![]() As we collectively grieve Tyre’s life and work to unpack the insidious system and egregious behavior that resulted in his passing, its important that we nuance our conversations. TikTok video from Ciarra "“Black bodies are always seen as guilty of something” - Professor Kelly Brown Douglas from “Stand your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God” Tyre Nichols unaliving is a tragedy. ![]() #fyp #tyrenichols #policeofficer #policereform #systemicracism #liberation #freedom #antiracism #prisonindustrialcomplexĦ58 Likes, 27 Comments. In this video I discuss how policing is built upon the idea that Black people are inherently criminals, this in turn results in our harm and unaliving. In her text, Professor Douglas brilliantly examines the ways in which systemic racism and religious interpretation contrues Black people as always guilty. ![]() ![]() Internalized racism is one facet of what happened to Tyre, but its important to pull back the layers of what undergirded this terrible incident. “Black bodies are always seen as guilty of something” - Professor Kelly Brown Douglas from “Stand your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God” Tyre Nichols unaliving is a tragedy. ![]()
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