In case you missed the most recent killing (video here–be warned that it contains violent and graphic content) of a black man by police (or you don’t have a Facebook), police brutality has, once again, taken America by storm. Americans are (as usual) split in two completely different directions: pro-police and anti-police. Though that’s a… Read More Quit Saying “All Lives Matter”
“I love talking to white people,” Dia told me in our bathroom this past Sunday night. What started as sharing a face mask ended up–as usual for me–in a political conversation. We talked for at least an hour, myself ignoring my French homework, and Dia openly talking about race tensions in our country. Needless to say,… Read More Whites Too Afraid to Educate
Reverse racism is often defined as “racism against white people” AKA “racism against the majority.” There are multitudes of issues associated with the idea of reverse racism, and I’d like to address them today. In this blog, I will bring to light reverse racism as a non-legitimate problem and discuss the difference between racism and prejudice.
Facebook posts have pissed me off once again but, this time, they’ve pissed me off on a more serious topic. Though I would never believe that I would find myself defending a pop star’s performance at Superbowl 50, here I am–doing exactly that.
With the current outbreak of police violence, many people of all races and genders are finding themselves outraged by the action of America’s police forces. With lives at stake and lost at the hands of police, people have more than enough reasons to feel hatred and show disapproval of our police system.
Mia Renee Cole 