🌎 Discussion: Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Critical Race Theory, Systemic Inequality, and Racism - Part 4

[blueharvest]

Shares in 'anti-woke' online marketplace jump after Donald Trump Jr. joins board

Shares in an "anti-woke" online marketplace skyrocketed by more than 180% Tuesday following news that Donald Trump Jr. was joining the company's board of directors.

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

46 Senators Call on Biden to Certify Equal Rights Amendment as GOP Control Looms | Common Dreams

"There is no excuse for leaving us all unprotected," said one advocate.

www.commondreams.org

 

[squeekness]

Shares in 'anti-woke' online marketplace jump after Donald Trump Jr. joins board

Shares in an "anti-woke" online marketplace skyrocketed by more than 180% Tuesday following news that Donald Trump Jr. was joining the company's board of directors.

abcnews.go.com

Bigots and zealots unite.

 

[squeekness]

46 Senators Call on Biden to Certify Equal Rights Amendment as GOP Control Looms | Common Dreams

"There is no excuse for leaving us all unprotected," said one advocate.

www.commondreams.org

It sure would be nice.

 

[blueharvest]

Memphis police ‘regularly violate’ Black people’s rights, justice department finds

Report marks end of inquiry launched after death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten following traffic stop

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already

As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

After much anticipation, University of Michigan’s board doesn't vote on defunding DEI

The board did, however, decide to stop mandating diversity statements for faculty members when they're hired or being considered for promotion.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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[blueharvest]

Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250.

Oregon prisons limit solitary confinement to 90 days, but Black Lives Matter protester Malik Muhammad has been in the hole for some 250 days.

theintercept.com

 

[blueharvest]

‘A huge regression’: Walmart’s DEI rollback incites new racial equity push

Largest private employer in US pledged to tackle inequities after George Floyd murder but has now dropped initiatives

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

It would be a kind of karma....

 

[blueharvest]

Public school teacher under fire for asking Black students if they were ‘pure-bred’

Exclusive: District Superintendent Traci Ferreira allegedly said the educator couldn’t possibly be racist because she was a member of the LGBTQ community, according to a staggering lawsuit obtained by The Independent

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Missouri governor frees Eric DeValkenaere, first KC cop convicted of killing a Black man

https://amp.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article277065808.html

BREAKING: Missouri Governor Frees Eric DeValkenaere, the First White Cop in KC History Convicted for Lynching a Black Person

In a horrifying display of white descent into outright white supremacist, fascist totalitarianism, Governor Parson unleashes a convicted killer cop back onto our streets – proving once again that in America, a badge is a license to kill Black people with impunity.

kansascitydefender.com

 

[squeekness]

Missouri governor frees Eric DeValkenaere, first KC cop convicted of killing a Black man

https://amp.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article277065808.html

BREAKING: Missouri Governor Frees Eric DeValkenaere, the First White Cop in KC History Convicted for Lynching a Black Person

In a horrifying display of white descent into outright white supremacist, fascist totalitarianism, Governor Parson unleashes a convicted killer cop back onto our streets – proving once again that in America, a badge is a license to kill Black people with impunity.

kansascitydefender.com

That's nice. It's just going to keep bad cops committing more crimes.

 

[blueharvest]

Black men removed from Phoenix flight agree to settle lawsuit with American Airlines

Three Black men sued American Airlines after a flight crew member removed them from a plane over a body odor complaint.

www.usatoday.com

 

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[blueharvest]

Trump’s 2017 tax cuts expire soon − study shows they made income inequality worse and especially hurt Black Americans

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from Trump’s first administration harmed many middle-class and low-income taxpayers. But Black people got it the worst, says an expert on race and taxation.

theconversation.com

 

[squeekness]

Trump’s 2017 tax cuts expire soon − study shows they made income inequality worse and especially hurt Black Americans

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from Trump’s first administration harmed many middle-class and low-income taxpayers. But Black people got it the worst, says an expert on race and taxation.

theconversation.com

I hope Trump fails to get them renewed.

 

[blueharvest]

Florida students are giving up Saturdays to learn Black history lessons their schools don't teach

Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.

apnews.com

 

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[blueharvest]

Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying 'This is Trump's America now'

Court documents show a Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now."

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Man admits to setting fires at predominantly Black church in Rhode Island

A Rhode Island man has admitted to using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church earlier this year

abcnews.go.com