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Zach Stafford is a writer currently living in Chicago. He is the co-editor of Boys, An Anthology. | Follow him on Twitter at @zachstafford.

Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence

Local advocates are poised to win a campaign for justice that’s broader than individual civil suits can offer. By Zach Stafford | Originally Published at The Nation. April 22, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Stanley Wrice speaks with the media after being released from prison after [...]

Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence2016-11-29T17:37:15-05:00

When You Say You ‘Don’t See Race’, You’re Ignoring Racism, Not Helping To Solve It

People love to tell me that they often forget that I’m black. They say this with a sort of “a-ha!” look on their faces, as if their dawning ability to see my blackness was a gift to us both. When I point out that their [...]

When You Say You ‘Don’t See Race’, You’re Ignoring Racism, Not Helping To Solve It2016-11-29T17:37:23-05:00

I’m Black, My Brother’s White … and He’s a Cop Who Shot a Black Man on Duty

I never thought that my brother would be one of those police officers. He was supposed to be different because of me My white brother loved black people more than I did when we were growing up. As a black interracial child of the south [...]

I’m Black, My Brother’s White … and He’s a Cop Who Shot a Black Man on Duty2016-11-29T17:37:41-05:00
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