WHAT MATTERS

[...] chief Thomas Jackson finally identified Darren Wilson as the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, the police department also released surveillance camera footage, photographs and a police [...]

[...] As we all know by now, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenage boy, was gunned down by the police while walking to his grandmother’ [...]

[...] Image from Flickr user Howard Ignatius. Punitive justice won’t bring back Michael Brown—or Eric Garner or Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin or John Crawford. Unraveling systemic racism [...]

[...] has been identified by the Ferguson police department as the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. In the past hour I have heard conflicting statements about Officer Wilson’s racial identity. [...]

[...] while living in a country built on a multigenerational legacy of slavery and racism. For those white people wanting to take action toward fighting racism but not knowing where to start, I offered 12 [...]

[...] time, if ever. We know that colorblindness is a dangerous myth, one that lulls some white people (and some people of color) into thinking that if we ignore race and focus on character, then [...]

[...] were voiced by black people, Latinos, Asian Americans, Arab American Muslims. But posts by white people were few at first and those that I saw were posted mostly by my white activist or academic [...]

[...] today? So restorative justice is basically off the table until a powerful critical mass of white people demand that solution, and then hold themselves accountable to communities of color for [...]

[...] were posted by people of color. Outpourings of rage and demands for justice were voiced by black people, Latinos, Asian Americans, Arab American Muslims. But posts by white people were few at first [...]

[...] a nightclub, but they all share one thing in common: these are some of the rare spaces where black people can feel comfortable and safe in a society stained by racism. These spaces should be protected [...]

[...] shared the words on social media, prompting much needed discussion about the intersection of police brutality, structural racism and the devaluing of black life. Thank you for answering the call to [...]

[...]  over the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri further develops—around police brutality, First Amendment rights, and memories of a Civil Rights-era America—one primary [...]

[...] play an active role in repairing harm. But is restorative justice enough? Even if we erase police brutality by reforming policing tactics and addressing the dangerous implications of implicit racial [...]

[...] Michael Brown—or Eric Garner or Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin or John Crawford. Unraveling systemic racism starts with communities, not courts. “AFTER THEIR EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW, THE GRAND JURY [...]

[...] and publicly. Moments of crisis do not need to be the catalyst because taking action against systemic racism is always appropriate because systemic racism permeates nearly every institution and [...]

[...] by the young woman’s email don’t accurately mirror the lifelong burden of living under systemic racism as a person of color, they are a crucial starting point for unpacking emotions about [...]

[...] action regardless of your opinion about the facts concerning what happened between Officer Darren Wilson and Michael Brown. Please answer this call to action regardless of your opinion of [...]

[...] is that this isn’t a race issue. Some people believe that Michael Brown wasn’t killed by officer Darren Wilson because he was black and that the militarized police actions toward the predominant [...]

[...] . Friends, like many of you, I am devastated by the grand jury decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown. I am writing a new essay right now that will be published [...]

[...] for St. Louis County, Missouri, announced the grand jury decision regarding whether Officer Darren Wilson would be indicted for the shooting death of Michael Brown, I knew there would be no [...]

[...] the shooting we are taking our attention away from the real evil at work here- systemic and structural racism that is killing men of color in our communities. One black man is killed extrajudicially [...]

[...] social media, prompting much needed discussion about the intersection of police brutality, structural racism and the devaluing of black life. Thank you for answering the call to action to become more [...]

[...] successfully change the way inequitable systems and institutions work. To dismantle structural racism, we need to learn how to be a community where we all are valued, protected and seen as [...]

[...] race and differences between cultures might make things worse, or they think they rarely see overt racism at play in their everyday lives. And, sometimes, they are afraid. There’s a real fear of [...]

[...] -racial society now that we’ve enthusiastically elected a black president (twice!), most overt racism is banned by law, and the police are supposed to be trained to serve and protect all [...]

[...] Being Distracted By When A Black Person Gets Murdered By The Police Honoring the Anger in Ferguson Reparations for Ferguson The Violence of Demanding Peaceful Protest: The Missteps of Clergy in [...]

[...] shoplifting is justification for killing and obscures a real discussion about engrained institutional racism, the social construction of criminality along lines of race, class and gender, and the [...]