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Tag: Occupy Wall Street People of Color Working Group

Black ‘Occupy’ protesters start ‘Occupy the Hood’

Black and Brown folks have long known that whenever economic troubles “necessitate” austerity measures and the people are asked to tighten their belts, we are the first to lose our jobs, our children’s schools are the first to lose funding, and our bodies are the first to be brutalized and caged. Only we can speak this truth to power.