A message to my newborn son: for your sake, I have to take a stand against racism

I don’t want you to still be fighting for equality in 20 years’ time. Here are my hopes for your future, says Cephas Williams, founder of the Black British Network

Source: A message to my newborn son: for your sake, I have to take a stand against racism | Cephas Williams | Opinion | The Guardian

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Black Products. Black Shoppers. Black Workers. But Who Owns the Store? 

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Housing segregation: Decades after George Floyd left Houston’s oldest housing project, another generation tries to make it out

Floyd once called Houston’s Third Ward home. Decades later, it remains a neighborhood segregated from opportunity.

Source: Housing segregation: Decades after George Floyd left Houston’s oldest housing project, another generation tries to make it out – Washington Post

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The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate

In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.

Source: The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate | Pew Research Center

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The Simple, Profound Message of Pope Francis’s New Encyclical

Amid the pandemic and worsening marginalization, we have to get better at doing one thing: listening.

Source: The Simple, Profound Message of Pope Francis’s New Encyclical | The Nation

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George Floyd 911 call: What should happen to CUP Foods for calling the cops?

A teenage clerk dialed 911. How should the brothers who own CUP Foods pay for what happened next?

Source: George Floyd 911 call: What should happen to CUP Foods for calling the cops?

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Student Discipline Rates Show Black Girls Are Disproportionally At Risk

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Slavery and the American University

From their very beginnings, the American university and American slavery have been intertwined, but only recently are we beginning to understand how deeply.

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Active Listening Lessons From FBI Negotiators That Will Get You What You Want

Active listening is the opposite of passive hearing.

Source: Active Listening Lessons From FBI Negotiators That Will Get You What You Want

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Second Parkland cop will get his job back, arbitrator rules 

With Monday’s ruling, Deputy Josh Stambaugh is now the second fired deputy in recent months to have an arbitrator rule they should get their job back after the Parkland massacre.

Source: Second Parkland cop will get his job back, arbitrator rules – South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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