I would encourage all, who want a better understanding of (systemic) racism and it’s long history to read the non fiction book, Stamped From The Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi.
It is a NY Times best seller and National Book Award winner.
A fantastic book.
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WTF is this bump? I spent the first five posts thinking I was way outta touch on some big racially related thing going down until I noticed it was two years old. Start a new thread!
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Probably not really worth a new thread. It's fine to make a night for public services, but someone associated with the Wild has an agenda here. Should have made it EMS, Fire and Police. Kind of obvious.
But putting a Thin Blue Line on the shirt... that doesn't mean the same thing in 2022 that it did in 2015. If this brainchild didn't come from one of the owners, I'd guess someone is going to get fired.
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George Floyd happened in Minneapolis, and I think there's been some recent news around settlements and criminal proceedings. This is tone deaf, at best.
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George Floyd happened in Minneapolis, and I think there's been some recent news around settlements and criminal proceedings. This is tone deaf, at best.
No way it's tone deaf, it's purposeful. Everyone and their dog knows what the thin blue line means now a days and it's being done in Minnesota...with only the police being recognized.
No way it's tone deaf, it's purposeful. Everyone and their dog knows what the thin blue line means now a days and it's being done in Minnesota...with only the police being recognized.
That's why I said 'at best'.
The concerning thing is that multiple people would have been involved in this, and either nobody saw a problem, or the org culture is bad enough that they were afraid to speak up if they did.
WTF is this bump? I spent the first five posts thinking I was way outta touch on some big racially related thing going down until I noticed it was two years old. Start a new thread!
Sorry for any confusion. Didn't feel like this needed a new thread and recalled Dumba was the first player to take a knee in protest against racism.
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