Crimes Against Humanity: The Banality of Evil
It’s Friday night. I am getting ready for two parties and band rehearsal with my friends in the Coolerators. I made the mistake of looking at my Twitter account and after the hilarity today provided by #BestofThrowbackBlackTwitter, I chanced upon this video. My jaw dropped because the racism is so raw and inescapable. As Chris […]
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This Week in White Supremacy, Week 86: Sen. Mitch McConnell’s great-great-grandfathers enslaved 14 people
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s great-great-grandfathers enslaved 14 people, bringing reparations issue close to home. McConnell has opposed paying reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans, though census records show his family, like many others, benefited from their labor. https://nbcnews.to/2l4HR8m Sen. Mitch McConnell’s great-great-grandfathers enslaved 14 people, bringing reparations issue close to home https://nbcnews.to/2l4HR8m Rev. Dr. William J. […]
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Updated: Implicit Bias Bill Package Advances in the California Legislature
Update (July 8, 2019) AB 241 just passed the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development with bipartisan support. All three of our implicit bias bills are now in Senate Appropriations. We applaud legislators who are making public statements about the need to address systemic bias and racial disparities, and we will continue to […]
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This Week in White Supremacy: Week 85 – Plain View Project Exposes Pervasive Police Racism
The Daily Show : A new review of police officers’ social media accounts by the Plain View Project reveals that many cops have posted vehemently racist sentiments online. http://bit.ly/325meWD The Plain View Project Exposes Pervasive Police Racism: A new review of police officers’ social media accounts by the Plain View Project reveals that many cops […]
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EJS Receives $200,000 Grant from Ford Foundation
The Equal Justice Society has received a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation, which we will use to support our ongoing efforts using law and social science to change the way racial discrimination limits opportunities to people of color. The Ford Foundation grant will help advance our initiatives that seek to change the way children […]
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