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Category: Law & Justice

Why We Shouldn’t Ignore The Fact That Brock Turner Was A Swimmer

Posted on July 16, 2016March 22, 2018 by Benjamin

Brock Turner has brought attention to sentencing in rape cases. Conor Young, a Trinity University student, states “So, the stage is set. All of the success he achieved in swimming contributed to the building of a boy who — according to official reports by his own female teammates — was uncomfortable to be around.”

The Repeating Rhetoric Against Civil Rights

Posted on July 15, 2016March 3, 2018 by Benjamin

Rhetoric from many opponents of Black Lives Matter has only deepened our divisions by dismissing oppression, linking civil rights with violence and professing Black criminality.

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