70 yrs after #SCOTUS delivered its landmark decision outlawing school segregation, #BrownVBoardOfEducation ranks as perhaps the court’s most venerated decision….
Most everything else related to the decision…is complex.
Nearly 7/10 Americans say more should be done to integrate schools…a figure that has steadily climbed from 30% in 1973….But a deeper look into the views of both Black & White people shows skepticism about the success of #Brown….
In its unanimous decision in #Brown, #SCOTUS ruled segregated schools were #unconstitutional & “inherently unequal,” combining 5 cases in which #Black students & their schools had far fewer resources than their #White peers — longer commutes, lower-quality classes, overcrowding, fewer opportunities & less money. Yet 1/3 Black Americans now say integration has failed to improve the #education of Black students….
…The #Brown decision focused on the value of mixing children of different races. But for many #integration activists —then & now— the case is about a path to #fair & #equitable educational #resources. Those legal battles cont. Today’s complex views about #schools & integration come amid persistent #segregation that has risen in recent decades,changes in the #legal landscape & complicated dynamics of #education & #race in #America today.
Because of #Brown, #school ofcls may no longer deliberately separate students by #race —but under more recent #SCOTUS orders, they aren’t allowed to deliberately mix them by race either. #Integration advocates today have stopped looking to the #federal courts for help & are pursuing #state lawsuits instead.…some #Black leaders have concluded that the answer is not integration…but more #money & #opportunity for high #poverty#schools….
A Black Montreal police officer is alleging he was racially profiled while off duty in a lawsuit against four of his provincial counterparts and Quebec's attorney general.
"If you're a Black man, either you're a judge, you're a lawyer, you're a police officer, wherever you are in the society, you are subject to being racially profiled," said the plaintiff's lawyer, Fernando Belton.
It’s one of the most important resolutions on the docket. Without our voting rights fascism is all but a sure thing. Voter suppression is rooted in racism.
Litigation is a huge issue in the #US. Penalties often are astronomical seen from an international perspective. Also, malfeasance by police officers including #RacialProfiling and l, IMO, #PredictivePolicing seem to be much more frequent, maybe just more reported.
However, my bottom line is that
a) #SystemicRacism will never be overcome w/o abolishing #LEOBR|s. Police officers are nothing but citizens in uniform. They're no animals more...
AP investigation reveals Black people bear disproportionate impact of police force - Surprised? I didn’t think so. “Black people accounted for a disproportionate number of people who died after being restrained, beaten or shocked with stun guns by police officers in the United States, according to an investigation by The Associated Press. #SystemicRacism#Racism#Policinghttps://apnews.com/article/780a742c2f449460fa4b7cd7bd3dfdb6
Americans have proven to the entire world how racist and stupid they are, and I, for one, am glad the world can now see the truth and see how POORLY minorities are treated here and how much we suffer.
@whatzaname@StillIRise1963
I was raised in Springfield.
Racism was the air we breathed.
I never even recognized it until I moved out west after college.
I am never going back.
The #Trudeau government has been working for almost a decade to address #SystemicRacism and #discrimination within the justice system and the numbers remain alarming.
Risk tools come to still improve our chances. A study shows:
➤ Risk assessment reduces the likelihood of incarceration for relatively affluent defendants,
➤ Risk assessment increases the likelihood of incarceration for relatively poor defendants.
How many old white guys out there would be willing join a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to oppose old white guys in positions of power? How many people would be willing to provide financial support for the same?
Nothing like this currently exists in the U.S. and I think it could be a damn effective form of protest. Personally, I’m sick and tired of seeing old fucking white guys in power everywhere I turn. Am I an aberration?
Oh, and despite thinking of myself as a bit of wordsmith, I’m admittedly terrible at acronym generation. What’s a good name for an organization pursuing said mission?
The Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec (Viens Commission) was established to determine the underlying causes of all forms of violence, discrimination, or differential treatment with respect to Indigenous women and men when certain public services are delivered in Québec.