Research findings suggest bigotry extends beyond a moral failing, presenting as a cognitive deficiency correlated with reduced cognitive ability, lower educational levels, and limited real-world engagement. This phenomenon is further understood to be driven by fear, a state demonstrably linked to impaired cognitive function.
The ACLU released a report Wednesday outlining how wrongful convictions, especially of Black men, remain a predictable outcome of the nation’s death penalty system, due to racism, human error and systemic failures.
A group of civil rights, clergy and business leaders have condemned the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and Tenants Not Tourists for using racially charged imagery in an advertising campaign against Airbnb, which they say promotes fear and bias towards Black men.
Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis was created by a century of political choices, including the criminalization of poverty, the dismantling of mental health institutions, and the construction of luxury housing, and can be solved by building affordable housing and providing services to those in need.
USDA’s press release uses the term “illegal alien” to justify Trump’s Executive Order 14218, which aims to exclude immigrants from federal assistance programs like SNAP, and is a racist dog whistle that dehumanizes immigrants and reinforces xenophobia.
Prison abolitionists argue that the U.S. prison system is ineffective and that alternatives such as restorative justice and community-based systems of care can better address root causes of crime and promote healing and accountability.
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