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Asian Americans’ relationship to state violence that disproportionately affects Black men and women is entangled within existing relations of hierarchy and exploitation in complex ways. Given this, we would do well, to hone a politics of our time.
This is not just a Black issue nor just a race issue. It is an institutional issue that has been built upon Black exploitation and social division. But the way some police so flagrantly kill Black people demands we all say BlackLivesMatter.
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As nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are met with police brutality, John Oliver discusses how the histories of policing and white supremacy are intertwined, the roadblocks to fixing things, and some potential paths forward.
Confederate monuments are being removed—both officially and unofficially—across the U.S.
The best way to grasp the magnitude of what we’re seeing is to look for precedents abroad.
The state became the first to make major changes in police practices in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, which has spurred nationwide protests.
One of the most radical antiracist unions in the country makes a show of solidarity with all those threatened by police violence and exploitation
Many have attempted to claim that `things are better here' for black people than in the US. This ignores both Europe's colonial past and its own racist present.
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