Tag: American society
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A Change Needs To Come
Not going to preface this with a warning, since these unfortunate people from Emmett Till to George Floyd didn’t get warnings. This has been happening for hundreds of years and now is not the time to look away. Sam Cook’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ means a lot to me, and I always read it…
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Why Do Black People Riot?
OK I’ll admit the slightly clickbaity headline, but it’s a question that has popped up in my social media mostly from white people, quite often middle class. It’s not as bluntly put, but expressed via criticisms and tutting over the looting, rioting and protests over the death of George Floyd. The implicit criticism is ‘why…
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RTJ4 Drops Early
Good news in dark times, Run The Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike) have released their fourth Run The Jewels album early as a download. It’s free, but I strongly suggest you click ‘Add to Cart’ and then donate to the Mass Defence Program given all the mass arrests and horrifying police brutality in the US…