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[watchingalotofmovies]

MLK/FBI

MLK/FBI    [trailer]

Based on newly declassified files, a doc that explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By now the events are familiar. But a reminder of the abuse of power by Hoover and the racist FBI is always instructive. Which felt save in the knowledge that the majority of the American people back then backed their action.

It struck me that King was only 39 when he was assassinated.

[jimbelton]

Is Automation Racist?

The Atlantic is carrying an article on How Automation Could Worsen Racial Inequality. It stops short of decrying self driving vehicle technology as racist, but not by much. That said, I find myself agreeing with the author’s conclusions.

All across the world, small projects demonstrating driverless buses and shuttles are cropping up: Las Vegas, Minnesota, Austin, Bavaria, Henan Province in China, 

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[bostonreview]

“But like so many American institutions, debt forgiveness—and the social mobility it enabled—applied almost exclusively to native-born white men. Nonwhite populations faced land divestment, chattel slavery, and disproportionate incarceration, followed by a subsequent regime of debt peonage and forced labor.” Read the full essay.

[quaedam]

this talk was interesting

[raniakhalek]

How Bernie Sanders Has Built A Multi-Racial Anti-Austerity Campaign

How Bernie Sanders Has Built A Multi-Racial Anti-Austerity Campaign

Bernie Sanders won a huge upset in Michigan last week. It helped position him to potentially win some of the states with primaries this week, particularly Ohio, Missouri, and even Illinois. Results also showed that he had convinced a higher percentage of black voters to vote for him than in previous states. It showed the multi-racial coalition of people, who are supporting his campaign.

All too…

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