Today with Dr. Kaye: The history of American policing

WEAA | By Karsonya Wise Whitehead

Published April 28, 2021 at 10:48 PM EDT

BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) — “This system is not broken, this system is racist, it's built on the foundation of white supremacy and whiteness. This system is unfair. This system is designed to terrorize us, to force us to subdue and submit. This system sees us as property, as less than human. This system is not broken therefore we must break it...” - Dr. Kaye

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Today With Dr. Kaye: 4-27-21: Hour 2

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Karsonya Wise Whitehead

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead is an associate professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and the award-winning author of Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis; a featured Public Commentator for WYPR and Op-Ed columnist for the Baltimore Sun; a K-12 master teacher in African American History; an award-winning curriculum writer and lesson plan developer; an award-winning former Baltimore City middle school teacher; and, a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker.

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