Shielding Badges: The Genocide of Black Children and Youth in Brazil
The preventable death of a particular group of children and the silence of society and the state's political institutions is infuriating.
Tag: Black Lives Matter
Emmett Till’s Lynching Case Officially Closed After 66 Years: A Case Review of Justice and Accountability
The reason that this case made such an impact for the civil rights movement was because it viscerally exposed the extent of racial hatred manifesting from an unconfirmed wink or whistle; especially the level of brutality taken out on a young boy.
Transitional Justice in America: Sustaining the BLM Momentum
Following the Black Lives Matter protests this summer, many were concerned that the movement would not translate into meaningful change. Transitional justice is a step that can be taken by the US to keep the rallying cries of the summer alive.
Black Lives Matter, Justice, and Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Correctional System
If the Canadian government wishes to reconcile and build meaningful relations with Indigenous peoples, it must prioritize new legislation that directly challenges discrimination and systemic racism of the justice system.
A Time to Heal?
Ultimately, US minorities do not owe an openly racist Republican Party anything. Yet this is not the full story; the truth is that a Biden-Harris administration is far from being the progressive ticket one could think it is.