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Jan 31, 2021

What the stories of Kalief Browder and Richard Barnett tell us about America

In 2010, Kalief Browder, a seventeen-year-old Black boy from the Bronx was arrested during a stop-and-frisk for allegedly stealing a backpack containing valuables. Though the backpack was never found on Browder, he was detained at the local precinct and interrogated by police officers. After more than thirty-six hours, he was…

Equality

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What the stories of Kalief Browder and Richard Barnett tell us about America
What the stories of Kalief Browder and Richard Barnett tell us about America

Jun 11, 2020

Dear Drew Brees — What in the hell does “I’ll Do Better” mean?

Over the past week, New Orleans Saints quarterback and low-key racist Drew Brees has received widespread critique for his comments from a June 3rd interview with Yahoo. In this interview, Brees reminisced about his grandfathers who both served in WWII. He said “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the…

Drew Brees

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Dear Drew Brees — What in the hell does “I’ll Do Better” mean?
Dear Drew Brees — What in the hell does “I’ll Do Better” mean?
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Anti-racist scholar and educator. White lady.

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