In the wake of the high-profile cases involving white police officers and their deadly encounters with black men, multiple Twitter hashtag campaigns have been started.

#CrimingWhileWhite captures white people’s reported encounters with police, and how benign those interactions were. #AliveWhileBlack documents the daily racism that African-Americans deal with on a daily basis, from law enforcement and others.

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Amy Bielawski, who runs Hare-Brained Productions, prepares to work at a Fall Festival in Stone Mountain on Oct. 4, 2025. Bielawski is worried she may not be able to afford health care through Georgia Access when subsidies expire. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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