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Posts Tagged: crack epidemic

Arrest Record

By Desiree Cooper

June 22nd, 2020

A Black boy, no matter how young, was not a child. He was a future criminal.

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Tags: anger, black children, black mothers, Charlottesville, class inequality, cops, coronavirus, COVID-19, crack epidemic, Derek Chauvin, detroit, George Floyd, handcuffs, hypermasculinity, law school, learning disability, mechanical asphyxia, Michigan, motherhood, mothers, mothers and sons, Nathaniel Abraham, pandemic, parenting, police, police brutality, police violence, Pontiac, PTSD, racial inequality, Racism, rage, Ronnie Greene, shoplifting, slavery, social safety net, toxic masculinity, university of virginia, UVA, white gaze

The Blacker the Berry, the Quicker They Shoot

By Shamecca Harris

June 15th, 2020

Fear is real. Pain is real. Loss is real. Suffering is real.

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Tags: activism, black lives matter, Carlina White, crack, crack epidemic, crime, danger, drug use, drugs, eric garner, fear, Freddie Gray, gun violence, guns, Harlem, James Baldwin, Joy White, Lucin Rosario, michael brown, New York City, police brutality, police states, police violence, protest, protesters, Protests, racial inequality, Racism, school shooting, Shamecca Harris, stop and frisk, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, war on drugs

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