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Category: Black Lives Matter

Do not forget how we got here

As the President’s illness is comprehensively covered and updated in frenzied, up-to-the-minute posts, I continue to wonder about the fate of all of those brown people–adults and… Read more “Do not forget how we got here”

October 4, 2020 by 4realpeople

A simple pathway to diversity and inclusion

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/business/economy/corporate-diversity-pay-compensation.html

July 14, 2020 by 4realpeople

The big deal about Juneteenth: the history of black people, police and the justice system

Blacks very lucrative, which is why hundreds of White men were hired by these states as police officers. Their primary responsibility was to search out and arrest Blacks who were in violation of Black Codes [Virginia also had Black Codes that made certain conduct criminal only for Black people.].

June 20, 2020 by 4realpeople

White fear and black lives

Their knee has been on our necks for over 400 years and we are still here and breathing.

May 31, 2020 by 4realpeople

Will I live to see the moral arch arc bend toward justice?

I was born smack in the middle of America’s “Baby Boom.” I lived my formative years under Jim Crow in rural Missouri. My life spans the arc… Read more “Will I live to see the moral arch arc bend toward justice?”

May 31, 2020 by 4realpeople

Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Vote.

As the activist protests following the Shockley decision in St. Louis continue, it is clear that the The Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) and its leadership are growing more sophisticated.

September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 by 4realpeople

How and why is there is no justice for “Just Us?”

How do two violent offenders, escape from prison, flee in a stolen vehicle, engage in a rolling gunfight with police on a busy highway, nearly kill innocent… Read more “How and why is there is no justice for “Just Us?””

June 17, 2017 by 4realpeople
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