It is our unfortunate reality that driving while Black, running while Black, walking while Black, bird watching while Black, & quite frankly – doing anything that any other person could do, but doing it while Black, too often ends in death. #DaunteWright
Army Lt. Nazario was driving his new car home. He was pulled over, pepper sprayed, and arrested without explanation.
This is racism. It’s about the domination and humiliation of a Black man because he asked questions and “didn’t comply.”
“It is sad that the NCAA is not willing to recognize and invest in our growth despite its claims of togetherness and equality.”
Dawn Staley released a statement about the inequality between NCAA men’s and women’s basketball:
On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."
Let's just sit with this for a moment and what it means.
Tomorrow, Kamala Devi Harris will be the first woman sworn in as vice president of the United States.
If anyone had a right to question whether our democracy was worth redeeming, it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Because in the face of billy clubs and lynchings, poll taxes and literacy tests, he never gave in to violence, never waved a traitorous flag or gave up on our country.
Heading into the weekend with these inspiring words by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in mind, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
For those who are wondering why so much attention has been focused on the response of the Capitol Police to the Trump-inspired riots, here’s a data-driven article that provides some useful frame of reference.
https://t.co/MAdlWGRd23