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sheshe2

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Mon Dec 5, 2016, 04:56 PM Dec 2016

Black Lives Matter Activist Offers Advice On How To Talk About Race [View all]

For all those who think they can’t be racist because they have a black friend.



In the weeks since Donald Trump was elected, vandals have scrawled death threats on the door of a historically black church, a Trump supporter berated a black Michaels employee over a $1 bag and kids have gotten bullied because of their race and ethnicity.

All of these incidents point to racism, yet there are still people who won’t confront its existence. That is why Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Janaya Khan created a video to guide folks through those difficult conversations about race with people who deny that it’s a real problem.


Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-lives-matter-how-to-talk-about-race_us_58457a76e4b09e21702f99e7?section=us_black-voices

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