Tag: social_justice
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Calls For Police Accountability In Death Of Naked Man Anthony Hill
Hill’s death at the hands of a police officer is especially tragic, Anderson said, because he had great respect for law enforcement. When no indictment was issued for police officers in the apparent chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black Staten Island man who got into a videotaped confrontation with white police officers, Anderson…
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Elle Cast 6: PBS Shows – Independent Lens: American Denial and Colorblind: Rethinking Race
New Elle Cast for this week! Greetings! In episode six of Alert.Aware.Mindful. I will be talking about two amazing PBS shows I viewed recently. One is a part of the Independent Lens series, called American Denial and the other is the documentary Colorblind:Rethinking Race. American Denial is about how unconscious bias perpetuates racism and it is…
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A sudden flash of insight: To Be Blind to Color
“To be blind to color, as Julian Bond has noted, is to be blind to the consequences of color, “and especially the consequences of being the wrong color in America.” via A sudden flash of insight: To Be Blind to Color.
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Elle Cast 5: Special Guest Phillip Montgomery- Part II
There were some technical issues with last week’s podcast, but they have been sorted. Check it out. Stream or download
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Elle Cast 4: This Side of Town
***Remember Alert.Aware, Mindful is every other Monday!*** Listen here and download here. Song: This Side of Town by Voice4Education AAM Episode #4 (Loosely based Transcript) Greetings, My name is Elle Madelyn and this is my podcast Alert Aware Mindful or AAM for short, which includes my own thoughts and reactions to current events, pop…
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Neo Protest Songs
One word: Goosebumps
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Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media
Very Interesting article from B*tch magazine: Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media.
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Elle Cast 3: Special Guest Phillip Montgomery
Hello All, I am lucky to have the esteemed Phillip Montgomery with us today. We will be discussing of the fear of black men in our society. This is the first a part of a two-part interview and coincidentally is TWICE as long as the other podcasts by clocking in at 37 minutes. It was…
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On Privilege, the Multi-Colored Spoon.
Priviledge is not about race, chances are you have some even if you don’t realize it. Changingthelense says “When I first learned about privilege in the context of being able-bodied, my mind was blown. Up to that point I had thought of improving society for people with disabilities in the context of “making things easier”…
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Trigger Happy Cop Kills Unarmed Man Holding Baby: Scottsdale, AZ – YouTube
An Arizona man was shot to death by police Tuesday while holding his grandson. Police say 50-year-old John Loxas was holding his grandchild in his arms as he walked around his Scottsdale neighborhood Tuesday night threatening neighbors and police. “There were at least three officers in position to engage the suspect. At least one of…
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