Casey Parker – Medium

Published in ILLUMINATION

·Feb 2

The Anti-Racist’s Racism

The only way to combat racism was to change its definition — When discussing Anti-racist ideology, many run into a conflict that they can’t seem to reconcile. “How can everyone be racist?” Of course, the term “racism” is at the center of the anti-racist movement, and our current understanding of the word begs this question. The Anti-Racist movement attempts to redefine the…

Culture

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 26

No, A Higher Crime Rate Does Not Explain Police Violence

and teaching about racism is the only way to teach American history accurately. — This is a (late) response to Tom Cotter, and the previous thread linked below. I think it can go without saying that no one in this thread believes police have a free pass to… With that out of the way, I’m not sure where you’re getting your 2X figure for fatal shootings of unarmed black…medium.com I would like to begin by making final points on the issue of race and police shootings and then move back to the issue of Critical Race Theory in Schools as that is what the initial…

Police Brutality

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No, A Higher Crime Rate Does Not Explain Police Violence

Jan 15

While a higher national violent crime rate in predominately black areas may explain increased…

While a higher national violent crime rate in predominately black areas may explain increased encounters with police overall, it does not explain the more than 2 times higher rate of police fatal shootings while unarmed. It doesn't even necessarily explain over policing in individual black areas with similar crime rates…

Critical Race Theory

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Nov 21, 2021

Why we have mixed feelings about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict.

Kyle Rittenhouse was recently acquitted of all charges. While it is clear from the amount of outrage that many hoped for a different verdict, I feel safe in saying that deep down, this was the expected outcome. Outside of the tumultuous situation in which the crime occurred, the prosecution’s legal…

Politics

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Why we have mixed feelings about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict.

Aug 10, 2021

This Is What I Learned About Race in School

When I was in Kindergarten, my best friend was the only person I talked to. We would laugh and talk so much the teacher would often reprimand us for interrupting her. We remained friends for most of the year until one day, my best friend, a white kid, told me…

Race

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Feb 9, 2021

Cancel Culture Is Not All Bad, but We Should Still Be Wary of It

Do you remember the term “political correctness”? It has mostly fallen to the wayside, but in 2016 it was a dominant force. It was so dominant that it propelled a fringe populist candidate to the front of the republican ticket and, ultimately, the presidency. Donald Trump’s election was a rebuke…

Justice

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Cancel Culture Is Not All Bad, but We Should Still Be Wary of It

Mar 23, 2019

The struggle of gay black men and women in the LGBT and Black communities.

The struggle of gay black men and women in the LGBT and Black communities. The recent reports of an alleged hate attack on openly gay actor Jussie Smollett, the unfolding of the circumstances surrounding the incident, and the somewhat extreme investigative turnaround of moving Smollett from victim to accessory in…

LGBTQ

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The struggle of gay black men and women in the LGBT and Black communities.