“Our police force was not created to serve black Americans; it was created to police black Americans and serve white Americans. This is why even when police were donning white hoods and riding out at night to burn crosses on the lawns of black families, white families could still look at them with respect and trust.”
Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want To Talk About Race
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Interesting insight. Sad, too
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It is. Though sometimes it just makes me furious instead.
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Sad
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Tragic.
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How sick is that statement 😡 It is quite shocking just to read the words Laura 😢
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It is. Hard to duck uncomfortable feelings when she puts it like that.
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Yes for sure 😦
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It’s sad that those words could ever be spoken and sadder still that they still apply…
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Absolutely agree.
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How tragic.
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No doubt.
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🧐
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