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A group of protesters carries protest signs. One wears a colorful tie-dye shirt and has blue hair. The others wear white and black shirts.

BLM Tokyo tackles Japan’s own issues with anti-Black racism

Protest

The activist group organized the largest-ever march against racial discrimination in the city’s history. But a backlash soon formed as online commenters argued that the issue is uniquely American — not a Japanese one. 

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Black Lives Matter" in a dark photograph taken in low light.

The death of a black man in Brazil parallels Eric Garner, sparking BLM protests

Conflict & Justice

Questlove Wants Your Protest Songs

Arts, Culture & Media
Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett on church, racism and her novel, ‘The Mothers’

Arts
A New York City police officer reacts next to people protesting against the death of Eric Garner during an arrest in July.

Even the creator of ‘broken windows’ policing thought it could lead to racial problems

Justice
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Protesters demonstrate in Lower Manhattan on December 4, 2014, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner.

The Eric Garner case created anger and frustration, but also has protesters ‘really energized’

Justice

Demonstrators have marched in cities across the US to protest a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer for the killing of Eric Garner. But while protesters say they’re angry and fearful, there are also encouraging signs in how black communities have rallied to each other.

Protesters took to the streets of midtown Manhattan and other American cities after a New York City grand jury decided not to charge white police officer Daniel Pantaleo whose chokehold contributed to the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man. The US

Despite South Africa’s successful black middle class, there’s still incredible tension between police and poor black communities

Justice

Excessive use of force, the death of an unarmed black man in police custody, and a justice system that seems to favor the police. It sounds too familiar to a South African living in New York.

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