If Only They Didn't Speak English - Race
- Created by: elliethornton11
- Created on: 22-08-22 15:27
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- Race
- 'What's your excuse?'
- if an African American brought up by a single mum in Hawaii could got to Harvard, Chicago and POTUS
- ie. what Obama did, then why couldn't everyone
- invokes self-blame
- Rosa sat, so that Martin could walk, so that Barack could run, so that you could fly
- Obama's 2008 campaign
- already was first African American POTUS
- domestically
- fixing the economy after the banking crisis
- internationally
- bring home troop from Afghanistan and Iraq
- the official response was that officers went military on citizens
- led to stopping feds selling equipment to the cops, and cops using it
- the official response was that officers went military on citizens
- bring home troop from Afghanistan and Iraq
- if an African American brought up by a single mum in Hawaii could got to Harvard, Chicago and POTUS
- killings by police
- Ferguson, Missouri
- August 9, 2014 - Darren Wilson (white cop) called to robbery and assault at a convenience store
- 18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Wilson
- Wilson said Brown started it, yet witnesses said Wilson antagonised him
- Brown tried to surrender and was shot
- the official response was that officers went military on citizens
- led to stopping feds selling equipment to the cops, and cops using it
- the official response was that officers went military on citizens
- Brown tried to surrender and was shot
- Wilson said Brown started it, yet witnesses said Wilson antagonised him
- 18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Wilson
- grand jury
- rules Wilson acted lawfully in self-defence
- DoJ found Ferguson PD and court 'reflect and exacerbate existing racial bias'
- US Attorney General Eric Holder - condemned Ferguson's actions and called for change
- August 9, 2014 - Darren Wilson (white cop) called to robbery and assault at a convenience store
- Minnesota / Baltimore / Cleveland / NY / Sanford, FL
- Philando Castile shot in car by cops as girlfriend Diamond Reynolds livestreamed, 4 y o child in car
- Freddie Gray, violently handled
- Tamir Rice, 11 playing with toy gun
- Eric Garner killed by NYPD cops, 'I can't breathe'
- 17 year old Trayvon Martin was killed by white security guard George Zimmerman
- as these murders were occurring, the National Museum of African American History and Culture was opened in Washington DC
- Ferguson, Missouri
- North Carolina voter ID
- when NC tried to pass this legislation, research discovered that due to the demographics of African Americans many could not afford ID
- this was overturned by the federal court of Richmond, Virginia
- similar thing happened in Texas
- and Wisconsin
- 1/8 of men have spent time in prison (Milwaukee)
- and Wisconsin
- similar thing happened in Texas
- this was overturned by the federal court of Richmond, Virginia
- when NC tried to pass this legislation, research discovered that due to the demographics of African Americans many could not afford ID
- prison
- Clinton said minor criminals were locked up for 'way too long'
- of 208,000 in federal prisons, 48% were for drugs and >70% Black or Hispanic
- Obama granted 330 prisoners release for drug related offences on his last day in office
- Clinton said minor criminals were locked up for 'way too long'
- 'What's your excuse?'
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