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4a82cd7	"...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either push for change (which they would perceive as against their interests) or live consciously as hypocrites who speak of freedom and opportunity but perpetuate a system of inequality.	black-and-white black-history george-zimmerman hypocricy privilege race-relations racism trayvon-martin white-privilege willful-ignorance	Tim Wise
300c74e	It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence.	darren-hunt demographics-of-united-states eric-garner human-rights-day humanity kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown post-racial-america prison-reform race-and-racism-in-america race-relations racial-profiling tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis	Aberjhani
a552d06	The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various individuals', or groups of individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their 'pursuit of happiness' to outright obliterating it.	democracy demographics-of-united-states diversity equality eric-garner freedom george-zimmerman happiness human-rights-day justice kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown new-jim-crow pursuit-of-happiness race-and-racism-in-america racial-demographics racial-discrimination racism tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis	Aberjhani

4a82cd7

"...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either push for change (which they would perceive as against their interests) or live consciously as hypocrites who speak of freedom and opportunity but perpetuate a system of inequality.

black-and-white black-history george-zimmerman hypocricy privilege race-relations racism trayvon-martin white-privilege willful-ignorance

Tim Wise

300c74e

It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence.

darren-hunt demographics-of-united-states eric-garner human-rights-day humanity kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown post-racial-america prison-reform race-and-racism-in-america race-relations racial-profiling tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis

Aberjhani

a552d06

The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various individuals', or groups of individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their 'pursuit of happiness' to outright obliterating it.

democracy demographics-of-united-states diversity equality eric-garner freedom george-zimmerman happiness human-rights-day justice kajieme-powell killing-of-black-men-in-america mass-incarceration michael-brown new-jim-crow pursuit-of-happiness race-and-racism-in-america racial-demographics racial-discrimination racism tamir-rice trayvon-martin troy-anthony-davis

Aberjhani