Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Recapturing Manhood for Young Men of Color [Stopping Stop-And-Frisk] | The Jose Vilson

Recapturing Manhood for Young Men of Color [Stopping Stop-And-Frisk] | The Jose Vilson:


Recapturing Manhood for Young Men of Color [Stopping Stop-And-Frisk]

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On Saturday, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous spoke to the Netroots Nation crowd around one of the organization’s pivotal efforts: ending New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy [and preventing said policy from spreading to other major cities]. His impassioned speech made me tap my feet, blanking out to the sounds of an aggression unaddressed by the larger progressive communities. While he spoke, I noticed two halves of my table, one who listened intently on what Jealous had delivered to a mostly Caucasian, Democratic crowd and the other faction a set of people who would scream bloody murder if such a policy affected their clique, but it didn’t,