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Reading on Race & Ferguson

Thursday, August 28, 2014


Some Thoughts On Mercy
Ross Gay | The Sun
This essay was published in The Sun in July 2013 by poet and professor Ross Gay. So relevant tdoay. A beautiful piece.
When we have mercy, deep and abiding change might happen. The corrupt imagination might become visible. Inequalities might become visible. Violence might become visible. Terror might become visible. And the things we’ve been doing to each other, despite the fact that we don’t want to do such things to each other, might become visible. If we don’t, we will all remain phantoms — and, as it turns out, it’s hard for phantoms to care for one another, let alone love one another. 
Why I Fear For My Sons
Kimberly Norwood | cnn.com
Commentary written by a Washington University law professor and mother.

The Case for Reparations
Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Atlantic

John Crawford Case: It’s Open Carry for Whites and Open Season on Blacks
The Root

For-Profit Policing Means Ferguson Is Basically a Debtor’s Prison
Michael Hendrix | Values & Capitalism

Voter Registration Drives in Ferguson Are "Disgusting," Says Missouri GOP Leader
Tasneem Raja | Mother Jones

I am racist and so are you
Rachel Shadoan

More proof that kids are smarter than adults (and more on FYI here)
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