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The very instant that Amy Cooper felt she needed the support of institutionalized racism to get her through her morning, she knew exactly where to find it. She knew exactly whom to call. Amy Cooper was the one in violation of the rules. Yet there she was, calling the cops. No doubt, it wouldn’t have even occurred to her to call them to the scene of her lawlessness if not for the way cops tend to harass, jail, and, yes, murder people who look like Christian Cooper. Or George Floyd. Or Eric Garner. Or Terence Crutcher. Or Alton Sterling. Or Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. Or Amadou Diallo.
There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops | the Nation
thenation.com
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The Forest for the Trees
Betsy Lerner
Bekanntlich wurde der Ausdruck Survival of the ittest nicht von Charles Darwin, sondern von Herbert Spencer geprägt, einer der Gründeriguren der Soziologie, und zwar nach dessen Lektüre von Darwins bahnbrechendem Werk On the origins of species, das im Jahre 1859 erschienen war.
Die Entstehungsphase des Konzepts
Falko Schmieder
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