Brooklyn College Listening Project

The Brooklyn College Listening Project is an oral history and community interview project. BC students interview family, friends, neighbors and strangers. #BCLP

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Welcome to the Brooklyn College Listening Project. We are an oral history and community interview project created by Brooklyn College faculty and students.

To find out more and see what we have done, go to: https://t.co/i2Fp7JrA9O.

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Overall the emphasis of this conversation is have stronger communities and stop relying on the police #BCConversations

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Disruptive students tend to be “x’ed” out as opposed to being helped #BCConversations

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It also depends on priorities and budgeting and where the money goes #BCConversations

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Most criminalized group of students are special ed students #BCConversations

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In NY, there is more NYPD personal in schools as opposed to counselors #BCConversations

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Police constantly overcharge. #BCConversations

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When we enable police led responses, they are still based on the premise of a punitive solution #BCConversations

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Aside from physical actions, violence has come in other forms like discrimination #BCConversations

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@avitale opportunities are needed for these communities #BCConversations

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@avitale says it’s a work in progress to see how the community can get on its feet #BCConversations

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@avitale says people need to be informed #BCConversations

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We have to be careful what we post on social media #BCConversations

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@JumaaneWilliams says, there should be moderating in communities when it comes to policing #BCConversations

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Anthony Posada says that if there’s a problem and you use all the resources and use the principals of effectiveness and efficiency, there can be a better approach then the police #BCConversations

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Relying on the police too much creates a lot of collateral consequences #BCConversations

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Communities are needed to get stronger in order to decrease violence #BCConversations

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Communities should stand up for other communities when there are situations like hate crimes are happening #BCConversations

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People should be educated more and people are afraid of things they don’t know #BCConversations

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We need to understand what privilege is. People have different definitions of privilege #BCConversations