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DoogieMcDoogerson
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Luckily my little McDoogerson, at the UW, can think for himself and is not a fragile little snowflake to be molded by the University.
Dear UW Community,
Today our community — like communities across the country and the world — is reacting to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Floyd’s death sparked a renewed urgency to our country’s needed reckoning with racism and inequity. During the trial, we witnessed cracks in what’s been called the blue wall of silence, and today Floyd’s murderer was held accountable and convicted on all three of the charges he faced.
No verdict can bring George Floyd back to his loved ones or erase the horrific nature of his death, witnessed by millions, over the course of nine agonizing minutes. And no single verdict will solve the systemic and deep-seated racism that seeks to deny the humanity of Black and brown people with numbing regularity.
This trial itself magnified and illuminated events that are unquestionably an ongoing source of trauma for many members of our community, and should be painful and concerning to us all. Even a just verdict does not wipe away all of the grief and exhaustion, particularly for our Black friends, family and colleagues as well as BIPOC people more broadly. If you need support, the University has resources available as well as spaces and opportunities to heal and be together. Please seek out the support and community that is right for you — this is a good time to be with others whom you care about and who care about you. I also ask our entire community to be understanding that while this is a moment that may deliver a measure of relief, these remain difficult times, and there is much work ahead, so we should be giving each other extra grace and flexibility where possible.
The hard work of creating a more just society — and of developing more humane systems for enforcing public safety and reforming our criminal justice system — must continue. It requires collective action to fix what is broken. The brokenness does not begin — or end — with police. It extends to the laws and systems that increase the number of interactions BIPOC communities have with police — interactions that too often turn deadly — to the legal fines that put people in perpetual debt, to the poverty and discrimination that have decimated opportunities for generations, and more.
Our work must address this systemic network of practices in order to build healthy communities, economic and educational opportunities, and equity in all facets of life. This must include how the legal system, health care providers, financial institutions, schools, including higher education, and commerce treat and interact with people of color. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community, “There is nothing to keep us from remolding a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into a brotherhood.” Equality and justice are not piecemeal — they can only be the product of comprehensive and systemic reform, and the work of that reform is ours to move forward.
We can all take action to achieve this transformation. Here in Washington, bills are moving through the legislature to increase police accountability, including legislation to curb certain policing tactics and no-knock warrants, require independent review of situations resulting in use of deadly force, as well as make it easier for police to intervene when their colleagues abuse their power. We can take part in efforts, including those led by our own faculty, to root out injustice and reform systems that are stacked against Black and brown people and communities. And we must commit to doing the work within our own campus community to ensure we live up to the ideals and values we champion.
However you are feeling in the wake of this trial, please remember to practice the self-care you need, to care for each other, and reach out if you need support. Let us remember — and through our work honor — George Floyd, as well as all the victims of racist violence. We must also pledge to keep moving forward as a community, seeking a more just and equitable world, together.
Sincerely,
Ana Mari Cauce
President
Professor of Psychology
Dear UW Community,
Today our community — like communities across the country and the world — is reacting to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Floyd’s death sparked a renewed urgency to our country’s needed reckoning with racism and inequity. During the trial, we witnessed cracks in what’s been called the blue wall of silence, and today Floyd’s murderer was held accountable and convicted on all three of the charges he faced.
No verdict can bring George Floyd back to his loved ones or erase the horrific nature of his death, witnessed by millions, over the course of nine agonizing minutes. And no single verdict will solve the systemic and deep-seated racism that seeks to deny the humanity of Black and brown people with numbing regularity.
This trial itself magnified and illuminated events that are unquestionably an ongoing source of trauma for many members of our community, and should be painful and concerning to us all. Even a just verdict does not wipe away all of the grief and exhaustion, particularly for our Black friends, family and colleagues as well as BIPOC people more broadly. If you need support, the University has resources available as well as spaces and opportunities to heal and be together. Please seek out the support and community that is right for you — this is a good time to be with others whom you care about and who care about you. I also ask our entire community to be understanding that while this is a moment that may deliver a measure of relief, these remain difficult times, and there is much work ahead, so we should be giving each other extra grace and flexibility where possible.
The hard work of creating a more just society — and of developing more humane systems for enforcing public safety and reforming our criminal justice system — must continue. It requires collective action to fix what is broken. The brokenness does not begin — or end — with police. It extends to the laws and systems that increase the number of interactions BIPOC communities have with police — interactions that too often turn deadly — to the legal fines that put people in perpetual debt, to the poverty and discrimination that have decimated opportunities for generations, and more.
Our work must address this systemic network of practices in order to build healthy communities, economic and educational opportunities, and equity in all facets of life. This must include how the legal system, health care providers, financial institutions, schools, including higher education, and commerce treat and interact with people of color. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community, “There is nothing to keep us from remolding a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into a brotherhood.” Equality and justice are not piecemeal — they can only be the product of comprehensive and systemic reform, and the work of that reform is ours to move forward.
We can all take action to achieve this transformation. Here in Washington, bills are moving through the legislature to increase police accountability, including legislation to curb certain policing tactics and no-knock warrants, require independent review of situations resulting in use of deadly force, as well as make it easier for police to intervene when their colleagues abuse their power. We can take part in efforts, including those led by our own faculty, to root out injustice and reform systems that are stacked against Black and brown people and communities. And we must commit to doing the work within our own campus community to ensure we live up to the ideals and values we champion.
However you are feeling in the wake of this trial, please remember to practice the self-care you need, to care for each other, and reach out if you need support. Let us remember — and through our work honor — George Floyd, as well as all the victims of racist violence. We must also pledge to keep moving forward as a community, seeking a more just and equitable world, together.
Sincerely,
Ana Mari Cauce
President
Professor of Psychology
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Although I wanted riots and then him to go away for tax evasion
facts don't matter anymore though
1984 continues
Sad
It’s astounding what is transpiring. And every day OBKs performance art is one step closer to reality
I think the thing that gets me the most reading these kind of letters or talk points is this idea that racism is only in one direction. That's not me trying to normalize or belittle it because I'm certainly not. Instead of us as a society rallying up against any form of judgment, bias, etc. to anybody based on the color of one's skin (among other attributes), we're so fixated on calling out one direction of it that we're fanning the flames of anger to the point that eventual confrontation becomes inevitable.
But like you said, those that can't think for themselves are setting themselves up to play right into the narrative and the problem to continue/grow.
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1) Racism is a public health crisis.
2) This is a big step but there is so much more work to do.
What do I do? I treat everyone with the respect they have earned from me. If you're a dick, a criminal, etc, it doesn't matter what color, gender, etc you are. You're a dick and I will treat you as such. If you a good, genuine person, that's all I fucking see and you'll get my respect.
This is probably how most people think...
Also don't forget how much they all look the same with the same talking points
Don't underestimate how many people think that one's words are more important than their actions