I also know that there is a growing effort to actually provide anti-racism training in schools all over the world. The UN even had a couple of programs. One of them was called cyberschoolbus.

I think that teaching kids about this and getting them to be aware of this stuff as early as possible is wonderful. I've never heard of the program you've mentioned but I think that it sounds fabulous. Wish there was a chapter (or 20) in every town.

Me, too, because I'm immediately reminded of the white officer who brought his chief down for harassing a black woman in the most dispicable way. It turns out this chief has been writing reports for years using vile racial slurs. So it was easy to nail his ass. Now, his family is being threatened by townspeople, his wife run off the road, his kids bullied and beaten, when before they were a model family. He says he has no regrets but prays his family will be okay. And he's still on the job.

Wish there was a chapter in his town too, Number23, to rally behind him. I just hope that this coalition of justice warriors grows.

Thanks for the talking about the UN programs, needed especially now when the history books are trying to say we were immigrant workers or something insane like that.

"One of the Oregon cops who squealed on his chief for making racist remarks and dancing like a monkey after a black woman's discrimination complaint now fears for his life.Police Officer Dustin Alex Stone says he's been facing an overwhelming amount of backlash after he filed a report about the 'openly racist' top cop at the Clatskanie Police Department last month."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/oregon-turned-racist-police-chief-fears-life-article-1.2353552?utm_content=buffer186fe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Just the other day, a bunch of white student protestors surrounded their fellow black students in South Africa when police showed up because the kids were peacefully protesting increased school fees. As some commenters noted the white kids deserve praised, but it's also glaring how police were ready to deal with black bodies.

https://twitter.com/BongoMuffing/status/656443302028423168/photo/1


I know we probably can't save the world in our lifetime but these kids give me hope of a better one to come. I'm seeing these incidents popping up all over the place

How in the HELL are police turning water cannons on STUDENTS who are doing nothing but protesting student fees??!

Just when you begin to despair at the progress that S Africa was supposed to be making, you see it. It's in the faces and actions of those white kids surrounding their black peers. Like you said, these kids give me hope. Not much hope, but I'll take whatever I can get.

The story in Oregon is absolutely terrifying. Part of me applauds the cop's actions but another part of me wants him to grab his family and run as far and as fast as he can. And I imagine that this is what life must be like for alot of black police officers who try to stand up for themselves or their communities. Hell, it's probably five times worse.

in stopping the police in that one protest. And I just read a few minutes ago the students scored a victory! "We agreed that there will be a zero increase of university fees in 2016,” President Zuma said, "after a meeting with student leaders."

Beautiful how joining together to fight brutality and being used as revenue works.

That was my first instinct for the officer, too - just get out of there! But I've read that the city left no doubt that they're standing with him. Like you said, it still leaves me uneasy but I'll take what I can get

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/23/south-african-students-protest-pretoria-tuition-fees-rise

Approvals come on Sundays so I should be inside the group then, and I will report back.

Thanks very much for this post, Kind of Blue.

In time, you could probably teach us all a thing or two from LOWPAWS. I look forward to your input!

looks interesting (though I can't see their FB page) ... This:

I mean - in that space there's probably not a lot of room to accuse black folks of being racist because we have questions about prior words and actions . . . or inaction. And quiet. Etc. etc.

not a lot of space to refer to Black folks as "race-naggers/baiters", Stockholm Syndrome suffers, or low information voters; nor, space to chastise its membership for speaking for Black folks, when repeating what Black folks have said.

Probably not a good fit for the masses of DU whites, outside of a precious few.

Oh, No! I know they're a closed group so all I see are my friends, the admins, and some of the members.

Yeah, about uncomfortable allies, I cannot waste energy on them.

they have no local chapter.

I need to remind myself to look at the page to see what is what from time to time

Your input is valuable.