"We're calling on this state to raise the minimum arrest age. While I remember the fact that there once was no minimum age of arrests, 7 is just too young."
Maybe a loose fit for this particular case, but something to be aware of for people who haven’t heard of it. After you are, you notice it over and over.
Problem is about half the country either doesn’t believe this problem exists at all, or doesn’t want anyone to learn about it because learning about how we treat black folks might make white kids feel bad about themselves.
FYI Sidebar link to this seems broken - I noticed only because I went looking for an easy link and didn’t want to have to dig out this comment lol. :-)
Maybe a loose fit for this particular case, but something to be aware of for people who haven’t heard of it. After you are, you notice it over and over.
The Adultification of Black Children
‘They saw me as calculating, not a child’: how adultification leads to black children being treated as criminals
I got to the punching a 12 year old in the head and left, America needs to get it’s shit together.
Problem is about half the country either doesn’t believe this problem exists at all, or doesn’t want anyone to learn about it because learning about how we treat black folks might make white kids feel bad about themselves.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/18/south-carolina-teacher-ta-nehisi-coates-racism-lesson/
Belongs on the sidebar — thanks. :)
FYI Sidebar link to this seems broken - I noticed only because I went looking for an easy link and didn’t want to have to dig out this comment lol. :-)
Is the error message “This Deployment has been disabled”?
Yes!
Thanks. I’ve been getting that message at that site for days. Thought it was just me…
The original links are still good FWIW.
All fixed, thanks again. :)