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Sometimes systemic racism is captured in statistical data: for instance, over one-third of unarmed people killed by police are Black, even though Black people make up only 13% of the US population. Sometimes systemic racism is captured in individual stories. Today’s edition is devoted to one woman’s story, the life and tragic death of Breonna Taylor.
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Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free (and had been for 30 months). While Juneteenth is not the only emancipation day celebrated in the United States, it has become the most popular.
(If you don’t know much about the history of Juneteenth, take a quick minute to check out this explainer from The Guardian.)
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Is defunding the police relatively new to you as a concept? This week is devoted to education at the basic and intermediate levels, then taking action.