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Yesterday's guilty verdict was one step towards accountability, but systemic racism in the U.S. stems beyond one ‘bad apple.’ It's essential to recognize the broader culture of racism and anti-Blackness in America, especially in the Midwest. msmagazine.com/2021/04/13/who…
The trial of Derek Chauvin is a symptom of a legacy of horrors involving policing, societal hierarchies and racism. The fact is, policing is part of America’s origin story and its history of enslavement, kidnapping and trafficking of Black people.
msmagazine.com/2021/04/20/geo…
msmagazine.com/2021/04/20/geo…
Today in Minneapolis, Black people are 8.7 times more likely than white counterparts to be arrested for low-level offenses. For Indigenous populations in the Twin Cities, the data is similarly skewed.
msmagazine.com/2021/04/13/who…
msmagazine.com/2021/04/13/who…
