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MOVIE OF THE WEEK January 14, 2022 – WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA

January 9, 2022January 22, 2022 awfj-admin aclu, betsy bozdech, Black history, Cate Marquis, civil rights, documentaries, emily kunstler, jeffrey robinson, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, Pam Grady, sandie angulo chen, sarah kunstler, sherin nicole, susan wloszczyna, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Once more, for those in the back: The United States is a racist country. As lawyer Jeffrey Robinson, the deputy legal director and director of the Trone Center for Justice & Equality at the ACLU, clearly and eloquently reminds viewers in Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler’s must-see documentary Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, the U.S. was founded by White men who enslaved Black people, and that legacy has had an impact on everything that has come since.

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WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

January 3, 2022January 9, 2022 Susan Granger aclu, Black history, civil rights, documentaries, emily kunstler, jeffrey robinson, motw, Movie of the Week, sarah kunstler, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

In the documentary Who We Are, Black attorney Jeffrey Robinson, who has been a lawyer for 40 years, performs as the film’s screenwriter, presenter and star as he delivers a lecture on about how our country continues to push aside our increasing divisions when it comes to our ingrained culture that still embraces white supremacy and institutionalized racism in our society. Here is a man, we are told, who is about to argue his most important case.

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WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA – Review by Liz Whittemore

January 3, 2022January 8, 2022 Liz Whittemore aclu, Black history, civil rights, documentaries, emily kunstler, jeffrey robinson, motw, Movie of the Week, sarah kunstler, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

As if he were giving the closing argument of a lifetime, lawyer, author, and activist Jeffery Robinson seamlessly lays out how America is one of the most racist countries in the world. The pervasive culture of white supremacy began the instant the original colonizers from Europe arrived. Robinson explains the fundamental laws created and enforced by the first Americans and the generations who followed. Some of these laws made me gasp in horror. As Jeffrey Robinson runs down the articles in The Constitution, you will feel like you know nothing. Why had I never heard of much of this information before?