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Happy 420! Let’s take the time to remember the black Americans jailed for marijuana use/distribution far more than white Americans despite the usage rates being about the same. Look at how steady those arrest rates are for white people while the black arrest rate climbed steadily.

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This Dad Is Photographing His Daughter Dressed As Inspiring Black Women

“My wife and I really wanted to make sure that our daughter felt fearless. We made a special effort to find women who had broken down barriers, who had been a ‘first’ something. We are hoping that she will be able to benefit from being associated with some of these powerful women. As a photographer, I know how important images are. The portrayal of black women is not always positive, so I wanted to do something to combat that.” —Marc Bushelle

The women 5-year-old Lily portrayed: aviator Bessie Coleman, Admiral Michelle Howard (the Navy’s first female four-star admiral), entertainer Josephine Baker, novelist Toni Morrison, fashion + music icon Grace Jones, astronaut Mae Jemison.

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Watch: Cecily Strong absolutely destroyed at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Seriously, the whole thing is incredible.

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I agree that the principle of peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law is of utmost importance in any society. MLK, Gandhi, Mandela, and all great opposition leaders throughout history have always preached this precept. Further, it is critical that in any democracy investigation must be completed and due process must be honored before any government or police members are judged responsible. That said, my greater source of personal concern, outrage and sympathy beyond this particular case is focused neither upon one night’s property damage nor upon the acts of one group but is focused rather upon the past four-decade period during which an American political elite have shipped middle class and working class jobs away from Baltimore and cities and towns around the US to 3rd world dictatorships like China and others plunged tens of millions of good hard working americans into economic devastation and then followed that action around the nation by diminishing every American’s civil rights protections in order to control an unfairly impoverished population living under an civil rights protections in order to control an unfairly impoverished population living under an ever-declining standard of living and suffering at the butt end of an ever-more militarized and aggressive surveillance state. The innocent working families of all backgrounds whose lives and dreams have been cut short by excessive violence, surveillance, and other abuses of the bill of rights by government pay the true price, an ultimate price, and one that far exceeds the importance of any kids’ game played tonight, or ever, at Camden Yards. We need to keep in mind people are suffering and dying around the US and while we are thankful no one was injured at Camden Yards, there is a far bigger picture for poor Americans in Baltimore and everywhere who don’t have jobs and are losing economic civil and legal rights and this is makes inconvenience at a ball game irrelevant in light of the needless suffering government is inflicting upon ordinary Americans.

John P. Angelos, Baltimore Orioles chief operating officer and son of team owner Peter Angelos. (via jessehimself)

ultrafacts

A nonprofit group is taking a novel approach to helping the homeless in San Francisco with a new bus that allows them to take a shower.

The former public transit bus has been outfitted with two full private bathrooms and offers hot showers, clean toilets, shampoo, soap and towels free of charge. The founder of the nonprofit Lava Mae mobile shower bus (Doniece Sandoval) said she wanted to return a sense of dignity to those living on the streets.

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jessehimself

This brilliantly scathing piece was meant to show the hypocrisy in how news media talks criminal behavior in black and white communities. And the takeaway is this:

Our media is incredibly biased when it comes to covering crime involving people of color.

How do we know? Let’s look at three themes that play out over and over again.

1. Victim-shaming vs. killer sympathy

2014 was full of protests and demonstrations in response to unarmed black men, women, and children killed by the police without consequence. And while these stories were all over the news, too many focused on blaming the victims for previous unrelated criminal behavior.

When 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a police officer in November 2014, a Cleveland news site ran the story “Tamir Rice’s father has history of domestic violence” as if his father’s past behavior was somehow relevant.

In April 2015, an unarmed Walter Scott was shot six times in the back by a South Carolina police officer. Although the incident was captured on film and the officer was charged with murder, NBC News ran a story following the incident titled:“Walter Scott Had Bench Warrant for His Arrest, Court Documents Show.”

And after a police officer shot and killed unarmed John Crawford in August 2014 in response to a bad tip from a Walmart customer, multiple outlets ran headlines mentioning that Crawford had THC in his system.

All three of these incidents were captured on camera and suggest gross police misconduct, yet the victims in these cases were essentially put on trial.

Meanwhile, the news media is notorious for sympathetically portraying white men and women suspected of crimes (including murder). Take James Eagan Holmes. He was responsible for the 2012 Aurora, Colorado, shooting that left 12 people dead and many more injured — and was noted as a “brilliant science student.”

Elliot Rodger, who killed six people plus himself and injured 14 others in Santa Barbara, California, in 2014, was described as “soft-spoken, polite, a gentleman.”

See the difference?

2. Coverage of unruly crowds

Riots are never a good thing. But here, too, the media uses a certain spin when the crowd is white.

When riots broke out after the 2011 Stanley Cup, you’d be hard-pressed to find any media blaming “white culture” for the actions of a few hundred rowdy sports fans. “Riot in Vancouver,” 2011, by Elopde

Instead, incidents of mob violence involving large groups of white people in Vancouver, New Hampshire, and Huntington Beach (featured in the Chris Hayes clip) are presented as anomalies. It’s also worth noting that in these instances, law enforcement makes efforts to de-escalate the situation and avoid excessive force.

This contrasts how news media and police responded when a handful of people began damaging property during 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and April 2015 protests in Baltimore over growing frustrating with police brutality. Not only did police show up to the Ferguson and Baltimore protests in full riot gear with military equipment and tear gas, news media continued to demonize protesters and lay the blame on the black community instead of addressing the root of their growing frustrations.

Violence of any kind is wrong. But there’s a serious problem when white students rioting after the annual Pumpkin Festival are described as “rowdy” and “unruly” but black protesters rioting in response to police brutality are portrayed as “violent thugs.”

3. Blaming black culture

Perhaps the difference in language and coverage is the perception, a la Bill O'Reilly, that “black culture” feeds and supports criminal behavior more than other cultures.

News flash: “Black culture” doesn’t cause crime. Period.

Now let’s have a quick history lesson.

It’s true, African-Americans do make up a disproportionate amount of the U.S. prison population.

“Together, African American and Hispanics comprised 58% of all prisoners in 2008, even though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately one quarter of the US population.” — NAACP, Criminal Justice Fact Sheet

While this is no doubt upsetting, it’d be foolish to assume based on the numbers alone that black and Hispanic people are more predisposed to crime instead of examining the how and why that so many end up in prison.

It’s no secret that crime tends to be more prevalent in impoverished communities. It would be nice to think that everyone has equal access to jobs, housing and education, but the reality is many people of color end up in impoverished communities with poorly funded schools as a result of systemic racism.

Throughout history, black people in the United States have been shut out of communities with good schools and jobs — starting in the 1800s with Jim Crow laws that prohibited renting property to black families, all the way up to the 1960s when the Federal Housing Committee instituted a policy that denied home loans to African-Americans and even people who lived near African-Americans (known as “redlining”).

Sadly, the effects of the blatant discrimination African-Americans experienced more than 60 years ago can still be felt today. It’s a domino effect. Think about it: If your grandmother was denied a home loan or employment in the ‘50s because she was black, that influenced where your parents grew up, which then affected where you grew up. Where you live determines where you go to school, and since the community’s tax dollars support local schools, it’s easy to see why poor neighborhoods end up with poorly funded schools.

Combine all those elements with limited job opportunities in communities of color (a common consequence of poorly funded schools) and it’s no wonder many turn to crime as a means of support.

We haven’t even begun to address stiffer prison sentences, racial profiling, and police aggression that are all too prevalent in communities of color! So yeah, it’s way complicated.

Chris Hayes’ spoof on “white culture” shines a spotlight on our media’s blatant hypocrisy.

Before I continue singing Hayes’ praises (whoa, that rhymed!), it’s important to acknowledge that there have been tons of black activists and scholars who’ve pointed out our media’s hypocrisy long before this segment. But I’m always happy when someone uses their platform — and, more importantly, their privilege — to talk about inequality. So cheers to Chris Hayes for this brilliant spoof!

The point is, there’s no logical reason for our media to frame white suspects and criminals sympathetically and demonize black victims and suspects. It’s not just painfully unfair, it’s a gross display of racial bias.

http://www.upworthy.com/he-shows-how-the-news-talks-about-black-people-by-talking-about-white-people-instead?g=3

jessehimself

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In a time when most celebrities are careful not to tread into controversial topics, perhaps afraid the backlash may affect their careers, to say that Grey’s Anatomy’s Jesse Williams has not been sh…

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Four Films to Look Out for at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival [X]

1. ”The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” Director: Stanley Nelson: Whether they were right or wrong, whether they were good or bad, more than 40 years after the Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland, California, the group, and its leadership, remain powerful and enduring figures in our popular imagination. This film weaves voices from varied perspectives who lived this story — police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters, and detractors, those who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Because the participants from all sides were so young in the ‘60s and ‘70s, they are still around to share firsthand accounts

2. “Lila & Eve” Director: Charles Stone III [Cast: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Shea Whigham, Julius Tennon, Ron Caldwell, Aml Ameen] : After the senseless murder of her son, a grief-stricken mother (Viola Davis) joins forces with another woman (Jennifer Lopez) to rid the streets of criminals.

3.“The Mask You Live In” Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom : Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the U.S. are more likely to be diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new documentary film, The Mask You Live In, asks: As a society, how are we failing our boys?

4. “What Happened, Miss Simone?” Director: Liz Garbus: Simone was a classically-trained musician who switched to soul, jazz and blues after being denied a prestigious scholarship, reportedly because she was black. During the 1960s, her music and lyrics became infused with a strong civil rights message and she spoke at demonstrations like the “Selma to Montgomery” marches, which eventually led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Describing her musical career, Garbus said that “for each of her millions of fans, Nina feels like a treasured secret.” Simone was also a controversial figure who advocated for violent revolution on behalf of African Americans, and Netflix said the film would take an “unflinching” look at her life.