“Because of the proliferation of capitalism, and a capitalistic system that requires assigning people to jobs based on skin color, this phenomenon had a ripple effect across many societies.”
Tag: oppression
The Death of Freddie Gray Is Tied The Roots Of Our Enslavement
This not guilty verdict is saddening but not surprising. In the past several years, Renisha McBride was shot in the head and lay dying on the front porch of the man who shot her through a locked door, several transwomen of color have been killed, we watched a video where Eric Garner begged for his…
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 