The Problem is the Other CRT (Conservative Race Theory), by Tim Wise
"Rather than arguing detailed academic theory, we must answer the right-wing assault on anti-racism by demonstrating the real motives of those who have launched the attack on it."
“American Silence,” song by Chris Pierce
"...Pierce’s impassioned vocals and righteous message to keep fighting for justice in this country. It’s the sound of everyone who’s hungry for change, steadying themselves and marching toward a common goal.”
“It’s been burning for awhile,” song by Chris Pierce
"Together, we can be the change we seek in this world for we are all brothers and sisters in one race — the HUMAN RACE."
Analysis: ‘White America can keep kicking Derek Chauvin,’ but what does it mean for systemic change?
"Above all, convicting one individual cop is no substitute for actual legal reform." "Above all, he said, "convicting one individual cop is no substitute for actual legal reform."
Henry Giroux: To End Racial Capitalism, We Will Need to Take On the Institution of Policing
"Police brutality is endemic to American history." "Policing in the United States is a force of racist violence that is entangled at the core of the capitalist system."
Minneapolis/St. Paul Protests Under Occupation, by Kim DeFranco
“Most of the people who were out there were sincere. They cared about their rights and the rights of others. They wanted to contribute to a better world for their families and others.”
DN!: “The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Black people demanding their freedom, being willing to have an uprising to gain their freedom,” says Anderson. “What I saw was that it wasn’t about guns. It was about the fear of Black people.”
Criminalizing Black Protest: When We Resist
"That's incredible that you were really just showing them that you left this all over Texas, left it all over the world, it's probably going to be left over Louisiana, but you were charged with terrorism. So to your point, who's the terrorist and the situation..."
Michelle Alexander’s Brilliant Intro to “Beyond Vietnam”
"We will be marching for these and a dozen other names and attending rallies without end, unless there is a significant and profound change in American life and policy.”
Anti-Asian Violence in America Is Rooted in US Empire
Exoticized and fetishized Asian American women have borne a dual burden of both racism and sexism, viewed on one hand as submissive and sexually available “lotus blossoms” and on the other as manipulative and dangerous “dragon ladies.”
Calling Chauvin a “Bad Apple” Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence
"Even the best training in the world cannot teach police, who are licensed to kill and deployed to enforce a racist system, not to be racist."
The Unspeakable Horrors of Police Brutality
MLK: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."