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Ivan G Thompson
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The Making of A Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism
Religion & Spirituality
Author Insight
You Can't Find Racism If You Aren't Looking
In this book bubble, I show that the President made a show of police reform in Dallas by hosting a meeting but not inviting the city’s key law enforcement officials--who were all black. How easy is it to conclude that systemic racism doesn’t exist, as Vice President Pence did in last night’s debate when you don’t talk to anyone affected by it, even the black law enforcement officials!? Another incident following that pattern occurred recently: “US District Judge John Bates…ruled on Thursday that Attorney General William Barr had violated the law in how he chose the members of a law enforcement group commissioned by President Donald Trump to investigate and make recommendations on the state of the criminal justice system…The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit in April against Barr, the Justice Department, and the commission, charging that they were violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act by holding closed-door meetings and omitting people in urban communities that will be affected by their recommendations…‘Especially in 2020, when racial justice and civil rights issues involving law enforcement have erupted across the nation, one may legitimately question whether it is sound policy to have a group with little diversity of experience examine, behind closed doors, the sensitive issues facing law enforcement and the criminal justice system in America today,’ Bates wrote.”
Book Excerpt
The Making of A Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism
This is an excerpt from the chapter "White People We Need Your Help":
The president went to Dallas to discuss police reform but didn’t invite Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall, Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown, or Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot. Hall, Brown, and Creuzot are black, and Brown and Creuzot are also elected democrats.
The point is that we can’t depend on the president to solve the issue of police brutality when he doesn’t see that there is an issue. We, as black people, need all the help that we can get. America’s history, like it or not, is that when protests, events, crises get the attention of white people, change happens.
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