Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’

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  • @protist@mander.xyz
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    151 year ago

    This is one reason why black children are killed by police at higher rates than other races, because they often look older than they actually are and people/police assume they’re adults when they are not

    • Funderpants
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      171 year ago

      Yea, adultificaton. Lots of peer reviewed papers written on it.