“Every society has its protectors of the status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. But today our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant” —Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Allison Wiltz
@allyfromnola.bsky.social
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Black womanist scholar with a PhD from New Orleans, LA. Bylines in Momentum, Oprah Daily, ZORA, Cultured #WEOC Founder. allisonthedailywriter.com
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A white man can slap a cop in the face with a subway sandwich and it’s all gravy. But let a Black man do the same and we know the results
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Why They Won't Give a Black Mayor Credit for Lowering Crime Rates
Doing so would require them to abandon racist assumptions
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When we say racism and fascism are combined at the hip, this is what we mean
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“I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.”
—Malcolm X
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DC police are using excessive force against Black people
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develop methods for improving police-press relations, review coverage of riots and racial issues, and support continuing research in the urban field.
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■ Cooperate in the establishment of a privately organized and funded Institute of Urban Communications to train and educate journalists in urban affairs, recruit and train more Negro journalists...
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conduct of media personnel.
■ Accelerate efforts to ensure accurate and responsible reporting of riot and racial news, through adoption by all news-gathering organizations of stringent internal staff guidelines.
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■ Improve coordination with police in reporting riot news through advance planning, and cooperate with the police in the designation of police information officers, establishment of information centers, and development of mutually acceptable guidelines for riot reporting and the...