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When does a police officer determine what amount of force should be necessary to stop a criminal? Its split seconds of panic and fear that can cause even the best of us to do things that, although might save lives, end ones as well. In the case that ended the life of a young African American teen in Ferguson, Missouri, it should have been overtly obvious. This young man was unarmed and not dangerous; shot to death by an officer who was never were charged with his murder. When people like that are able to get away with literal murder, we know we have a problem on our hands. This was not an isolated incident, states all over the country suffer from injustices that endangering the lives of young innocent people by entrusting the worst of us with the ability to use a weapon freely. The sad truth is that if this was someone of a different race, more specifically white, the situation would be taken much, much more seriously. Its a problem that needs to be solved quickly, because through the thick and thin of it all, black lives do matter.

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Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health.: Discovery Service for Maine State Virtual Library

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Where is a child supposed to feel safe, besides the obvious answer of their own home? If the thought of school doesn't ring a bell, then there is a serious issue, and on that needs to be addressed. Due to the fact that school is a place of learning, and a safe space for kids to get away from their daily live, inserting this dominant racist overthought makes a school a place of torture. Statistics show that black children are 1.9 times as likely to be suspended and 2.6 times as likely to be addressed by police authority. Not only is that a bit of overkill, it completely skews their idea of what the police is supposed to be. Now, what are most schools solutions to this problem? To become "colorblind", to treat everything as normal. This diminishes the seriousness of the amount or racial injustice that kids face, but it puts them in a room with no means of escape.

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"Get Out", a Horror Movie About Racism...

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When cult comedian Jordan Peele set out to make a more new age "American horror story" my first thought was "oh no, your just going to make an absolute fool of yourself". However, much more than a happy surprise occurred. This movie doesn't just touch on issue that people of color face on a day to day basis; and it fulfills this quest with a touch of humor and a cohesive plot that all makes sense in the end. This is NOT a spoiler free zone, and if you haven seen this movie yet, I advise you do before continuing. This isn't a play by play for the movie, but there are parts that are very important that I will be touching on. First off, Jordan Peele does a wonderful job twisting the normal trop of the damsel in destress when she enters the urban city to a more "urban" character feeling completely out of place in a suburban home. It's a switch up that totally makes sense and fits the plot well. Its a hinting that although things are only just a bit weird now, they are going to get much, much worse very quickly. However, the bigger part of this movie is it's depiction of how liberal people, although preaching peace and love and Kumbaya, can make colored people just as uncomfortable as they are around supremacist. The basis is that old, white people who can't live in their bodies anymore take black people who they see as fit, and transfer their brain into the others body. It's a wild concept, but a complete masterpiece in execution. Although that is a very anti-racist thought, they see black people as the perfect body, it demonstrates the point; even liberals don't see colored people as equal, but in a completely different way from any type of white supremacist. There are other ideas that Peele demonstrates extremely well, and the article linked below shows those ideas without having to look for them during a viewing of this wonderful piece of filmography.

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Get Out: the film that dares to reveal the horror of liberal racism in America

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Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed low-budget shocker became a surprise hit and showed viewers a terrifying look at the fractured myth of a post-racial US

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Blacks and whites see racism in the United States very, very differently

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Blacks and whites see racism in the United States very, very differently

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One of the biggest differences between black and white peoples views on racism are that white people see it in a less serious light. Polls show that only 39% percent of white Americans see racism as very serious while 88% of black people see it the same way. The major question is why? Is there a sense that white people are overtly obnoxious and over abundant in society, making an impenetrable wall of pure presence that sees only what they want to see of their great society? the American culture is once that everyone knows about; other cultures know what there's an American in the room due to their radiant presence. All of this shows a major difference, and one that shows a divide between different views on the same issue.

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Blacks and whites see racism in the United States very, very differently

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How you see race in the United States can depend a lot on your own background.

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The latest racial incident at Fenway stadium has shaken the idea of Boston, Massachusetts in new ways. Now, people see the blatant racism in this city of opportunity. However, an interesting point is brought up about Boston; the people don't want to be called racists. This is odd because they still are considered to be one of the most racist cities in the US, and that title hasn't gone away. But the question is why? Is it because they can't loss those old ways, or was it because they can't take a simple joke, seen by the SNL skit where Micheal Che made a joke about how terrible the racism was and the people of Boston didn't take kindly of it. If this is an attempt to shield themselves from an outside perspective, it seems to be working. However, the new age philosophy of all lives matter will catch up and will eventually, hopefully, take over.

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It happened again, in Boston, where it has happened so many times over the years: another racist incident at Fenway Park.

The beloved hometown Red Sox and the visiting Baltimore Orioles were preparing to take the field Tuesday night. As a Kenyan woman sang the national anthem, the Boston Globe later reported, a middle-aged white man in a Red Sox hat and T-shirt leaned over to the man next to him and criticized the rendition with a racial slur.

The other fan, who is also white, was offended and complained to stadium security. The man was ejected and, according to Red Sox President Sam Kennedy, banned for life from the storied ballpark.

The episode became big news, but it was an old story.

That story goes like this: Boston is one of the nation's most politically progressive cities. Boston has some of the nation's top universities. Boston has undergone a dramatic demographic shift, going from 82% white in 1970 to less than 54% white today.

Yet Boston has never been able to wipe away a reputation for racism that has long stained its name and its communities.

Boston Magazine ran a feature in 2008 about how athletes saw Boston as so racist that they didn't want to play there, posing this question: "If it's not a fair label anymore, as so many of us insist, then why won't it go away?"

Boston is the city where in the 1970s white residents violently resisted efforts to desegregate local schools by busing in black students.

I'm disappointed and discouraged that people like this still exist in the world, never mind my own city. - Jared Carrabis, Red Sox supporter and writer at Barstool Sports

It's the city where in 2004 San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds said he could never play for the home team. "Boston is too racist for me,'' Bonds told a reporter, who then suggested maybe the team would build a memorial to him and his greatness. "I'm black," Bonds said. "They don't build stuff for blacks."

It's the city about whose fans Angels center fielder Gary Matthews Jr. told the Los Angeles Times in 2007: "They're loud, they're drunk, they're obnoxious; it's one of the few places where you hear racial comments. . . . It's just different."

The national anthem incident is the second blowup over race at the ballpark this week. Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones, who is black, told reporters that Boston fans taunted him with racial slurs and threw a bag of peanuts at him in the dugout. He called it "one of the worst" nights of abuse he'd received in his career.

"It is what it is, right?" Jones told USA Today. "I just go out and play baseball. But it's unfortunate that people need to resort to those type of epithets to degrade another human being. I'm out there trying to make a living for myself and for my family."

His remarks prompted Red Sox representatives to quickly apologize to Jones and ask fans to report similar conduct in the future.

"No player should have an object thrown at him on the playing field, nor be subjected to any kind of racism at Fenway Park," Kennedy said in a statement. "The Red Sox have zero tolerance for such inexcusable behavior, and our entire organization and our fans are sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few."

Jones' complaints also started a familiar cycle of self-scrutiny among Boston residents and sports fans.

"I'm disappointed and discouraged that people like this still exist in the world, never mind my own city," Jared Carrabis, a Red Sox supporter and writer at Barstool Sports, blogged about how Jones was treated. "No, a handful of fans do not represent the entire fan base, or the city for that matter, but this series of incidentson Monday night sure doesn't help defuse the narrative that Boston is a racist city. And that is really, really aggravating."

Last winter, "Saturday Night Live" star Michael Che, who is black, rankled some Bostonians when he riffed about supporting the Atlanta Falcons over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.

"I just want to relax, turn my brain off, and watch the blackest city in America beat the most racist city I've ever been to," Che said.

A joke, maybe, but one that he meant, and one that clearly wounded the city's white liberals.

"Talk to your closest black friend and ask them to explain it to you," Che said later during an appearance at Boston University. In response, the city's mayor, Marty Walsh, who is white, told a local radio station that he wanted to talk to the comedian about his experiences with Boston.

"Clearly it is something that is still inside of him and still bothers him or he wouldn't have made that statement," Walsh told Boston Public Radio.

Boston's reputation as an enlightened city of universities and liberalism has long coexisted with its legacy as a stronghold for whites of Irish descent who dominated neighborhoods like South Boston, known as "Southie." Boston remains a leading locale for movies with white working-class protagonists.

"Boston's racial troubles are especially strange when they are set against the city's reputation as a center of learning, leadership in the abolitionist movement and liberal voting record in recent years on other issues, from Vietnam to the nuclear freeze," the New York Times noted in 1983, adding: "It is possible to go to a baseball game at Fenway Park and not see a black fan."

The Red Sox were the last major league team to racially integrate, in 1959, when the team added Elijah "Pumpsie" Green to their roster - after the local chapter of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People protested his original assignment to the minor leagues.

The hometown Celtics, on the other hand, were the first NBA team to draft a black player (1950), put an all-black team on the court (1964) and hire a black coach (1966). But that legacy was overshadowed in the 1980s as the team dominated the league with a roster of mostly white stars.

In a 1990 photo essay by Spike Lee in Spin magazine, beneath a picture of a black man in a Celtics jersey, Lee wrote: "Boston sucks. This guy is an 'Uncle Tom.' "

In his 2002 book, "Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston," Howard Bryant concluded: "The notion of Boston as the moral voice of a nation, as a social beacon and the home of abolition in the eighteenth and nineteeth centuries, was a myth, really."

When faced with a new round of self-examination this week, the Boston NAACP president, Tanisha Sullivan, was circumspect.

"I think on some level the expectation is that we as a city are much further along than we really are," Sullivan said. "We really need to have the courage to address certainly our history, recognize where we are, and be willing to do the ongoing work necessary to make sure that Boston truly is that city on the hill."
matt.pearce@latimes.com @mattdpearce ALSO Trump order on religion fits a pattern - words bigger than deeds Arizona has been accused of voter suppression before. A new registrar wants to change that reputation Texas' new ban on 'sanctuary cities' could put police in jail if they fail to enforce immigration holds

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After the latest racist incidents at Fenway Park, Boston confronts an ugly reputation

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It happened again, in Boston, where it has happened so many times over the years: another racist incident at Fenway Park. The beloved hometown Red Sox and the visiting Baltimore Orioles were preparing to take the field Tuesday night.

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There's one question on who can use this evil word, and when it can be used. The answer, in the personal opinion of someone who is not a professional, is no white person should ever use that word, and, if it is going to be used, it should only be used around the right people. Neil Brennan, one of the co-writers of the "Chappelle Show", and Owen Smith, another comedian, explain this issue pretty perfectly. If their audience is primarily or fully white then it is a "no-go", if the audience consists of older African American people the answer is the same. These words can only be used around people who are know to be able to understand the context of the word, why its being used and the fact that it is, however awful, a joke. There is also the argument that it is WHO is saying it that makes a big difference. If Eddie Murphy was to say it over someone like Bo Burnham, the context would be much different, it maybe would be funnier. When Jay-z say these horrible words in his songs, its more accepted and even considered okay. The same can be said about different minority's. As someone who's is openly gay, if an LGBT comedian was to say derogatory slang words, I wouldn't mind. However, when someone says it in public, the context completely changes. The biggest argument is whether or not white people are allowed to say these words, and personally, the answer is no. We don't have the same life experiences and accepted privilege

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The n-word: An interactive project exploring a singular word

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After the National Football League made the controversial decision to ban the n-word on the field this year, a team of Washington Post journalists explored the history of the word, its evolution and its place in American vernacular today.

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When viewing at Toni Morrison's outlook on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", we see her common distress about the words and the characters. There's a notion on Huck's suicidal tendencies, forcing him to see a society in which he doesn't want to take part in. Personally, I believe that this is Toni Morrison's main issue with this book. I think it would be safe to assume that being a person of color and being almost forced into the exposure of racism would be hard, but the fact that a child feels so ostracized to a point where he would rather die than live in his world is what disturbed her so thoroughly. Its a feeling that not many people have experienced, and when you do, even emphatically, it's a lot to bear. Her experience with racism in the book are simply highlighting the issues of modern society, for better or for worse.

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Is Patriotism Synonymous With Xenophobia?

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Is Patriotism Synonymous With Xenophobia?

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The terror attack on September 11th, 2001 was one of the worst terror attacks in the history of America. Unfortunately for people of Muslim backgrounds, the attacks have sparked a serious racist uproar against them. People of these decent's are often portrayed in movies and TV as "bad guys", the ones who you have to look out for. This is completely untrue; not every white person is an American farming hick, why would Muslim people all be terrorists? It's simply these media portrayals that skew peoples views of a mostly peaceful culture.

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After the attacks of September 11, 2001, patriotism took on many masks and many faces. For some it meant planting flags in their front yards and cherishing the rights we enjoy in this country. For others it took on a flawed and dangerous form. Violence against South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, and Arab Americans skyrocketed in the weeks and months after 9/11. New government policies painted our communities with suspicion and guilt. The notion that patriotism and racism are synonymous was used against us after 9/11, and the horror has lasted 16 years, flowing and ebbing under Presidents Bush and Obama. That notion has only increased in fury under the Trump administration.

I was in New York on 9/11, working downtown not too far from the attacks. In the days that followed I feared for my safety for the first time in my life: not from planes nose-diving from the sky, but from assaults on the subway or on the street. These fears were not misplaced. The first shots fired after the attacks were on September 15 in Mesa, Arizona, when Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh gas station owner, was killed by Frank Silva Roque, a racist gunman who wanted to "go out and shoot some towel-heads." During his arrest Roque screamed, "I am a patriot! I stand for America all the way!" This is how he pledged allegiance to our flag.

Our communities experienced many ensuing acts of hate. In the first week after 9/11, 645 bias incidents nationwide were reported by media organizations. In the months that followed, our houses of worship were surveilled by the NYPD and other law-enforcement agencies, our rights were violated and our dignity stripped at airports, and our children were bullied in school and harassed on the Internet. Government policies such as the Patriot Act and the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System were implemented, the latter of which opened cases against 83,000 Muslims entering or living in the United States. The result of this vast ethnic profiling? Zero terrorism-related convictions.

Meanwhile, the body count in our communities has mounted. In 2012, a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, was attacked by a gunman who killed six people and wounded four others before taking his own life. In 2015, three young Arab students in North Carolina were murdered in their homes by their white-supremacist neighbor. In 2016, a Lebanese-American man was shot and killed on his own porch by a racist neighbor who had a documented history of anti-Arab hate. Related Article

In 2017, our communities are facing hate violence at levels that rival the aftermath of 9/11. The Trump administration-which is now implementing policies that mirror his bigoted rhetoric on the campaign trail-continues to roll out anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant policies that embolden hate groups to attack our communities. President Trump has test-fired several versions of the "Muslim ban," rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and strongly supported the RAISE Act that seeks to slash immigration by 50 percent in a decade, as well as implementing other destructive policies. Since the presidential election, South Asian Americans Leading Together has documented over 150 incidents of violence against those who identify or are perceived as Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, South Asian, Middle Eastern, or Arab American, already surpassing totals from the year leading up to the 2016 election. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, anti-Muslim hate groups grew by 197 percent in 2016, and, according to the FBI, anti-Muslim hate crimes increased by 67 percent in 2015.

In February two Indian-Americans were shot by a gunman screaming, "Get out of my country." Days later a Sikh man was shot on his driveway in Washington State by an assailant screaming, "Go back to your country." In August a Minnesota mosque was firebombed in what the governor rightly declared an "act of terrorism." In May, Jeremy Joseph Christian, a known white supremacist, harassed a Muslim passenger on a commuter train in Portland. When three men tried to intervene, Christian stabbed two of them to death. Reminiscent of Roque's racism in 2001, Christian proclaimed at his arraignment, "You call it terrorism; I call it patriotism!"

After these attacks, the president remains silent. His silence is a clear signal to the Roques and the Christians of the world that white supremacy and Islamophobia are not only admirable, they are patriotic.

Our communities know that the highest form of patriotism is dissent: We have lived it for 16 years. We've spoken out when we've seen injustice, and we've crowded airports to protest an unlawful "Muslim ban." We've stood united with those from all faiths, colors, and backgrounds, against racism and division in Charlottesville, Boston, Berkeley, and beyond. We've stared down ACT for America-the nation's largest anti-Muslim hate group-and forced them to cancel nationwide Islamophobic rallies originally scheduled for September 9.

The toxic patriotism that hate groups have practiced for 16 years has brought our diverse communities together, anchored in a patriotism of love, not fear. This September 11, I will remember that this is the true patriotism-working with our communities to protect each other, and in doing so, to form a more perfect union.

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Too Many Americans Think Patriotism Means Racism and Xenophobia

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After the attacks of September 11, 2001, patriotism took on many masks and many faces. For some it meant planting flags in their front yards and cherishing the rights we enjoy in this country. For others it took on a flawed and dangerous form.

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As people of the United States, we should be much more understanding and accepting of other cultures, being the "melting pot" that we are. Why most Americans, like myself, don't know a second language is preposterous; this example shows that the ability being able to speak a different language had a very good, helpful impact on a someone in destress. This example is very specific as Arabic is not a language many people seem to be accustomed to, but there are plenty of there people in the country who could benefit from a better understanding of other people. Being more racially in tune, or even simply just being bilingual would seriously impact the view of white people as a whole, and, more importantly, would allow other cultures to feel more "in the loop" in normal American culture.

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Why White People Can't Use The N-Word...

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Many white people feel like "we" have a right to everything. This is Ta-Nahisi Coates main idea in this whole explanation. In basics, one of the audience members asks why her friends feel the need to use the N-word when singing, and if its okay for them to do so. The honest answer is no, it's really not. The idea that Coates conveys is that certain words have different meanings in different contexts. Allowing black people, or LGBTQ+ people, or any other group of people to use these discriminatory words ironically, and prohibiting straight, white Americans from using these words give an insight on how these people live. Some of us aren't allowed to participate in normal daily interactions, based only on the fact that we are different; this is what limiting "normal" people from using these certain words is showing them.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates just explained why white people shouldn't use the n-word in the perfect way

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