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#systemicracism
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kspenmoll
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I might as well quote the whole book…!
#marriage #immigration #systemicracism #visa #manmadeline

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Shaunesay
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Pickpick

These two books are powerful, heartbreaking and so pertinent to our current times. Exhausting but also hopeful. A reminder that there is still so much work to do to be a truly equal society. Wonderful characters and portrayal, Justyce and Quan will stay with me, in my heart, forever. The audiobooks were amazing!

#wwreadingchallenge #blacklivesmatter #dearmartin #dearjustyce #systemicracism #policereform #guncontrol

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Cosmos_Moon
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2nd MoveOn #antiracism webinar Thursday, July 23 at 6:30 PM ET and will be built around how #systemicracism has been historically built into the foundation of our country.

Marcia Chatelain, Ph.D., to discuss this moment from a historical perspective, hosted by MoveOn's Reggie Hubbard on where we go from here.

Register - https://bit.ly/2Bmubyc

1st webinar here: youtube.com/watch?feature=emb_title&v=fKXcW6yE9EI

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rethier1
The Hate U Give | Angela Thomas
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This has been on my TBR for quite a while; admittedly, recent events bumped this up the list. The last couple of months, I‘ve been amazed at my own lack of awareness and perspective on the topics of #systemicracism & #policebrutality. Stories like this one serve a very important purpose to #educate people and highlight the corruption. While this story did not have the ultimate desired outcome, I have faith that a real change will come. It has to.

PurpleTulipGirl As sad as the resolution was, it felt more realistic than what I would have preferred. Which makes me sad. 4y
rethier1 @PurpleTulipGirl Absolutely 😔 Not many happy endings on this topic to-date. But as Starr said, “Yet I think it‘ll change one day. How? I don‘t know. When? I definitely don‘t know. Why? Because there will always be someone ready to fight.” #don‘tgiveup #speakup #demandchange #standtogether 🤎🤍🖤 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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My most favorite love-to-hate character! I truly despised her, even more than Voldemort in the novels, and now I have a theme and can give it a name. For me it was always her two-faced, manipulating the system, and rub it in the face of everyone while she was at it that I hated, not to mention the personification of #SystemicRacism Voldemort at least had his reasons and was up front about who he was and what he wanted.

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tpixie #SystemicEvil! Too !! Agree - she was Two/ Faced. Interesting how Doesn‘t that seem worse than Voldemort? (edited) 6y
aschermetz I legit hated this character. I have a visceral reaction when thinking about her, even now! 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @aschermetz Yes! That‘s exactly it. Hated her with a passion! 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tpixie both were evil, but one pretended to be all innocent, girlish, and sweet...somehow that always rubbed me the wrong way. More of an ick factor to see innocent subverted than a soulless snake-face. I‘m sure that‘s why demon dolls and clowns are creepier in horror movies than just mass murderers. 6y
tpixie @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I agree!! And good point!! 6y
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Redjewel_7734
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#hpchapteraday Dolores Umbridge is #systemicracism personified. Her father raised her to look down upon her own mother & brother for no other reason than a lack of magic. She manipulated every opportunity to inflict punishment & terror on those who defied her views or excited her prejudice & the system rewarded her rather than stopping or punishing her. In many ways she was more dangerous than Voldemort & his ilk ever were.

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Redjewel_7734
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#hpchapteraday Dolores Umbridge is #systemicracism personified. Her father raised her to look down upon her own mother & brother for no other reason than a lack of magic. She manipulated every opportunity to inflict punishment & terror on those who defied her views or excited her prejudice & the system rewarded her rather than stopping or punishing her. In many ways she was more dangerous than Voldemort & his ilk ever were.

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TheNextBook
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Stop. Read this. Read it again. Let it sink in.

I need a minute. This book was published 21 years ago and everything she is talking about, writing about, explaining STILL HAPPENS. Everything that you just read in this quote regarding racism and lack of understanding is still valid today.

#readdiversely #socialjustice #feminism #racism

This books is helping me analyze so many of the emotions I've been feeling the past few weeks.

Buddys_Momma Deep! My mom is 67 years old and she often says that she is just in disbelief about the level of racism that is continuing to occur; she thought that we would be further along than we are now 😩 7y
JSW This this this. 7y
mauveandrosysky I see this all the time on Facebook. All. The. Time. Unfortunately even when I try to explain this to other white people, it rarely ever sinks in. 😔 7y
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TheNextBook @Buddys_Momma So little has changed but people have convinced themselves that because slavery no longer exist and because the Jim Crow era has passed that racism no longer exist. @JSW She does a great job in every single essay of explaining her points of view and why. She just makes sense in a world full of misconceptions and lies. @mauveandrosysky fb was the first thing I thought of. It is impossible to have competent convos there. 7y
TheNextBook @mauveandrosysky Litsy is one of the few places I feel like I can have a respectful conversation where people may disagree but genuinely want to learn and listen to the other side. Needless to say, I completely deleted my fb account. 7y
Donna_sBookMinute Yes, today's issues are not new. And due to the phrase, "the culture remains ignorant of what racism really is," I only had to read it once. And I'm in total agreement. Simply put, Blacks can be prejudiced. We can even be bigots. But we cannot be racist. Racism is a system that is fueled by white supremacy. There's a more detailed description to which I subscribe. If I post it, I'll link back to this post and/or use the tag #systemicracism 7y
TheNextBook @Donna_sBookMinute Very well put! Her explanations are so well said and thank you for your input. I've been really struggling with so many different emotions lately and this book is helping so much. She touches on so many different aspect of racism and sexism. I'll keep an eye out for the post if you put it up. 7y
Buddys_Momma Yes, people get the definition of racism all wrong. 7y
mauveandrosysky I feel the same way about Litsy. I find that the people here are so much more compassionate and intellectually curious than on my other social networks. Doesn't surprise me! Reading = empathy, after all. 😌 7y
Branwen I want to print this beautiful page of honesty out and staple it to racist people's foreheads.... :P 7y
Hooked_on_books I'm glad this book is helping you with recent emotions. This is such an important time to do that, and I fear we'll only need to do much more of the same in the coming years. 7y
TheNextBook @Branwen I want to throw this book at people! At everyone! It would be great to hand out flyers with her quotes. Maybe I will! 7y
TheNextBook @Hooked_on_books It has helped in so many unexpected ways! Most of what she is saying is resonating with me in so many gut wrenching ways. I needed this book right now. I'll be reading more from her. You're right, we will need more. Constant Vigilance. 7y
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