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Yallow

(1,926 posts) Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:09 AM Jul 2016

After 400 Years Of Oppression Is Something Finally Going To Change? [View all]

slavery = no reparations

40 acres and a mule = no mule, no 40 acres

lynching = no prosecutions

terrorizing = no prosecutions

fewer/zero opportunities for poc and their kids

constant police harassment

unequal incarceration

institutionalized racism

criminal unjustice

The list of reasons someone of color might go postal is longer than a trip to Orion

And we can't even talk about it

We gonna talk about it now?

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After 400 Years Of Oppression Is Something Finally Going To Change? [View all] Yallow Jul 2016 OP

And We Have Trump Saying Protesters Should Be Beaten Up Yallow Jul 2016 #1

Obviously No One Here Wants To Talk About It Yallow Jul 2016 #2

Silence Yallow Jul 2016 #3

The silence is sicking - oh I meant deafening FreakinDJ Jul 2016 #4

I talked about this all last week gwheezie Jul 2016 #5

I Can't Imagine What A POC Feels When They See The Blue Light In Their Mirror Yallow Jul 2016 #6

Every time a company hires an H1B for a programming job MH1 Jul 2016 #7

No. elleng Jul 2016 #8