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The highly-acclaimed young adult book now has a movie adaption, and it’ll be hitting theaters soon.

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Why does it seem like some lives are more worth protecting than others in today’s world?

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Terence Crutcher was just a black man living in a country that didn’t value him. A country where black men are perceived as stronger, larger and more threatening than a white man of the same size, based on just a picture.

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Being a family member of a police officer, especially one serving in the line of duty in East L.A., life wasn’t always sunshine and rainbows.

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“If you can rationalize and come to terms with the far greater atrocities committed by Europe and the United States of America, then I have to call into question your scathing reaction to Castro.”

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We live in a diverse world where perspective matters, and it’s always useful to remember that before you rush to judgment, or to the defense.

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Until those in power move past this “us vs. them” mentality, at the end of the day, another body will be left in the streets, another family–another community, destroyed.

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I mean, who wants to believe that A LOT of police officers are cowards and racists? Nobody. Its unfortunate.

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If we are going to try to eliminate the lingering disadvantages facing the African American community, it is critical that we not blame those who risk their lives in order to provide it with security.

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Lily-white suburban lives have always mattered. It’s African-American lives and Hispanic lives and women’s lives and gay lives that we toss away like they’re used banana peels.