tagged w/ Institutionalized Racism
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Tim Wise has emerged over the past decade as one of the most eloquent and forceful white people speaking for racial justice. He is the author of five books, including the 2010 Color Blind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. Wise is a frequent speaker on campuses across the country and a regular commentator in mainstream media.Tim Wise has emerged over the past decade as one of the most eloquent and forceful... more
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The Serious Organised Crime Agency (soca) - Britain's answer to the FBI - is facing accusations of racism after it was revealed that a senior white officer dressed up in black-face makeup in order to play the role of an African official in a recruitment video.
Clearly no one was thinking when they decided to go ahead with that idea...The Serious Organised Crime Agency (soca) - Britain's answer to the FBI - is... more
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This 20/20 report shows a side by side comparison of two cases. The same judge presides over the two cases. One man is free to live his life as he wants, after committing murder, and the other in jail for life after smoking marijuana.
Ridiculous.This 20/20 report shows a side by side comparison of two cases. The same judge... more
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"More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan escalated the war on drugs, arrests for drug sales or, more often, drug possession are still rising. And despite public debate and limited efforts to reduce them, large disparities persist in the rate at which blacks and whites are arrested and imprisoned for drug offenses, even though the two races use illegal drugs at roughly equal rates.""More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan escalated the war on drugs,... more
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"The United States has 2.3 million people behind bars, more than any other country in the world and more than ever before in its history, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
The number represents an incarceration rate of 762 per 100,000 residents, compared to 152 per 100,000 in Britain, 108 in Canada, and 91 in France, HRW said in a statement commenting on Justice Department figures also released Friday.
"The new incarceration figures confirm the United States as the world's leading jailer," said David Fahti, HRW's US program director.
"Americans should ask why the US locks up so many more people than do Canada, Britain, and other democracies," he added.
The newly released figures show a sharp racial imbalance in the US prison population, with blacks outnumbering whites by six to one.
Nearly 11 percent of black men aged 30-34 are in prison, according to Justice Department figures.
HRW said blacks in the United States are 12 times more likely to be sent to jail for drug-related crimes than whites, even though drug use among the two races is about the same.
"Although whites, being more numerous, constitute the large majority of drug users, blacks constitute 54 percent of all persons entering state prisons with a new drug offense conviction," the rights group said.""The United States has 2.3 million people behind bars, more than any other... more
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With 47% of All Ethiopian Jews Are Unemployed, 72% Of All Children Living Below The Poverty Line, And Only 32% Of EthiopianStudents Passing The Matriculation Test,One Must Wonder What The Plight Is For Ethiopian Jew In Israel.With 47% of All Ethiopian Jews Are Unemployed, 72% Of All Children Living Below The... more
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"From almost the very beginning the police refused to assigned sufficient manpower, or take the case seriously. When Carmichael called to report her daughter missing after the initial 24 hour waiting period she was told, "Lady, why are you calling here? Your daughter is 21. These officers should not have taken the report in the first place." The next day, April 26, the complaint was marked "closed." Her family repeatedly begged officers to investigate Ramona's case. It took a plea from a local politician that was contacted by the family for a case to even be "re-opened"."
The Rest of the story can be found at
http://womanist-musings.blogspot.com/2008/05/missing-and-black.html"From almost the very beginning the police refused to assigned sufficient... more
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