structural integrity

“But the pepper video is also disturbing because of what it does not show. I’m talking about the kind of oppression that doesn’t make it into the news. That kind of injustice does not fit into any trend piece or news story. It does not even appear in the news because it doesn’t surprise anyone, and it doesn’t surprise anyone because it is happens all the time. The truth is that you can’t capture systemic inequality with a cell phone camera, or even with one hundred cell phone cameras. You have to look beyond the surface. You have to examine the underlying structure of society. Often, in order to spot it, you have to have experienced it yourself.”

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Amy Rebecca Klein: Hot Topic: Pepper Spray, Police Violence, and Protest