Today in BIPOC Privilege
31st January 2023
3 Memphis EMTs fired for their response to the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols (NBC)
What the Tyre Nichols videos don’t show (L.A. Times) The mental gymnastics necessary to fit this incident into the Narrative.
Yale honors Black girl, 9, wrongly reported to police over insect project (The Guardian)
Cook County prosecutors to drop all charges against R. Kelly, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announces (Chicago Tribune)
Race storm erupts after Andrea Riseborough’s best actress Oscar nomination (The Guardian)
SC bill would prevent teaching about slave owners, ‘including George Washington’ (The Hill)
The Media Agree: Black Cops Beating Black Victim Is White Supremacy
Ten wounded in ‘targeted’ drive-by mass shooting in Lakeland, Florida: Police (Washington Examiner)
Joy Reid: ‘What Happened to Tyre Nichols Was as American as Apple Pie’
Princeton’s criminal justice-inspired Honor Code hurts FLI students (The Princetonian) Apparently expecting honesty and fair dealing is WAAAAACIST.
Why does the Left want everything to be about white supremacy? (Washington Examiner)
Daily Show, Kendi Call Critics Racist, Lie About Florida
Progressive Media Drools Over Black QB Storyline For Super Bowl LVII
Black Americans Are Much More Likely to Face Tax Audits, Study Finds (N.Y. Times) Perhaps they are more likely to cheat on their taxes. It’s possible.