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Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension

Sara K. Ahmed

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The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon , Richard Philcox , et al.

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Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys and Edwidge Danticat

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Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution

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Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

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The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe

Heather Mac Donald

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The Sun Does Shine: Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection

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Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer and Hay House

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Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

Pema Chodron

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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

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Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life

Shakti Gawain and Marci Shimoff

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Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy

Adam Jentleson

4.6 on Amazon

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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

Rick Hanson

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Maggie Nelson

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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

Donald Robertson and Macmillan Audio

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DoctorMemoryonMar 6, 2018

Doing the math for 2017 (using population demographics from 2016 since those are the most recent) we find:

Of the total 987 deaths by police for 2017
Caucasian - 2016 percentage of pop: 76.9 * 987 would be: 759 This group total was actually: 457 or 46.3%
African American - 2016 percentage of pop: 13.3 * 987 would be: 131 This group total was actually: 223 or 22.6%

That is a significant difference and nowhere near in line with population percentages. There may be some stories behind the shootings as the article you link to mentions. However, that article is relying on an article at the Marshall Project which was written by Heather Mac Donald who is the author of a book called "The War on Cops". A quick search on this shows quite a few articles claiming bias.

It took just 20 minutes of following sources and looking at available data to come to the conclusion that there are biases in your statements and sources. please do some more research and math in the future.

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