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Sirry Alang

Sirry Alang, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Health, Medicine and Society Program in Lehigh University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

A placard states "ABOLISH POLICE" during a march to protest the death of Daunte Wright on April 13, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People have taken to the streets to protest after Daunte Wright, a 20-year old black man, was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

If Black lives matter, don’t simply reform policing — dismantle the system entirely 

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Minneapolis police pepper spray a protestor on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, during the second day of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Why white silence is deafening — and deadly

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Sandra Sterling, aunt of Alton Sterling, in Baton Rouge, La., July 6, 2016. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

The massive toll of police brutality: The fatal shootings — like in Louisiana and Minnesota — destroy minority communities, both physically and mentally

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