because there are no historical analogues to white male persecution. There’s no term for it because historically, there’s no such thing.” / Twitter http://bit.ly/350xyUwTHE GOOD NEWS FIRST:StanceGrounded on Twitter: “My heart can’t. AContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #102: When powerful white men use words like lynching”