We Must Speak Up on the Passing of Ahmaud Arbery

GreenLatinos condemns the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, highlighting how fear of racial profiling prevents African Americans and Latinos from exercising outdoors or visiting public lands. The organization calls for comprehensive hate crimes legislation in Georgia, federal criminal charges from the Department of Justice, and a systemic acknowledgment of discrimination by public land administrators.

• The killing of Ahmaud Arbery by Gregory and Travis McMichael in Brunswick, Georgia, is cited as an example of how exercising or enjoying the outdoors can be a "death sentence" for Black and brown individuals due to racial profiling.
• Fear of being misunderstood or associated with criminal behavior due to race acts as a significant barrier for African Americans and Latinos, particularly men, when attempting to exercise outdoors or visit public lands.
• GreenLatinos advocates for three specific actions: the passage of comprehensive hate crimes legislation in Georgia, the filing of federal criminal charges by the Department of Justice, and the recognition of discrimination as a barrier to outdoor engagement by public land administrators.

APA

GreenLatinos (2020). We Must Speak Up on the Passing of Ahmaud Arbery. GreenLatinos. https://www.greenlatinos.org/we-must-speak-up-on-the-passing-of-ahmaud-arbery/

Chicago

GreenLatinos. We Must Speak Up on the Passing of Ahmaud Arbery. GreenLatinos, 2020. https://www.greenlatinos.org/we-must-speak-up-on-the-passing-of-ahmaud-arbery/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{greenlatinos2020must, author = {GreenLatinos}, title = {{We Must Speak Up on the Passing of Ahmaud Arbery}}, publisher = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2020}, month = aug, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/we-must-speak-up-on-the-passing-of-ahmaud-arbery/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }