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3.4 million American black people are dead and would be alive if they had the same life expectancy as whites

It is very common for white people to exclaim: “I don’t see races, or genders, I see only humans” or “We are all the same” and this represents a repertoire of thoughts and actions known as “white privilege”. By choosing…

The Root of Violence in the United States Lies in the White Community

Not long ago, Waging Nonviolence published an article entitled, “The roots of revolutionary nonviolence in the United States are in the Black community.” The article covered the process, starting in the 1930’s, of African-Americans who traveled to India to learn…

Awaiting Justice 

By Gabriella Callender The American conscience has cancer. Another Black man is killed in America by the hands of the police while we despairingly await justice. How can justice ever really be served in an America that was built on…