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"Be the change you wish to see in the world" -Ghandi. I am sick and tired of sitting back and watching as this world continues to spiral out of control. I want to make a change. I want to make a difference. I want to make that difference now.
Aug 16 '12

mohandasgandhi:

TSA Targets Black and Latino Men With Backwards Hats

“More than 30 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Boston’s Logan International airport report that a new anti-terrorist program has become a source of racial profiling targeting Black and Latino travelers for drug crimes. According to the New York Times, interviews and complaints from officers at the TSA’s “behavior detection” program claim passengers who fit certain racist stereotypes (for drug dealers) — like Hispanics en route to Miami or Blacks wearing backwards baseball hats…”.* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.

Read more here.

The TSA also targets Black men wearing “shabby” clothes and Black men wearing “nice” clothes… aka they’re targeting all Black men. There’s no winning.

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    TSA is literally saying all black men, regardless of how they are behaving, dressed, carrying themselves etc, look like...
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    CHAINS!!!!
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