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Nov 19, 2021Liked by Abdul El-Sayed

I grew up in the south until age 10 when we moved to Owosso in 1954. Owosso had a sunset law and no one of color could be inside the city limits after sundown. In the 1930s Owosso had a Ku Klux Klan of more than 2,000 members. In 1965 as a student at Central Michigan, I participated in an off campus survey of approved housing. All available rooms were offered to me but only 1/3 to my black classmate. My parents got a letter threatening my life. We MUST know this history, learn from it and make changes that include everyone. Please continue to lead by thought and deed! Thank you.

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Thank you for sharing this, Gene—we have to hear these things lest we think this history is so far behind us. Given the Rittenhouse verdict today, it’s a reminder that white vigilantism is alive and well in America.

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The student I did the survey with at Central became a teacher and superintendent of the Southfield school system. In the early 60s there was a quota on black students admitted to CMU, 30 men and 8 women. In 1966, UM medical school allowed only 10% of students to be women. We have made progress on women’s rights and sexual identity but have regressed on civil and voting rights. Your knowledge and leadership are needed. Thank you.

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Nov 18, 2021Liked by Abdul El-Sayed

A fine analysis.

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Nov 18, 2021Liked by Abdul El-Sayed

Tell like it is!!!

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Thank You for the clarity in your writing about these two trials, both open and shut cases. Imagine the conversation that could be had in the wake of these tragedies.?

I worked as an organizer in Baltimore for 25 years, during that time I witnessed the deaths of many black men for simply Being. One of them was my black boss, who taught me so much about who I am and who I am not. He was smart and kind, and gifted.

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I'm so sorry for this loss, Marian.

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Three armed white men box a jogging black man in with their pickup trucks and then claim they feared for their lives while asserting he had room to retreat and not "stand his ground"

Apparently, "stand your ground" is only reserved for white folks

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Given the history of lynching-anyone want to take a guess at what may have been going through Arbury's mind?

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I shudder to think through that. Nobody should have to feel those feelings and suffer that fate. And sadly, too many of our fellow Americans do.

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I mean: Tell it like it is!!!

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