Tweet On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43-0ld black man, a father of six, was arrested on suspicion of illegally selling loose cigarettes. In a video of his arrest taking by a witness, the arresting police officer. Mr. Pantaleo, who is white, is seen with his arms wrapped around Garner’s neck as he struggled on the street in Staten Island. You can hear MR. Garner screaming, “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,” which were the last words that came out of Mr. Garner’s mouth. He later died in the hospital. “I Can’t Breathe” the movement was formed, and protesting police brutality spread around the nation to tell…
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Arab Americans are blacks now!!
Tweet On the job application that I filled out 30 years ago, Arabs and people of Middle-Eastern descent were included in the box under ‘white.’ Lots of Arabs didn’t mind that and enjoyed the ride of white privilege at least on paper. In the good old days, that is before the 9/11 tragedy, which changed the Americans’ psyche toward Arabs and Muslims forever, Arabs thought of themselves as invisible, and racism and racial profiling were just black issues, not theirs. Although, Arabs have their own misplaced racist attitudes toward darker-skinned people–even of their own ethnicity. The issue of Arabs and African identity is still a sad reality even though lots…
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How Black Lives Matter Rally, ShutDown Hwy I35W in South Minneapolis..
Tweet Arab Americans are blacks now On the job application that I filled out 30 years ago, Arabs and people of Middle-Eastern descent were included in the box under ‘white.’ Lots of Arabs didn’t mind that and enjoyed the ride of white privilege at least on paper. In the good old days, that is before the 9/11 tragedy, which changed the Americans’ psyche toward Arabs and Muslims forever, Arabs thought of themselves as invisible, and racism and racial profiling were just black issues, not theirs. Although, Arabs have their own misplaced racist attitudes toward darker-skinned people–even of their own ethnicity. The issue of Arabs and African identity is still a…
