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If they come in the morning: Beyond the Black Lives Matter movement

Masilo Lepuru — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:52:45 +0000

In An Open Letter to My Sister, Angela Y, Davis, James Baldwin stated that if racist America comes in the morning to take Angela Davis to the gas chamber, it will come for other ordinary African Americans that night. In addition to this Baldwin argued that ordinary African Americans must fight for the life of [...]

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If they come in the morning: Beyond the Black Lives Matter movement.

Masilo Lepuru — Sun, 08 May 2022 09:31:53 +0000

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Black Lives Matter: ‘Get Your Knee off My Neck’, ‘I Can’t breathe’

Luvuyo Mthimkhulu Dondolo, Ph.D. — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:07:06 +0000

‘I was born to work up to my grave, but I was not born to be a slave’ – Maya Angelou (2014) The United States (US) has a peculiar history of racialised police brutality. This phenomena points to a number of issues in American society and some with a long tradition that dates back to [...]

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Rejecting Postracialism: Whiteness, Morality and Decency

Richard Raber — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 08:09:32 +0000

#BlackLivesMatter has illuminated the crisis of contemporary whiteness in its full flesh by giving white people a glimpse into some of the worst of white supremacy; the execution of people of colour by state actors with impunity. Beginning with the contention that most white people view racism conceptually as bad, evil or at least something [...]

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6 Reasons Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ Must Move Beyond Protests

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 13:40:42 +0000

Source: AtlantaBlackStar.com Protests Don’t Lead to Change Without any real plan of action, protests never lead to any real change. While #BlackLivesMatter has been incredibly effective at getting thousands of people together to march or protest, the aftermath of the rallies often results in nothing more than social media buzz. The Atlantic’s Moises Naim recently [...]

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‘Black Lives Matter’ Is About More Than Police Brutality, It’s About The Harm Done to the Entire Black Community in a Racist System

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 13:05:39 +0000

Source: AtlantaBlackStar.com The phrase “Black lives matter” has been used countless times as a stance against racial profiling and the use of excessive force by police against unarmed Black citizens, but the true meaning of the phrase is not just about saving Black lives. It’s a call to improve the quality of Black lives as [...]

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