tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post5133100409336965735..comments2023-10-31T08:09:25.281-07:00Comments on T.: Smacked in the Face: RacismT. http://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-52399711013558569342013-12-07T10:54:47.204-08:002013-12-07T10:54:47.204-08:00a sad situation...imagine having dark skin and bei...a sad situation...imagine having dark skin and being negatively judged each and every day because of it! There is a powerful TED talk by Bryan Stevens about the US prison system and the 1 in 3 chance that, if you are a young black man, you will end up there. Seriously messed up.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-15123056788907524182013-12-07T07:25:28.185-08:002013-12-07T07:25:28.185-08:00Hurt people hurt people. This is an incredibly sad...Hurt people hurt people. This is an incredibly sad story in some of its particulars but also a hopeful one in that you have raised you boys to be part of the solution in our deeply wounded country. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-32176943027911273622013-12-05T23:39:06.394-08:002013-12-05T23:39:06.394-08:00The institutionalised racism of both the US and S ...The institutionalised racism of both the US and S Africa is so foreign to a simple English boy. I grew up with very few black skinned people around, but the ones that I did encounter were always just 'people' with the same rights and aspirations as everyone else. Nowadays it's sadly all very different.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com