“You must never be fearful about what you are doing, when it’s Right.” – Rosa Parks
Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer – Act of racial intolerance?
“Police Officers across the nation, need to address racial intolerance in a whole new (traffic) light. It starts here, with departments embracing a powerful awareness mindset, bridging emotional and social intelligence…
Deaths by Police in the United States – Is it time for Racial Intolerance to get some Intelligence?
“Restoring community trust, along with enhancing our policing techniques is needed if we want to improve these statistics. Let’s have a unified message of doing the RITE thing, through Racial…
“The battles that count…” Jesse Owens
“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.” – Jesse Owens
“We remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice…”
“While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let…
When we Explore, we Dream, we Discover – Mark Twain
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from…
No, White People Will Never Understand the Black Experience
I could go on, but my point is this: I, a “nice white girl” from a loving Midwestern family raised in a legacy of tolerance, had no idea, zero idea, that a black man in the 20th century, in a place as progressive as Los Angeles, at a time when diversity and interracial relationships seemed commonplace, and with two people who were not involved in criminal behavior, could be so egregiously impacted by a police culture rife with profiling, bigotry and harassment. I didn’t know that, my white friends didn’t know that — the demographic of which I was a member didn’t seem to know that. Because we white people don’t experience that! At least, not unless we’re in the company of black people.
End Racial Profiling Act 2015: Democratic US Lawmakers Re-Introduce Minority Protections Bill
Original post By Aaron Morrison @aaronlmorrison on April 22 2015 Democratic lawmakers are making yet another attempt to pass legislation against racial profiling in local law enforcement. On Wednesday, Rep. John Conyers,…