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Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute

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Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute

The night before his assassination in April 1968, Martin Luther King told a group of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee: “We’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point in Memphis. We’ve got to see it throughȁ (King, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,ȁ 217). King believed the struggle in Memphis exposed the need for economic equality and social justice that he hoped his Poor People’s Campaign would highlight nationally.

On 1 ebruary 1968, two Memphis garbage collectors, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death by a malfunctioning truck. Eleven days later, frustrated by the city’s response to the latest event in a long pattern of neglect and abuse of its black employees, 1,300 black men from the Memphis epartment of Public Works went on strike. Sanitation workers, led by garbage-collector-turned-union-organizer T. O. Jones, and supported by the president of the American ederation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (ASCME), Jerry Wurf, demanded recognition of their union, better safety standards, and a decent wage.

Want To Rewire Your Brain For Meaningful Life Changes? Do These Things Immediately

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Want To Rewire Your Brain For Meaningful Life Changes? Do These Things Immediately

We all differ in our abilities to solve problems, learn, think logically, understand and acquire new knowledge, integrate ideas, and attain goals.

But when you change your beliefs, learn something new or become mindful of your habitual reactions to unpleasant emotions, you actually alter the neurochemistry and the structure of your brain.

Implicit Bias Training’s Effect On Policing Unclear : NPR

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NYPD Study: Implicit Bias Training’s Effect On Policing Unclear : NPR

But from a purely utilitarian perspective, do such moments of "self-reflection," as the NYPD's Tucker put it, actually lead to fairer policing, especially given the unresolved debate among researchers about how — or even whether — implicit bias governs behavior?

Correll, the psychology professor, says the training itself probably doesn't hurt, but there's an opportunity cost to consider, especially if the effort to "fix" implicit bias in officers displaces other kinds of training or gives a city an excuse to ignore factors that are external to policing.