racial profiling
GRITtv: Breakthrough: Restore Fairness
Karwan Abdul Kader left Iraq when he was 7, seeking refuge from Saddam's attacks on the Kurds. But he faces a different kind of attack in the U.S., as this next clip from our friends at Breakthrough shows. He shares his story of dealing with racial profiling after escaping a dictatorship.
Email this pageGRITtv: We Are Sean Bell: Police Shootings & Consequences
Sean Bell was shot by New York City police officers four years ago on the night before his wedding day. This summer, the city settled the case against it, agreeing to pay $7 million to Bell's family and friends, including his two children. But settlement dollars aren't enough to fundamentally change police departments around the country, from Oakland to New Orleans to right here in New York. Zaire Baptiste was a friend of Bell's and is working on a documentary about the life the media likes to ignore, and Sunita Patel is an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. They both join us in studio to discuss Bell's death, and what's really needed to change a policing strategy that relies on racial profiling and fundamental disregard for life--for certain lives, anyway.
GRITtv: Sweet Honey in the Rock: Are We a Nation?
Acclaimed women's a capella group Sweet Honey in the Rock were outraged at Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070, which basically legalized racial profiling in the state. They partnered with our friends at the Center for Community Change to bring you this song, available as a download that will support CCC's work against the bill in Arizona--and the copycat bills springing up around the country.
Thom Hartmann: Tom Tancredo: Do Most Americans Approve of Racial Profiling?
Tom Tancredo, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Foundation, talks about the results of a poll that says that 61% of all Americans think racial profiling should go further.
Thom Hartmann: Joe Madison: Alpha Phi Alpha dumps AZ
Talk show host Joe Madison explains why Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest black fraternity in America and of the most outstanding civil rights leaders including MLK, will avoid Arizona for their huge leadership conference.
GRITtv: Rinku Sen: Arizona's Immigration Debacle
Last Friday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law the country's most repressive immigration bill, SB 1070, which criminalizes undocumented immigrants and gives police the authority to demand papers from anyone they suspect of being undocumented. Though Brewer, a Republican who took over from Janet Napolitano when she left to become Obama's Homeland Security secretary, claims that there are protections in the bill to prevent racial profiling, it's hard to imagine a way that officers will decide from whom to demand papers that won't involve the color of their skin or the language that they speak. Rinku Sen of ColorLines and the Applied Research Center joins us to discuss the bill, the criminalization of immigrants, and what to do to fight back. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: Wells Fargo Gives Arpaio the Boot
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been under investigation and the subject of constant protest over his racial profiling and abuse of power in Arizona. Now, Wells Fargo has served Arpaio with an eviction notice from his offices. Dennis Gilman sent us this video in celebration.
GRITtv: Racial Profiling: It's Time to Face the Truth
Our friends at the Applied Research Center and the Rights Working Group are organizing a "night of 1000 conversations" around racial profiling, and they sent us this video to ask for your support and involvement.
Keynote: Protest, Brutality, Ink
“Protest, Brutality & Ink” documents a lively discussion between Cheyenne Hughes of the Colorado Progressive Coalition, Lisa Calderon, Terrance Roberts of Prodigal Son Initiative, Jesus Barraza, printmaker Melanie Cervantes, artist/entrepreneur Favianna Rodriguez and Jessi Quizar of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, focusing on racial profiling, police brutality and the murder of Oscar Grant in Oakland, Cal. and the role of arts, culture & propaganda in the social justice movement.
GRITtv: Salvador Reza: Fighting Sheriff Joe
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a household name for all the wrong reasons. Known for accusations of racial profiling and immigration raids in Maricopa County, Arizona, Arpaio is held up as a hero by anti-immigrant groups but has created a climate of fear in his state, where the Latino community is afraid to call the police for common complaints for fear of deportation. Recently stripped of his federal authority to make immigration arrests, Arpaio continues to conduct raids and appears not to fear repercussions. Salvador Reza joins Laura for an exclusive interview on Arpaio's ongoing mistreatment of his community. Reza notes that the Obama administration has mostly made symbolic moves to control Arpaio, but in practice allows him to do whatever he wants. Thanks to Dennis Gilman for the video footage in this segment.
