Tag: police brutality
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Let’s be honest, at this point we cannot act oblivious to the current racial injustice in the United States and United Kingdom. On social media platforms we are exposed to the callous acts of the police, making the events traumatic for Black people worldwide. As a non-black person showing your alliance through various acts is…
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The Hate U Give is a film exploring the life of Starr Carter, a young teen existing in the space between two contradicting worlds. Living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood, but attending a mostly white prep school. Following the police shooting of her childhood best friend, she navigates the choices of doing what’s right versus what’s…
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We’ve seen it all over the news. An unarmed black man, shot, with his arms raised, the only reason being that the victim happened to look like a threat. It’s the excuse that is shoved down our throats as we watch the news. That the police were doing their job, that they were scared for…
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![The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas [@acthomasbooks]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/32613366.jpg)
New York Best seller Author Angie Thomas has written a book that reflects the detrimental problems that black societies are facing everyday globally. Police brutality has become a stigma that people are use to hearing but it does not diminish the important fact that police brutality has been responsible for hundreds of deaths in the…