Acknowledge the ongoing injustices, and make them part of your reality.
by two white men, a father and his son, who thought he fit the description of a man who committed a recent crime. They armed themselves and followed him, then shot and killed him. On May 5, video of the incident surfaced, which led to an arrest of the two men a few days later.
The very act of running is a sign of privilege. At the very least, it signals that you have time for recreation and disposable income for gear or race fees. For some it is not only privilege, but also a radical act of reclamation because we live in a country where racism and segregation long determined access to freedom.As the child of two track athletes, my earliest memories of the sport include running around a gravel loop with my family.
, which discusses the shared experience of witnessing violence. With the advent of cell phone videos, we now see “Rodney King-like” beatings and murders of black people at the hands of the police constantly.What does it do to us as a community to have to witness this and to see nothing being done, to see that excused as justifiable? This isn’t happening to white people. We aren’t learning their names and mourning their deaths and sitting enraged and helpless while the perpetrators walk free.
After the incident, an owner noted that I seemed distracted at work. I explained how yes, that and the death of Michael Brown, which had happened before the burn incident, had been on my mind. “No offense, but if I was out working and just trying to get home and do my job and some kids were walking in front of me and messing with me, I’d be out there hitting and stopping kids too,” he responded over the phone. I quit that week.The words stuck with me.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Fifth-Grader Chasing Her Goal to Run 800 Total Miles This School YearShe’s run the equivalent of 26 marathons since August, and she’s not done yet.
Read more »
All of the Ways to Run While Sheltering in Place, Ranked from Best to WorstFrom backyards to balconies, creative running courses have been resurrected in wild places during the pandemic. Here, we rank them from best to worst.
Read more »
NY Fed President Williams says U.S. is not 'anywhere near' its limits to run up debtEven with the federal IOU at $25.6 trillion and counting, the central bank official said there's still plenty of room to spend more.
Read more »
I'm a Marathoner, and These Are the 4 Things I Always Do to Prevent Chafing When I RunChafing happens to everyone. Here are 4 tips to minimize the burn. underarmour ad
Read more »
My Divorce Turned My World Upside Down. Here's How a Run Streak Helped Me Start FreshMorales looked at her divorce as an opportunity to set new goals. She set an ambitious milestone: the Marine Corps Marathon.
Read more »
There’s Little to Fear From China’s ‘Rise.’ Why the U.S. Will Likely Prevail in the Long Run.Far from displacing the U.S. economically, the likelier outcome is that China will soon enter a long period of relative decline.
Read more »