«Community building is something we do together to share perspectives, create brave space, and foster relationships. We are members of a community dedicated to ending racism. Let’s build a national community and grow your local one.»
I haven’t read every word of this, nor have I watched any of the videos (at this moment), but I feel like it’s going to be an important resource for me, so I’m pinning it.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/community-building
Just kind of thinking in my mind about reparations for slavery and, oh, I dunno, Jim Crow racism. I’ve seen a figure for repayment for stolen labor (fair wages for the labor we paid darn near $0/hr), adjusted for inflation, being $16 trillion, counted from the founding of this legal entity we call “our country”.
And I wonder if that includes interest.
And then I’m thinking, “what about payment for the lives we cut short?”, which leads me to wonder how much IS a human life worth? Or a year of human life?
$100,000, by this flawed measure.
So, still thinking. But here’s a number.
https://resourcegeneration.org/
Here’s the beginning of a rabbit hole that seems entirely worthwhile (check out the “Resources” links, especially that “download the toolkit” bit, since the rest of the site seems pretty broken).
“There’s racial bias in our police systems. Here’s the overwhelming proof. – Washington Post” https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/opinions/systemic-racism-police-evidence-criminal-justice-system/
Racial disparity and over-policing in our criminal justice (“justice”) system, among other things.
I know I mentioned this particular article before, but I can’t find it on a search. Fortunately, Google still serves.
[Update, 11 Dec 2021] Here’s another link: https://www.vera.org/publications/arrest-trends-every-three-seconds-landing/arrest-trends-every-three-seconds/findings
[23 Dec 2022] Wait! There’s more! https://innocenceproject.org/nre-national-registry-exonerations-report-2022-racism-criminal-system/
#overPolicing #racism
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/neil-gorsuch-nondelegation-bagley-mortenson.html
I should save this so I can come back and finish reading it (ha!) some day.
https://twitter.com/TheAgentNDN/status/1353433993207803904?s=20
Some replies in here mention things to read/watch for an alternate viewpoint. (This is mostly me bookmarking this for myself to come back to later.)
Agent NDN (@TheAgentNDN) Tweeted: I’m still blown away that I managed to be in academia for like a decade before realizing Hobbes’ Leviathan is racist as fuck against Indigenous people. Nobody talks about that.
https://www.propublica.org/article/what-can-heirs-property-owners-do-to-protect-their-land-loss
Ok, but what can we dooo?
Here, Read This 