“there was no indication of any physical action or intent to cause harm”

Well, they needed something to replace the Confederate flag with, so there it is.

White people on the right and the left see these protests as a chance to cause mayhem because they know that when shit pops off it will be people of color who suffer. Now is when we see the difference between real and fake allies.

I think what op meant is we have to move away from the cooning and hollering, they only respect us when we play sports or modeling.

Wypipo: “Government needs to stay out of our business. We have the 2nd Amendment to protect us from tyrannical government overreach.”

Had he been upfront and said he had a warrant for a guy named Quentin, it would have ended in three minutes. I would have showed him my I.D., showed him that I wasn’t Quentin.”

“Eighty-eight years ago, she did something that was, at the time, an acceptable means of conversation,” Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. told the New York Times. “I’m not saying it was right, but the times were different.”

My legacy lives on. Godspeed. 

when confronted with a similar scenario, what do you want us to do? The answer cannot be ‘do nothing.’

VOTE. EVERYONE MUST VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6. VOTE. DO NOT DISMISS THIS ELECTION AS INCONSEQUENTIAL. EVERY SINGLE VOTE MATTERS. EVERY ONE. TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
 

He explains privilege better than anyone I’ve ever read or heard.

Prosecutors said because the teacher never made physical contact with the student, it couldn’t convince a jury that the student felt threatened by the teacher’s gesture.

To quote Grégory Pierrot, “You want to troll French fascists? Tell them the truth: the most French man in the world right now is a black kid called Kylian Mbappé.”  https://africasacountry.com/2018/07/fear-of-a-black-france

Ok Liah, now imagine going through all those things as a burdensome minority instead of a white woman who everyone sees as redeemable and worth expending effort on. Instead of going to college, you dropped out at 16 because your school had suspended you for ‘poor behavior’ starting in kindergarten and none of your…

When my daughter was just under a year old she was still going to bed very early. Our neighbors were shooting fireworks in the street which was right outside her window. Once it got to 1030 ish we asked if they could move down a little..not stop, just move a little because she was small and needs sleep. They looked…

White people think they own everything. Including our pain, suffering, torture, rape, and subjugation.

So she’s comparing Confederate statues to:

Oh what a fucking shock he has a history of hatred of women. Until we talk about how the commonality not only is about guns but about our culture’s hatred of women and the seriousness of harassment and abuse of women, this won’t stop. Goddamn I hate this country so much. And if you’re a piece of shit that’s going to…

“I don’t believe that Officer Rialmo is a bad person necessarily,” David Fitzsimon, the jury foreman, told reporters following the verdict. “I think he just made a bad decision at the moment.”