Ken Festa – Medium

May 30, 2021

For the USA, it’s 9:30 am on 9/11

2001 Here’s what happened almost 20 years ago: At 8:46 on 9/11, a plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. At 9:03, another plane crashed into the south tower. I knew my friends and former colleagues were in the south tower, and I watched the fires. I…

Trump

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Apr 21, 2021

The Chauvin verdict is just a small step

On this morning after the verdict, I’m thinking back to the case of Walter McMillian, who was on death row in Alabama. Walter was the subject of the book (and movie) “Just Mercy.” On the day of the crime for which he was to be electrocuted to death, Walter was…

Racism

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Apr 18, 2021

Well, I guess I broke all the white rules by addressing the conflict, getting vulnerable with my audience, discussing my personal story in pu…

How White Supremacy Ruined a Friendship, and the Lessons You Can Learn to Build Deeper Connections

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Michelle Saahene

I hope this is fair usage, but a lot of White people don't know that they want anti-racist speakers…

I hope this is fair usage, but a lot of White people don't know that they want anti-racist speakers to follow these rules: WHITE FRAGILITY AND THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, by Robin DiAngelo Given the dominant conceptualization of racism as individual acts of cruelty, it follows that only terrible people…

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Apr 17, 2021

Cops, guns, and traffic stops — a nasty mix

“The danger that police traffic stops pose greatly outweighs any benefit of having them engage in that,” Ms. Fernandez said. — Why Police Can Stop Motorists With Air Fresheners Hanging in Their Cars Maybe 15 years ago, my wife and I were vacationing in her native Barbados, along with our…

Racism

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Apr 15, 2021

The Derek Chauvin trial is just more evidence of a racist system

Regardless of its outcome — But what if Chauvin is found guilty of all of the charges, including second-degree unintentional murder, and he ends up getting sentenced to the maximum 15 years? Isn’t that evidence that “the system” is back on track? No, it’s just more evidence that the system is broken, regardless. In spite…

Chauvin Trial

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Mar 19, 2021

…ings are happening to me. They hit send, wash their hands off the problem and go about their lives. There are very few that ask what they can actually do to drive antiracism in their personal networks and communities. But these are the people that give me hope.

The World Needs More Antiracist White Men

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Rebecca Stevens A.

It's a little counter-intuitive, but I've found that by engaging in the struggle (beyond holiday…

It's a little counter-intuitive, but I've found that by engaging in the struggle (beyond holiday party conversations and social media interactions) for social justice and racial equity, I've had better conversations about these things with White people. …

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Mar 18, 2021

…to normal is for everyone to get vaccinated and keep on masking until the disease is under control. But in an America, where people want to continually argue about the truth, that’s not likely to happen. Masks aren’t going away anytime soon.

Partisan Reality Dooms Americans to COVID-19 Jail

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Manny Otiko

I'm not gonna argue.

I'm not gonna argue. I'll just get my 2nd Pfizer shot next week, stay masked up, and survive. So will my family. So will my friends. What the Republicans are engaging in is pure Darwinism. They're welcome to it. It's the rawest form of voter suppression--they're condemning thousands of MAGA supporters to the covid ICU and to the grave. It's something out of Monty Python sketch, and it would be funny if it weren't so tragic.

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Mar 6, 2021

The old days

My grandfather used to own a construction company in New Haven, CT, back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. It never got too big. My dad always said he never wanted to go big. I don’t know why. …

Construction

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Feb 21, 2021

“I’m not racist, you’re my friend. Or, I’m not racist, my wife is black or I like rap or I go to Africa all the tim…

How Does A Black Person Know If A White Person Is Racist?

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Rebecca Stevens A.

Another thing that White people need to learn is that there is no "not racist."

Another thing that White people need to learn is that there is no "not racist." There is racist and there is anti-racist. We need to learn how to be the latter. https://shoponekin.co/collections/mlk-inspired/products/how-to-be-an-anti-racist?_pos=4&_sid=7a84e3639&_ss=r

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Another thing that White people need to learn is that there is no "not racist." There is racist and there is anti-racist. We need to learn how to be the latter.

https://shoponekin.co/collections/mlk-inspired/products/how-to-be-an-anti-racist?_pos=4&_sid=7a84e3639&_ss=r

Jan 31, 2021

Trump is about to double down again

Buckle up — His whole adult life, Trump has doubled down after spectacular failures, leaving American carnage in his wake. First, he lost his other people’s money buying and building casinos. By the time he was finished, he’d initiated an Atlantic City death spiral. The town never recovered. Borrow money (or use money…

Trump

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