Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

LeBron James on Colin Kaepernick: 'I stand with Kap, I kneel with Kap' “I hope it’s a helluva lot of money that could set not only him up but set his family up, set his grandkids up for the rest of their lives," James said Saturday during the NBA’s All-Star weekend. “And I hope that the word of what he did will live on throughout American history but also world history because it’s important for all of us, not only the African Americans but for everybody that wants to stand up for something that’s more important than them." https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2019/02/16/lebron-james-colin-kaepernick-nba-all-star/2891193002/

ANTHONY MYRIE MYSTERIOUSLY DIES AT GREENE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND HIS BODY IS MISSING “They Then Told Her That They Had Sent His Body To Albany Medical Center …. She Called Them … THEY HAVE NO RECORDS Of Him Ever Being Admitted …. SO WHERE IS HIS BODY??!!” Anthony’s brother wrote in the IG post. http://thesource.com/2019/02/14/anthony-myrie-passed/

Student arrested for disrupting class after refusing to stand for Pledge of Allegiance An 11-year-old student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, and the teacher confronted him over it, according to an arrest report. “My son was arrested in front of his classmates,” the boy’s mom, Dhakira Talbot, said as she wiped away tears. https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Student-arrested-for-disrupting-class-after-refusing-to-stand-for-Pledge-of-Allegiance-505923091.html

CBBC accused of racism over Living With the Lams sitcom about British Chinese family The group alleges that “almost all of the episodes will be authored by non-East Asian writers”, adding: “It is unacceptable that a television series about the day-to-day lives of a British East Asian family will not be fully authored by British East Asian writers.” https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/cbbc-living-with-lams-china-asian-family-racism-controversy-writers-a8781421.html

Indigenous All Stars captain Cody Walker and rugby league Immortal Mal Meninga have both called for the national anthem to be changed, with Walker saying Advance Australia Fair does not represent him or his family. A number of Indigenous players stayed silent during Advance Australia Fair Cody Walker says he doesn't feel comfortable singing the national anthem Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has called for a referendum on the issue #whytheracecardisplayed

Police said they saw a handgun in the man's lap, and that after he woke up he did not respond to repeated commands to put his hands up. The family of a young Bay Area rapper who was killed when police officers opened fire after he had fallen asleep in his car is demanding the release of police bodycam footage and questioning whether deadly force was justified. Police in Vallejo, California, said in a news releasethat the six officers shot "multiple rounds" at the driver — identified by his family as Willie McCoy, 20 — in the span of four seconds Saturday night in a Taco Bell parking lot. It's unclear how many bullets struck McCoy, but his family said they believe at least 20 may have hit his car based on the number of holes that witnesses counted at the scene. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna... #whytheracecardisplayed

Meet the former federal prosecutor who wants to abolish prisons Despite those noble sentiments, today, there is a criminal class in the US. It’s disproportionately comprised of African American and Latino men, says Butler. Between 1980 and 2015, the number of people incarcerated in the US increased from roughly 500,000 to over 2.2 million. The US, home to about 5% of the world’s population, now accounts for 21% of the world’s prisoners. According to the  NAACP , in 2014, about 34% of that US prison population was made up of African-Americans. Blacks and hispanics constituted 56% of individuals incarcerated in 2015, but only 32% of the total US population. https://qz.com/1549163/meet-the-ex-federal-prosecutor-who-wants-to-abolish-prisons/