Root of All Culture

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The past week is one that is riddle with the affirmation of how America has continually viewed black people as lesser than. An example of these affirmation comes from variety of sectors of America. From politics, to sports, to even the livelihood of the commoner, it's a constant display of having to fight a psychological warfare among racism in America and even having issues with other non-whites vying to fight the same battle against white supremacist infrastructure. Friday, I took the time to (or an attempt to) watch, "When They See Us", and watching it made me revisit painful interactions that I had dealt with from the police.
Articles from Today's Podcast:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/afro-latina-actress-tessa-thompson-saves-world-men-black-international-n1017606
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/danny-glover-ta-nehisi-coates-testify-house-slavery-reparations-hearing-n1017161
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/mother-gay-alabama-teen-who-died-suicide-claims-his-school-n1016796
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dallas-school-district-apologizes-cutting-valedictorian-s-speech-n1016431
https://www.theroot.com/danny-glover-ta-nehisi-coates-to-finally-discuss-repar-1835484489
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Root of All CultureBy Darrnell Welch

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