Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.
AberjhaniStichwörter: equality justice racism race-relations multiculturalism african-americans human-rights-day black-history-month trayvon-martin african-american-men antiracism darren-hunt eric-garner george-zimmerman kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america michael-brown post-racial-america race-and-racism-in-america tamir-rice
It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence.
AberjhaniStichwörter: humanity race-relations racial-profiling human-rights-day prison-reform trayvon-martin african-american-men darren-hunt eric-garner kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america michael-brown post-racial-america race-and-racism-in-america tamir-rice demographics-of-united-states mass-incarceration troy-anthony-davis
The instinct to tell our children that they are better than someone else’s children, based on nothing more than the color of their skin, is now a fossilized aberration that serves no useful purpose.
AberjhaniStichwörter: children diversity parenting race-relations multiculturalism human-rights-day multiculturalismo race-and-racism-in-america
The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various individuals’, or groups of individuals’, experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their 'pursuit of happiness' to outright obliterating it.
AberjhaniStichwörter: happiness equality freedom justice democracy diversity racism pursuit-of-happiness human-rights-day racial-discrimination trayvon-martin darren-hunt eric-garner george-zimmerman kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america michael-brown race-and-racism-in-america tamir-rice demographics-of-united-states mass-incarceration troy-anthony-davis new-jim-crow racial-demographics
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.
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Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity: between men and women, between blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, haves and have-have-nots, self and self.
AberjhaniStichwörter: wisdom love war faith hope spirituality violence unity diplomacy nonviolence conflict-resolution human-rights-day peacism syria aberjhani global-village peace-movement nonviolent-conflict-resolution world-community international-community syrian-civil-war afghanistan-war global-march-for-peace-and-unity political-debate world-peace-day
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