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Kid: Tells an adult they are getting bullied.
Adults: Post this online and bully the kid more.
Yea that's a pretty good summary of what being autistic is like...
Adults: Post this online and bully the kid more.
Yea that's a pretty good summary of what being autistic is like...
Things grown adults are saying about this child:
"Square ass"
"Smart ass"
And most common - "snitch."
The mixed messages adults give kids about bullying and telling adults,
With the implicit message that you should not do it or else you're "weak"
Is huge.
"Square ass"
"Smart ass"
And most common - "snitch."
The mixed messages adults give kids about bullying and telling adults,
With the implicit message that you should not do it or else you're "weak"
Is huge.
People are even saying this kid should be spanked or whipped for "snitching."
Noting his "strange" body language and how he ended the conversation. Saying he must have other motives.
This is why and how autistic black boys go to prison for doing nothing criminal.
Noting his "strange" body language and how he ended the conversation. Saying he must have other motives.
This is why and how autistic black boys go to prison for doing nothing criminal.
A thread (any errors are my own, corrections welcome)
Remember the protestor who lay under the van on Kenmure Street?
Part of his statement after was:
"I was just buying time for people to get there."
He knew that the community would come, that once it was clear what (1/?)
Remember the protestor who lay under the van on Kenmure Street?
Part of his statement after was:
"I was just buying time for people to get there."
He knew that the community would come, that once it was clear what (1/?)
was happening people would stand against injustice and for their neighbours.
An ongoing injustice is being committed against #OsimeBrown , this young autistic Black man has suffered at the hands of the UK justice system (details can be found linktr.ee/Justiceforosim… but CW (2/?)
An ongoing injustice is being committed against #OsimeBrown , this young autistic Black man has suffered at the hands of the UK justice system (details can be found linktr.ee/Justiceforosim… but CW (2/?)
for racism and ableism) and is still being threatened with deportation to a country he left at 4 years old.
This would put his life at risk.
As time passes, more and more people are calling for @ukhomeoffice to #FreeOsimeBrown, to #StopTheDeportation.
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This would put his life at risk.
As time passes, more and more people are calling for @ukhomeoffice to #FreeOsimeBrown, to #StopTheDeportation.
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A lot of people have been asking my opinion on these two stories. Question: Does this story highlight double standard and institutional racism?
#OsimeBrown #WhitePrivilege
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#OsimeBrown #WhitePrivilege
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#OsimeBrown, a Black autistic boy, who was a teenager, at the time of his arrest for being present in a group, whilst a mobile phone was being stolen, within the two groups of young people, who were socialising together
and Harry Vaughn, a 19 year old middle class white man, who had been spared jail sentence, for significant acts of terrorism, citing his autism as mitigating factor and the Metro reported he was also found to have downloaded two videos of child abuse which were classified in the
“Osime has been affected mentally, physically and emotionally by this traumatic experience. I just want him to relax now. I got him his Playstation and I am cooking him his favourite meal, dumplings and ackee.
#StopTheDeportation #FreeOsimeBrown
theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/o…
#StopTheDeportation #FreeOsimeBrown
theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/o…
He is really trying to adjust and reorientate himself. He was in a cruel environment in prison for three years."
“I want to see a public inquiry for all cases like Osime’s – children and young people who have been in care and end up in the criminal justice system.” Joan Martin.
“I want to see a public inquiry for all cases like Osime’s – children and young people who have been in care and end up in the criminal justice system.” Joan Martin.
Clare Hayes and Sarah Ricca, of Deighton Pierce Glynn said: “It would seem from information received to date that the threat to deport Osime is the culmination of a long history of discriminatory treatment, which is all too familiar for children with autism
