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"#LetitiaJames criminally charged in #Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals"
A number of prominent #blackwomen are targeted by Trump's ugly vindictiveness
Know what #racialEquality would look like in the #USA?
If James wrote 20 ALL CAP #socialMedia screeds at 3 AM, like Trump, in response
And it didn't count against her
She would never, she's not a #manchild
It makes you think
About #humiliation, #anger, #whitePrivilege, being #black in #America
Must watch ❗ (video via Jazzreads on Bluesky) - #racism #BryanStevenson
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"Mr. Stevenson and his staff have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for over 140 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row and won relief for hundreds of others wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced.
Mr. Stevenson has initiated major new anti-poverty and anti-discrimination efforts that challenge inequality in America."
“You can't actually be loving and kind and good if you're shaped entirely by fear and anger.” — Bryan Stevenson, "Jon Talks Racial Injustice & Inflation" The Problem With Jon Stewart (02022-02-17)
#BOTD #BryanStevenson #kindness #quote
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https://vimeo.com/963195454?share=copy Greg Morrison reports on the dedication of a monument to the enslaved in Montgomery, Alabama. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of surnames grace the towering monument, representing the more than 4 million enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War. The Equal Justice Initiative, a criminal justice reform nonprofit, invoked the Juneteenth holiday — the
I've been putting off reviewing this because I wanted to keep it positive. Let's just I feel that this film has been repeatedly and unfairly snubbed and that bothers me. Director Destin Daniel Cretton (who I've been a huge fan of since his documentary DRAKMAHR) avoids all the cliches that films like this tend to have. Instead the focus is on the humanity of the characters, both good and bad. I love the low-key realness. Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan, BLACK PANTHER) is an idealistic young attorney, a recent Harvard grad now working for a fledgling non-profit group. His clients