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Someone ought to break the news to CNN: We haven't entered some imaginary realm called "post-racial"

Quickly after Obama's presidential victory, CNN ran a story about "post-racial America." Yet, on January 1st, an unarmed, defenseless, compliant YOUNG BLACK MAN was murdered by a police officer in the Bay Area of LA.  The media has been describing Oscar Grant as a 22 year old father, however Oscar Grant wasn't murdered because he was a father, he was murdered because he was young and Black. America is neither post-racial nor post-adultist. We still disproportionately punish moreso people of those identities.
This story was caught on video and thanks to the internet, which enables the display of headline worthy news, is now known to the public. One can only imagine the number of young black (and latino) men who are injured or die due to police brutality. Certainly not all policemen and women act upon their socially conditioned racist patterns but, at the end of the day, policemen and women are everyday people and consequently they reflect the culture in which they live. Only difference is: police are armed with guns.
RaceWire, the ColorLines Blog, tells you what you can do right now.

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