This is the third in a series of posts that will break down the vocabulary for techniques and fallacies that racists use when confronted with their racist actions and ideals. If you have attempted to have conversations with people about systemic racism in America at any point since 2016, there is a good chance you… Continue reading The Strawman Fallacy
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His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
In May of 2020, during an arrest gone awry, George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight by Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis Police Officer with a history of using unnecessary force. This wasn’t the first act of police violence against a Black man in my lifetime. One of my earliest memories from the nightly news is… Continue reading His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice