On August 9, 2014, Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, was shot and killed by Wilson, who is white. The shooting led to demonstrations, confrontations with police, and some looting and violence.
Tag: racism
And it only takes 9 people agreeing to make a decision, what a coincidence.
^ Seriously, the way grand juries work in Missouri is only 9 people have to agree to pass the decision.
Protect and serve,
That’s a lie,
You don’t care when black kids die.
Ferguson protesters right now (25/11/14, 18:18 CST)
The Police Memorial in Ferguson has been wrapped, ahead of the grand jury verdict announcement.
i want this to be the first thing broken
Rhymes For Young Ghouls (2014)
This film, set during the 1970s, is very dark and pessimistic story about a teenage Aboriginal girl dealing with the horrific residential school system while navigating an entire community traumatized by the ongoing legacy of colonialism on Turtle Island. It’s some of the best filmmaking I’ve seen in a long time. The film is in English and Mi’kmaq.
Kawennahere Devery Jacobs puts in a heart-wrenching and intense performance. And the cinematography is stunning. You’ve got to see this film! This is truly Indigenous Noir.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
If we’re not careful, “Anonymous”, will be the group we remember and honor in years to come, rather than the amazing Black leaders in Ferguson, fighting for their communities, fighting for the lives of young people—growing a movement. Also, the many Black youth who have shown up in solidarity, taking on the same risks to do so, because police brutality and state violence is not a theory for them—the struggle is everywhere. Much respect to all who work in solidarity.
my friend Holly’s facebook status talking about Anonymous exposing the KKK members that recently threatened Ferguson protestors (via navigatethestream)
I’ve noticed some people are still confused about what the Ferguson grand jury is actually making a decision on.
The grand jury is only deciding “if there is probable cause to believe that [Darren] Wilson committed a crime, and if so, what charge.”
The grand jury is NOT deciding whether or not Darren Wilson is guilty.
They are deciding whether Darren Wilson should be indicted, NOT convicted.
The generalization of black people has led to the murder of them by police with impunity.
The generalization of white people has led to…increase sales in pumpkin spice lattes
I’ve had this one sitting in my to-do pile for a while, and was finally galvanized to draw it up after going to a talk around intersections of sex, gender, and race this weekend. The topic of pronouns and terminology came up and the speaker just sort of smirked and said ‘yeah, we all know who wrote the dictionaries, don’t we?’ and I was like YES I HAVE A WHOLE THING ABOUT THAT.
My proudest moment of this comic is that I managed to sneak a penis joke into it.
Relevant!
Intrepid reporter Jessica Williams of The Daily Show talks to columnist Nolan Finley of The Detroit News. [full segment]ilikeher
Jessica is always on point
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