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With Congress ignoring the concerns of Blacks, the poor and the struggling, there's no guarantee the Crown Bill will pass. We no longer have a guaranteed Right to Vote. That was taken away from us in September 2013. I am well aware there are continuing racist incidents in the U.S. And I am also mindful that so many don't want to acknowledge this. Here is the latest eyebrow raising dumbness: A Brooklyn, N.Y., principal, dubbed a hero by students and the news media, had to resign in 2021 because of a serious illness. She kept in touch with a few folks at the school which she founded. When she went back to visit recently, she was treated as a leper. Black principal banned from school she founded

There's no more White Supremacy? Here, read this bullcrap and learn how these Republican dildo heads are slowly strangling our initiatives, individuals and overall advancement. Our young people can't even wear their hair the way they want anymore because it bothers some Conservatives. Black teen banned from school because his hair is braided

I agree.

White Supremacy is not just what is dished out to Black people, it also means what White people are not subjected to and what they can get away with. Take Madison Cawthorn, for example. This wheelchair bound North Carolina Republican thinks speed limits, obeying license and registration rules and rules banning guns from restricted areas (such as airports) are merely suggestions. No wonder he has a bevy of challengers for his 11th District seat. I realize that no one could access this Charlotte Observer news story: Here is the gist of it. pretty long list of the Rep. Cawthorn's runs-ins with law and his light punishment. Think a Black man could so all of this and still walk this earth uninjured? Cawthorn's lack of respect for the law: TRAFFIC TICKETS ▪ Oct. 13, 2011 - Henderson County, NC: speeding. Case disposed. ▪ Jan. 25, 2012 - Pleaded guilty to a lesser speed and paid fine of $40. ▪ Feb. 27, 2016 - Henderson County, NC: speeding and expired registration card/tag. Case disposed. ▪ May 18, 2016 - Pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of failure to wear seat belt in rear seat and paid fine of $75. The expired registration card/tag charge was dismissed. ▪ April 21, 2016 - South Carolina: speeding ticket for going more than 25 mph over the speed limit. Pleaded down to a 10-miles-over violation in July 2016. ▪ Oct. 7, 2016 - Virginia: Ticket for following too close. Case resolved Jan. 27, 2017. FIREARMS AND WEAPONS INCIDENTS In addition to the traffic violations, Cawthorn has also been involved in several incidents related to weapons. ▪ Jan. 6, 2021, Washington, D.C.: Cawthorn claimed he went to Congress armed, The Asheville Citizen-Times reported, on the day a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol building to attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. ▪ Feb. 13, 2021 – Asheville, N.C.: Airport security stopped Cawthorn for attempting to board a plane with a Glock 9 mm handgun and a loaded magazine, The News & Observer previously reported. Cawthorn was not charged, and security held onto the weapon for him to pick up when he got back from his flight. ▪ 2021 - Multiple incidents: As Cawthorn visited school facilities around the state, he was accused of bringing a knife to at least four of those visits. There are several state laws with various levels of crimes related to knives on school property, the Citizen-Times reported, but Cawthorn has not been charged with any crimes for the incidents. ▪ April 26, 2022 - Charlotte: Cawthorn was again accused of trying to go through airport security with a loaded gun, this time at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers took away his gun and issued him a citation, The Charlotte Observer reported, since it’s a violation of city ordinances to have a loaded gun at the airport. Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article260599597.html#storylink=cpy

Texas again, folks. This where a group of students at Vidor High School chanted the N-word and made fun of Black people. School administrators promised suspensions and yada, yada, yada. Yeah, we'll see. The link is pretty long, but I tried to place it in the link box. Chanting the N-word in high school

@Troy There are millions of racist micro-aggressions which occur weekly in our country. They seem to be on the rise. From store employees or owners treating Blacks differently than customers of other races, to nosy individuals calling the cops while some of us enter our own apartment buildings or becoming upset if we’re seated near them in a restaurant. Or they myriads of "Karens" who seek to control our movement, behavior and and recreation. The increasing spate of vulgar language or messages on Zoom during lessons at major universities has finally caught the attention of administrators, if not some curious news reporters. But too many get tired of hearing about this crap day after day. Right Wing reporter Patrick Hawley whined recently about Blacks attending the Country Music Awards. I cannot imagine something so silly. But it happened. ( https://www.blackenterprise.com/white-reporter-throws-tantrum-due-to-black-turnout-at-2022-cmt-music-awards-its-not-wakanda/ ) Many of these micro-aggressions are racist, but not tabulated in FBI bias crime stats. Cops don’t always take our racism complaints seriously, while most of us don’t even bother grousing about it. If this stuff does not happen to individuals, friends or family members, it’s easy to dismiss. Which is the main problem with those who deny reality. I remain concerned for Brittney Griner and Cosley Green, 63, who was freed by a judge four years ago because prosecutors withheld notes leading to his conviction by an all-White jury. The man spent 32 years in prison for a crime he said he did not commit. But Florida officials appealed his release and want back him back behind bars.

Trying reading some history, Nels. Two major political parties switched ideological sides when it came to race relations starting in the 1950's and completed the switch in the late 70's. Learning this must be new to you.

@Troy That is some brilliant investigative research.

@Troy I did not claim that racism is on the rise. I contended that White Supremacy still exists, despite the denials of some on here. What actually is on the rise of the Lack of Respect for: Human Life (increasing incidents of shootings) Fair Play (support for discrimination and defense of hate) Adherence to laws and rules (road rage, refusing to pay transit fares and wanton thefts from retail stores) There will always be racism. And nation states quite willing to kill thousands of humans considered unworthy and troublesome. Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover bid for Twitter was just approved. Musk, as you pointed out, is no fan of decency or equality. Despite attempts to link Musk to Apartheid (he was born in South Africa), from all accounts it looks like he inherited his wealth. His father, Errol Musk, was an engineer and no definitive proof has emerged that the senior Musk owned half an emerald mine in Zambia which made him a lot of money. So under Elon Musk, we can expect Trump to be allowed back on Twitter. Since it's a private company, there is little anyone can do to stop Trump from resuming his hateful tirades against Blacks, immigrants and the disabled.

I will never warm up to the racists or the envious who hated Barack Obama. But since you're in the habit of posting links to spurious and right wing Websites, let's take a gander at ONE of your heroes: Dinesh D'Souza ... Dinesh D'Souza, hater of all things related to Blacks

To get back to the thread: More evidence of underserved viciousness directed against Black people in the United States. This time, against an autistic Black teenager at a Clifton Park. N.Y., Target department store. It is unconscionable what is being done to Black people in this country. But it is nothing compared with what may occur once Trump is back in the White House or Ron DeSantis becomes POTUS. Police mishandle autistic Black boy in upstate New York store

@Chevdove No one has heard of anything like this and the folks I checked keep a close eye on the Ukraine War as well as anything to do with U.S. national politics.

Troy, No, those are Malcolm's own words. And they're coming true today.

Troy, Yes, I am well aware of gerrymandering. I've been politically astute since I heard the name John V. Lindsay, who was denounced as a Liberal Republican. The late Mayor of New York City, who was also once a Congressman, was forced to deal with strikes by city workers, race riots and an unsympathetic police force. When Lindsay ran for President in 1972, he became a Dem, but was considered a traitor to so-called law-abiding White folks. His White House campaign floundered. He tried for the Senate as a Dem, too, in 1980, but lost the nomination. Gerrymandering occurs all the dang time. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently demanded all Republicans in Florida acquiesce to his demands that only HE could design new state voting maps. His whole aim was to dilute Black voter strength in Florida. And he's been getting away with it. The move by Mississippi's Governor happened this month of April 2022. I watch for this type of stuff all of the time. But you notice, only a precious FEW on here push back on it.

@richardmurray Black people are free to do what they wish in this country, within reason. For example, you can book a cruise, fly to another state, buy a home, write a book, become a parent, rent a car, change your religion, become a teacher, open a store, run for office or sit in a park. I have no idea why you questioned this. What matters is do you have the funds, the permits, the education, the credentials, a place to raise a child, good policy ideas and patience? There are limitations to every move, every hope and every plan and not all are based on skin hue. Some are based on lawful restrictions such as having a valid license to drive and proper insurance or approval to be in or someone's property. For example, I became a professional portrait photographer, but had to file a different type of tax return. I also had to adhere to lawful restrictions. I could photograph anyone in public because they did not have an expectation of privacy. You may think this is trite or ridiculous. But it could save me from folks who might have inadvertently stumbled into my background and became angry their image was snapped. But I could not photograph anyone through their windows, landscaping, or step onto their patio or porches to do so BECAUSE that could result in a civil or even a criminal violation of their expectation of privacy. I rarely had a problem because so many people grinned and actually jumped into the backgrounds and later asked me for a copies, which I was happy to email them. I am talking about events such as ComicCons, RenFaires, warehouse and studio model shoots and parties. But since of most of my work entailed shooting Baby Showers, private weddings, police retirement parties, and Children's parties at McDonald's, Chuck E Cheeses or at charity events, it was best to know the law. Cops love bars. But that is not the point of this thread. The premise is that White Supremacy has not gone away. And I am offering proof. And by the way, sequentially means in consecutive or chronological order.

Well, here's more proof that White Supremacy is alive and well and that White hoods and nooses are no longer required. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, hoping to ride of a rising wave of hate towards Black people, just banned 41% of new Math books for his state's schools alleging they contain Critical Race Theory. The number comes out to 54 of 132 publications. submitted for review, according to Stacy M. Brown, senior writer for the woman-owned Washington Informer, a D.C.-based weekly that publishes content on Black issues and news. Some Florida Democrats voiced their opposition to the move on Twitter, said National Public Radio. "@EducationFL just announced they're banning dozens of math textbooks they claim 'indoctrinate' students with CRT," said State House Rep. Carlos Smith. "They won't tell us what they are or what they say b/c it's a lie. #DeSantis has turned our classrooms into political battlefields and this is just the beginning." I don't make up stuff, so, here's a clickable link: ( https://www.npr.org/2022/04/18/1093277449/florida-mathematics-textbooks ) Stacy M. Brown is also senior national correspondent for the Black Press of America, a trade group representing 200 Black newspapers. Florida bans 41% of new Math books over alleged CRT

It is not just White People. Black people can be wicked and evil, too. This is why Rwanda and Tigray occurred. All human beings have a capacity for loving another or hating another. I really don't get Black people arguing over makes up different White people's DNA. It's not going to change anything.

Noah was not a Slave to anyone. He was one of only eight survivors of a global flood. And Chevdove is absolutely correct. God cursed Canaan, not Ham. And the progenitor of the Black Race is believed by most anthropologists and Bible scholars to be Cush or Kush, a son of Ham and grandson of Noah.

@ProfD You are definitely right! The land buffer was Putin's main goal all along. Putin may want to reconstitute his empire, but few of those former Russian satellite nations appear willing to rejoin the Warsaw Pact. Once he conquered Ukraine, Putin thought he could use propaganda, his oil and gas reserves and a re-elected Trump to lean on the rest of Europe. But Ukraine is resisting valiantly. This is why some analysts believe this war might drag on for years. A lot of people don't realize Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett advised Volodymyr Zelensky to accept Putin's demands and forgo ever joining NATO. There are hundreds of thousands of Jews in Ukraine and Russia and Bennett wanted to make sure their lives will be spared. @Chevdove What timeline are you taking about? I know in the 1970's and 1980's Russia helped out with Black revolutionary movements in Angola, Rhodesia and South Africa. I know Cuba did, too. Pretoria then demanded help from Tel Aviv. And Israel offered the Afrikaaners an atom bomb, but its supporters denied this ever happened. The West dubbed these nations "Frontline States." I read "Africa" magazine diligently and worked with a fellow journalist whose family was close to Archbishop Desmond Tutu during his 1984 trip to New York and Washington, D.C. But I have never seen a news report from a valid source that alluded to Russia offering sanctuary to Black Africans who fled the invasion. If you talking about right at this moment, It would seem fantastical because any flights from Africa heading for Russia would be noticed. NATO, the U.S. and likely Israel are tracking everything in the air, land and sea connected to this conflict now. And I doubt Black Africans who made it into Poland would be permitted to board flights to Russia. But I will try to check this out.

There were 70,000 foreigners studying in Ukraine, according to various publications and Ukrainian government officials. About a quarter were Black Africans. There were about 20,000 Indians, according to 2020 government data. They fled the war, just as anyone with a working brain would. But many Blacks were mistreated as they tried to flee. They were beaten and blocked from boarding trains and buses scheduled to cross into Poland. Many had to walk miles to get to safe areas. Not all the Africans have made it home. When most managed to cross the border, some were tossed into detention camps. This is what I am chiefly concerned about. Massacres, rapes, home burnings and slaughters occur in many conflicts. And often, those who engage in such atrocities do not need to be forced. Ask the people of Bosnia, Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Rohingya in Malaysia. Soldiers, ordinary civilians and even a few religious leaders will take part willingly. But the question is: Why did Putin invade Ukraine? To teach the West a lesson. Stop expanding NATO eastward. Because there is no way in hell that Poland, Austria, Hungary or the eastern portion of Germany are going to rejoin the Warsaw Pact. There is just no friggin’ way that is going to happen. Putin knew Western Europe wants to avoid another war on their continent. And Putin recognized the U.S. is politically and racially divided and that he can count on Trump and the worst in the GOP to back his play. Trump called Putin "smart" for invading Ukraine and blamed President Biden. People claim the invasion would not have taken place if Trump was in the White House. “I mean, he’s taking over a country for $2 worth of sanctions. I’d say that’s pretty smart," Trump said during a fundraiser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. This is according to a recording of the February event posted online, the Wall Street Journal reported. I will post a link, but it is behind a paywall. ( https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news/card/trump-calls-putin-s-invasion-of-ukraine-smart-blames-biden-for-not-doing-enough-JicGb9xT5GnCZpQdiBjN ) Yes, Russia would have invaded Ukraine with Trump in the White House with 45 issuing orders for the U.S. to stand down and not render assistance. Trump held up aid $400 million to Ukraine because Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky would not lie and accuse Joe Biden of corruption. This resulted in Trump's first impeachment. Despite having cruise missiles, drones and of course nukes and submarines capable of firing missiles that could incinerate enemy cities, military bases and agricultural regions within a half hour, Putin is not looking for Armageddon. Those who don’t know history fail to understand that Russians still have a morbid fear of another Operation Barbarossa. So, Putin, his generals and strategists want hundreds of miles or even a thousand miles as a buffer from an invasion with conventional forces. Still, hundreds or possibly thousands, of Russian civilians in Moscow and other cities protested the invasion. You don’t hear much from many of them anymore. For all the endless talk about NATO being a bulwark against Russia, the alliance hasn’t done crap to liberate Donbas and simply allowed Ukrainian cities to be bombed into ruins. Covertly or openly funneling supplies and drones to Ukraine after Russian tanks, missiles and helicopters have turned Ukrainian cities into modern bombed out versions of Dresden, Hamburg and Berlin, isn’t doing much. And imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine would entail a wider war, downed aircraft from all antagonists and endless prisoner-of-war videos. Not to mention the risks of nuclear annihilation if Putin is publicly humiliated again. When Putin vowed to forcefully avenge the loss of his Black Sea flagship missile cruiser Moskva, he wasn’t kidding. Russian invasion exposes Europe's racism against Africans

Oh, lawdy, lawd, LAWD! Some of these White Evangelical Christians are such a touchy lot. They are quick to get angry and fulminate at someone - which you know, is not what the Good Book wants folks to do. They explode even faster if the object of their ire is Black, a Woman and a Muslim. Obama is not a woman. But he sure is Black. But for years, Obama was dragged through the mud because Evangelical Christians, (and those politicians who benefit from their hefty donations), considered him a card carrying Islamist. I actually had no idea that Islamists carried cards. Prayer rugs, for sure. But not cards Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar ticks off White folks again

I remain flabbergasted by the comments of some on this forum. Despite the frenzied denials against all evidence, White Supremacy continues to exist. In fact, there are millions of Whites who would just love to return to the days when they could actually own, whip, rape or kill a person with impunity. These are times when their desires were quickly met, their complaints always rectified and their violent rages repeatedly excused. Ah, but don't take it from me. Read an opinion piece in The Black Wall Street Times written by its esteemed founder and editor-in-chief, Nehemiah D. Frank. He's simply highlighting yet more proof that racist Whites are ramping up their siege of us. Our history means nothing to White Supremacists. Mississippi Governor rejects inclusion, dives back into the Confederacy

Troy, You should employ Censorship. And I am happy you do so. But as I've always said, when pushing back against falsehoods, ignorance and hatred, I prefer employing facts first, Then humor. And good cartoon or a meme, if it is directly tied to a point or an issue, quickly exposes the fallacy of a racist or goofball's errant thinking. I create my own memes, because I understand the demonization that comes with those who plagiarize. I believe our people face a vicious and determined enemy, who loves to foist disinformation, dangles the promise or riches or the lure of power to inflict hurt - in attempts to wean away those who would tap dance or urinate on a street memorial to George Floyd. Some of us recognize it. Others don't and then engage in wishful thinking. "Nah, that's a lie. They won't hurt us." Ukrainians believed the same thing.

Bernie Sanders never inspired confidence in his positions, which is why this turkey could never win the Democratic Party nomination. Even many of his own supporters admitted this. But 12% of his disappointed, dumb butt fanatic followers voted for Trump in 2016. Socialism is a failed economic system and plopping the word Democratic in front of it is not going to make it all nice and shiny. 12% of Bernie supporters defected to Trump to in 2016

Ha ha ha! Nels is at it again. The Tennessee Star is supposedly a local newspaper that is five years old. But it is actually financed by right wing toadies Steve Brill and Michael Patrick Leahy. Um, in March 2019, Steve Brill was put in jail briefly for refusing to pay $170,000 in child support to his ex-wife. The conservative commentator has since resigned as political editor of the Star and from the board of its parent company, Star News Digital Editor. Now, this is a guy you'd don't want to get in a church pulpit and deliver sermons on morality and family life. Oh, and Star News Digital? It's main goal is to produce Websites that use “the appearance of local newspapers to promote messages paid for or supported by outside or undisclosed interests," according to investigative Website snopes dot com. Dang, this means Steve Bill's outside and undisclosed interests could be The Borg. They are gray, bad automatons who turn up their implants at fried chicken and pizza. Shame on him! But at least the aliens communicated to Brill that the whole Hunter Biden laptop story could indeed be a Russian hoax. I don't think that's the case with the $2 billion the Saudis gifted Jared Kushner. That is real and is not just the tip of the GOP financial corruption iceberg. It's the edge of an illegal GOP payoff spreadsheet. Michael Patrick Leahy is one of the founders of The Tea Party, those funny folks who paraded around in Colonial Era garb and Revolutionary war hats after Obama demolished John McCain in the 2008 general election. They were fond of screaming: "We want our country back!" at the intelligent and gifted Black man in the White House, which believe it or not, was actually built by Black Slaves. Who were also intelligent and gifted enough to follow detailed construction plans. Too bad the Tea Party members demanded their country come back to them. Because they never understood that it never went anywhere. It was still between Canada and Mexico and two rather big oceans, but kinda delirious over the election of its first Black President. Back to you, Nels.