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CNN spoke with Mark Pitcavage, a historian and expert in extremism with the Anti-Defamation League. He helped identify the symbols and understand the chilling messages of tyranny, white supremacy, anarchy, racism, anti-Semitism and hatred they portray. https://www.cnn.com//capitol-hill-insurrection-/index.html

All four living former presidents -- Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter -- derided the rioters who forced an evacuation of the House and Senate chambers of the US Capitol in strongly worded statements that stressed the need for a peaceful transfer of power. https://www.cnn.com//george-w-bush-capitol-brea/index.html

Our brains create categories to make sense of the world, recognize patterns and make quick decisions. But this ability to categorize also exacts a heavy toll in the form of unconscious bias. In this powerful talk, psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt explores how our biases unfairly target Black people at all levels of society -- from schools and social media to policing and criminal justice -- and discusses how creating points of friction can help us actively interrupt and address this troubling problem. https://www.ted.com//jennifer_l_eberhardt_how_racial_bias_

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#ImmigrantsMakeAmericaGreat "When I was very young, the United States provided my family and me a place of refuge. Now, I have been nominated to be the DHS... Secretary and oversee the protection of all Americans and those who flee persecution in search of a better life for themselves and their loved ones." Cuban-American Alejandro Mayorkas is of Jewish descent. The UC Berkeley alum was a creator of the DACA program to protect undocumented youth from deportation.

Sometimes it is hard to explain what a microaggression feels like. Just imagine that instead of it just being a comment, a microaggression is a mosquito bite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDd3bzA7450