This act of taking the little league title away from the all-Black team criminalizes and punishes the behavior of black children…which mimics and draws upon the larger racist narrative in our country about applying rules of law embedded in beliefs about Black moral character. And here from the press release ruling from the little league…
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My Blackness Had Become A Usual Prism
My blackness had become a usual prism while my maleness sat on the sideline in its innocent slumber. It was relatively easy to write about the anger and pain of racism relating to Ted Wafer. Wafer was a white man who murdered Renisha McBride in late 2013. She was a young African American woman who…
Brian Ragsdale Writer.com 