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  1. Dec 2021
  2. Nov 2021
    1. And racial discrimination doesn’t exist just within the military rank-and-file. Every year, civilians working in the financial, technical and support sectors of the Army, Air Force and Navy file hundreds of complaints alleging race and skin color discrimination, according to an AP analysis of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data.

      discrimination everywhere against race and skin color

    2. “For Blacks and minorities, when we initially experience racism or discrimination in the military, we feel blindsided,” Davis said. “We’re taught to believe that it’s the one place where everybody has a level playing field and that we can make it to the top with work that’s based on merit.”

      racism and discrimination in the military.

  3. Oct 2021
    1. Police all over the country tear-gassed protesters, drove vehicles through crowds, opened fire with nonlethal rounds on journalists or people on their own property, and in at least one instance, pushed over an elderly man who was walking away with a cane

      This can cause a lot of problems and it will not calm things down.

    2. This is hardly the first time that Minneapolis has erupted into protests about police brutality and the killings of black people.

      This isn't the first time Minneapolis has seen rocked over police violence and the deaths of black people.

    3. This is hardly the first time that Minneapolis has erupted into protests about police brutality and the killings of black people.

      This is hardly the first time that Minneapolis has rocked into demonstrations about police violence and the deaths of black people.

    4. Many protesters, including journalists, have captured police on tape pointing guns, shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at them.

      Many demonstrators and reporters, have recorded police aiming guns at them and firing rubber bullets and tear gas.

    5. Many protesters, including journalists, have captured police on tape pointing guns, shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at them.

      Many demonstrators, including reporters, have recorded police on tape recordings aiming guns, firing rubber bullets and tear gas at them.

    1. That’s what it means to be brave. It’s an American virtue. We can feel encouraged to see it in action every day, and we should never stop pushing for more.

      Do you think if people keep pushing for more it will make a difference?

    2. Racial bias is often hidden, unintentional and systemic. That means that it is actually possible to create racist impact, even if there’s no easily identifiable racist behind the curtain.

      this is true and positive

    3. That’s why we have to be able to ask explicit racial questions. Rather than avoiding racial difference, we should engage it, with the goal of creating actual equity in our workplaces, schools and all the other spaces in which we spend our lives.

      this can be a good effect.

    4. Anyone walking into a three-star restaurant can see that often, the people who have speaking parts at the front of the house are white, while those working for lower wages in the back of the house are employees of color.

      this what causes discrimination.

    5. Racism has evolved over the past 50 years, and our collective understanding of what constitutes justice, how discrimination functions and how to best address it needs updating.

      Over the last 50 years, racism has developed, and our shared understanding of what it means to be just, how discrimination works, and how to effectively combat it has to be updated as well.

    6. Racism has evolved over the past 50 years, and our collective understanding of what constitutes justice, how discrimination functions and how to best address it needs updating.

      Over the last 50 years, racism has changed, and our common understanding of what constitutes justice, how prejudice works, and how to effectively combat it has to be updated as well.

    7. Racism has evolved over the past 50 years, and our collective understanding of what constitutes justice, how discrimination functions and how to best address it needs updating.

      Racism has developed over the past 50 years, and our shared understanding of what it means to be just, how discrimination works and how to best discuss it needs updating.