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The "American Police" podcast on Throughline was eye-opening #racism #whiteness #policing

Listening to a long podcast from NPR Throughline: American Police https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/869046127/american-police

This week, the origins of American policing and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system.

Mordecai Martin, a thinker and writer who I follow on Play Vicious, posted this powerful piece on the Jewish response to racial protests and - yes looting - during the 60s and now with the George Floyd protests.

I'm not sure that – being neither Jewish nor black – I have a platform for comment, but Mo's writing speaks to his own Jewish people with real power and love.

As Artist Marcia X on Play Vicious responded:

imagine being this tender and powerful at the same time???

"Do You Know How Divided White And Black Americans Are On Racism?"

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/racism-polls/