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John Crawford Case: It’s Open Carry for Whites and Open Season on Blacks
While the attention of America—and the world, for that matter—is on the demand for answers about the death of an unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson, Mo., I wanted to take a moment to discuss another officer-involved shooting that happened just four days before Michael Brown was gunned down. John Crawford III was shot in a Wal-Mart…
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A White Mother Shapes a Black Man
“White mothers of black boys are confronted by the same realities as black mothers,” Albert L. Butler writes at MSNBC in a poignant piece about his white mother. He says it’s an important yet often overlooked fact. I am an avid watcher of Melissa Harris-Perry, so I was not at all surprised–and was quite pleased–when host…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
