The document discusses various perspectives on and statistics related to racism. It contains quotes that say abortion and racism stem from the same root of selfishness, that racism still exists and causes mistrust among some African Americans of white people, and that black writers who step outside expectations can face destructive silences in black literary circles. Statistics are also presented showing that in 2011 in New York City, 88% of those stopped by police were innocent, 53% were black, and 34% were Latino, compared to only 9% who were white.

1. Racism is all around us
Ahmad Powell Dickerson

2. Racism Is worldwide

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8. Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a
fundamental human error. The error is
thinking that when someone stands in the way
of our wants, we can justify getting that person
out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem
from the same poisonous root, selfishness.
Alveda King

9. As much as everyone wants to downplay
racism, it exists. There's a great mistrust
among some African-Americans of white
people.
Steve Mitchell

10. Black writers, of whatever quality, who step
outside the pale of what black writers are
supposed to write about, or who black writers
are supposed to be, are condemned to
silences in black literary circles that are as
total and as destructive as any imposed by
racism.
Audre Lorde

11. In 2011, 685,724 New Yorkers were stopped by the police.
 605,328 were totally innocent (88 percent).
 350,743 were black (53 percent).
 223,740 were Latino (34 percent).
 61,805 were white (9 percent).
 341,581 were aged 14-24 (51 percent).
 Stop and Frisk @ http://www.nyclu.org/issues/racial-
justice/stop-and-frisk-practices