What we learned after Michael Brown was shot is that police… - Vernā Myers

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What we learned after Michael Brown was shot is that police officers are deeply ingrained with erroneous ideas about who's dangerous. Looking at pictures of black kids, they're adding four years to their age, and are told that 'black people are crazy strong and have crazy [levels of] pain tolerance.

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Verna Myers is an American diversity consultant, Harvard-trained Lawyer, Activist, Author, Cultural Innovator, Founder and President of The Verna Myers Company and corporate executive in her role as the Vice President of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix. Myers gave a TED talk in 2014 called "How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them."

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