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#abroad To recognize racism as institutional therefore takes us to a difficult and deeply uncomfortable position. We begin to see that there are no easy solutions: liberal reforms simply will not do. To tackle the deep roots of racism in the police, we need nothing short of a radical re-imagining of policing and criminal justice as we know it, or what Vitale speaks of as ‘the end of policing’.

#abroad "When we find evidence of members making offensive or inappropriate comments, we consistently take decisive action," a spokesman said.

#justicesystem "Four months after passage of the Civil Rights Act color bars are toppling in the South. But they haven’t fallen. A reporter and his wife took a journey through 12 southern states just months after segregation was outlawed in 1964. Read his whole series below.

#politics The little girls in the Birmingham Church Bombing bombing, which was conducted by members of the Ku Klux Klan, was a gamechanger when it came to racist acts. "We had had so many bombings in Birmingham. The fact is, no one had been even hurt, much less killed. And now four innocent children, they weren't part of the movement, they were kids going to a worship service. That changed everything.

#abroad A Parliamentary briefing in 2017 revealed that just 8% of MPs and 6% of members of the House of Lords are BME. These proportions are about half that for the population as a whole. Similar results were found for the judiciary, the police, the armed forces, and education and health sectors.

#education Worsening matters is that public schools are increasingly segregated, more than they were in the 1970s. Black and brown students are most likely to attend schools with other Black and brown students. Students below the poverty line are most likely to attend schools with other poor students.

#abroad The Conservative Party is showing “worrying tell-tale signs of institutional racism” over its handling of Islamophobia, Baroness Warsi has said. It comes after HuffPost UK revealed the Tories failed to expel member Colin Raine, despite him sharing hate online and an allegation he was behind a far-right protest at an MP’s office.

#justicesystem When Louisiana voters jettisoned a 120-year relic of the Jim Crow era by voting in November to require unanimous jury verdicts in serious felony trials, they went where courts have long refused to tread.

#whiteprivilege DiAngelo will speak at Stephens Auditorium, which holds up to 2,700. After her lecture, attendees will be encouraged to break into small discussion groups. DiAngelo coined the phrase "white fragility" to describe the concept of white Americans being overly defensive in situations involving race. “The next kind of emails I get come from white supremacist groups,” he said. “That’s the one thing that worries me anytime I see any kind of resistance. I don’t know if that’s what they intend or not.” Other Sources: Understanding White Privilege The University of Iowa

#hategroup Identity Evropa is an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist organization established in March 2016. The group is identified as a white supremacist organization by the Anti-Defamation League and is designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. Founder: Nathan Damigo Founded: March 2016 Membership: roughly 800 as of July 2018Purpose: To spread support for white nationalism Affiliations: Rise Above Movement;Type of business: Alt-right, White nationalism, Neo-Nazism, Anti-capitalism, Identitarian movement, White supremacy - Wikipedia

#education “We tell our children to be responsible for their mistakes, will be home ourselves to the same standard. We made a mistake.... slavery is never a game," says Wayne Byard from Loudoun County Public Schools.

#education “MICA as an institution — represented by its president, vice presidents and board of trustees — apologizes for its historical denial of access to talented students for no other reason than the color of their skin, and for the hardships to those who were admitted but not supported for their success,” Hoi said in the memo.