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#abroad "I've no doubt that there are far-right extremists across the north who are planning to use violence to target Muslim or Jewish communities.

#justicesystem Two years ago, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that there existed a constitutional “imperative to purge racial prejudice from the administration of justice.” The U.S. Supreme Court wrestles Monday with a problem that has long plagued the criminal justice system: race discrimination in the selection of jurors.

#politics The historical ties between American law-enforcement agencies and white supremacist groups are well documented. Southern sheriffs abetted Ku Klux Klansmen under Jim Crow. The FBI posted a bulletin in 2006 warning about white nationalists and skinheads infiltrating police entities, citing cases in Ohio, Illinois, Texas, and California, including the formation of a neo-Nazi gang by officials within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The armed forces have been implicated as well. Federal agents in February arrested a 49-year-old Coast Guard lieutenant and self-described white nationalist who had amassed 15 firearms and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition while planning a massacre of innocent civilians “on a scale rarely seen in this country,” according to court documents.

#abroad Other artists, including the rapper Giggs and south London duo Skengdo x AM, have also faced issues when it comes to live performances, with one witness blaming it on "institutionalised racism".

#politics #whiteprivilege When Civility Is Used As A Cudgel Against People Of Color "Black anger, black rage, black distress over injustice is seen as, one, unreasonable and outsized; and, two, as a thing that must be neutralized and contained quickly." Cooper says this often takes the form of whites "preaching at black people about how they're bad and how they're ungrateful for being angry."

#abroad Sources say that Kohler Barnard referred to black people as ‘criminals who were out to harm whites’ during the course of that meeting.

#abroad World leaders expressed condolences and condemnation Friday following the deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand, while Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide of violent Islamophobia. In a tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump sent "warmest sympathy and best wishes" to the people of New Zealand. He wrote "49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!"

#abroad #media The Tylko Polska, or “Only Poland”, ran a list of “names, anthropological features, expressions, appearances, character traits, methods of operation” and “disinformation activities” which it said could be used to identify Jewish people.

#abroad In what is being represented as a major victory in the fight to make Europe pay reparations to the Caribbean for the brutal transatlantic slave trade, the umbrella University of the West Indies is reporting that the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom has agreed to begin making reparations payments in the near future after talks with a regional commission.

#media The Associated Press Verified account Kenyans had the highest number of casualties and are not named. Ethiopians are not named. Egyptians are the only Africans named. Kenyans had the highest number of casualties and are not named. Ethiopians are not named. Egyptians are the only Africans named.

#media Jordan Peele: The idea that people of color cant open films overseas is indicative of systemic racism. We need opportunities to fail — the way white people have. The world has been witnessing over the past few years that the investment is worth it.

#whiteprivilege Panel talks about the opportunities (education, employment) that whites have in America but blacks still don't. The harms of racism are soul-destroying for the whole community. We need to work together and talk together in such a way that we don't dwell on shame or despair. Hope transforms, and hope will allow us to move through discomfort to understanding and honest reconciliation. A deeper conversation is the responsibility of the beneficiaries of the sin and brokenness. It is uncomfortable to own up to the racism within our own selves, and it's necessary. It is not up to persons of color to make it easier to understand, or to educate more clearly, or to smooth out the broken edges.