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Charlamagne Tha God on the American dream and ‘black privilege’

.....Charlamagne Tha God has never been shy about speaking his mind and this is a trait that fans of “The Breakfast Club” love about the radio host....But when he released his first book, “Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It,” Charlamagne was slammed by some progressive supporters who accused him of denying what they see as the prevalence of white privilege....

 

Question: Why is the phrase “black privilege” so controversial for some people?

 

Charlamagne: “Yeah, because people see ‘black privilege’ and they automatically think ‘white privilege,’ which is something that is very prevalent – Oh, black people don’t have no privilege and you’re making white people think that we’re equal. What I’m simply trying to tell people is I think it’s a privilege to be black. You know? I think when you look at the word privilege it has two definitions. One definition is advantages granted to a certain community, but the other definition is an honor to be, and I think it’s an honor to be in this black skin. I don’t think that my black skin is a liability. I don’t think it’s a burden. I just feel like we have access to a divine system that … we can tap into that causes us to prosper in spite of everything that’s thrown at us in this country.”

 

Question: What do you tell people who believe the American dream wasn’t for them?

 

Charlamagne: “They’re absolutely right. The American dream wasn’t for them. America was never designed for any minority to prosper. America was designed for the white people, simple as that. I would tell them we’re here now, though. And you know we’ve had people who came before us who fought for us to have certain civil liberties … Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not out there marching and getting his ass kicked you know, for us to just be sitting around saying “hey, this can’t be done” … No. We have access to go get it, so we need to go get it, regardless of how difficult or hard it may be … The American dream never was for us, but now it’s time just for us to create our dreams.”

 

Question: So you’re saying that you can still acknowledge that there’s injustice and still access your black privilege?

 

Charlamagne: “Absolutely … I can acknowledge that it’s institutionalized racism, systemic oppression, fight against those things and still think it’s a privilege to be black. Period. My black skin is not a burden or a liability. Your racism and your bigotry is.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/charlamagne-tha-god-black-privilege/index.html

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Sha’Carri Richardson kicked off plane after argument with flight attendant

.....American track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson was kicked off an American Airlines flight following an altercation with a flight attendant on Saturday, she posted on her Instagram....The 23-year-old claimed the flight attendant, whom Richardson identifies as “John,” disrespected her while she was speaking on her phone prior to takeoff. She posted video of herself in her seat before panning to the flight attendant.....She continued to argue with the flight attendant in her video and after showing him on camera he moved back behind a curtain. After asking her to stop recording, Richardson responded animatedly at the flight attendant....

“I’m recording me but you jumped in my video, so I caught you, because you jumped in my video,” Richardson told the flight attendant. “You’re harassing me at this point, so I think you should stop. I think you should stop.”....Multiple passengers can subsequently be heard growing aggravated with Richardson, telling her to stop arguing with the flight attendant.....“Y’all see him right? Y’all see him right? Y’all see him right? I’m sorry, it’s not me,” Richardson responded. “Talk to him. No ma’am. Do no talk to me like that. I’m an adult. Do not talk to me like that. Do not talk to me like that. Tell him to stop. If you do not know what’s going on, do not yell at me.”

.....Richardson got into another argument with a different passenger and she claims she was disrespected by many of the passengers on board. While explaining that she thinks the flight attendant should have been kicked off as well, another passenger can be heard telling her “Thank you, by the way, I’m going to miss my connection, I have to now get off the plane.”

“Oh, so you’re worried about a connection when a grown man is disrespecting me?” Richardson responded.

“I don’t give a s–t,” the passenger responded.

Richardson was then escorted off the plane, and continued to trade shouts with passengers and flight crew on her way out. Applause could be heard as she exited.

Tell me if I’ll be wrong to pursue legal actions against the airline XX@XXamericanair not only did the man threaten me but also an innocent bystander who simply just wanted a picture with me. In the beginning of the video you can hear a Caucasian male state that he doesn’t give a f*** as a man that male flight attendant is intimidating a woman ....Also the captain not doing anything to help the situation and this flight attendant has the applause when I exited the plane when I’m pretty serious the disrespect I received would not have happened if I was a one of them.

....Richardson rose to prominence while starring for LSU’s track and field team, breaking the NCAA 100-meter record as a freshman. She qualified for the 2020 Olympics, but was later disqualified after testing positive for marijuana. Richardson claimed she smoked marijuana after learning that her biologically mother had died.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/21/shacarri-richardson-kicked-off-plane-after-flight-attendant-argument/

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Black student erupts over ‘too many white people’ at UVA multicultural center

....An irate black student at the University of Virginia blasted her white classmates for taking advantage of the school’s new, expanded multicultural center, shocking video shows....The footage, which has gone viral on social media, shows an unidentified student of color at the 16,000-student public research university in Charlottesville giving what she dubbed a “public service announcement” to other students sitting nearby....

“Excuse me, if y’all didn’t know, this a [Multicultural Student Center] and frankly there’s just too many white people in here and this a space for people of color,” the young woman said. “So just be really cognizant of the space that you’re taking up because it does make some of us POCs uncomfortable when we see too many white people in here.”...The expanded space – billed by the university as a place to “embrace and support the diversity” of UVA – had only been open for four days, according to the miffed student....“And frankly, there’s the whole university for a lot of y’all to be at and there’s very few spaces for us,” she said. “So keep that in mind, thank you.”

A number of students can be heard clapping and hollering as the footage ends.....

https://nypost.com/2020/02/14/black-student-erupts-over-too-many-white-people-at-uva-multicultural-center/

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This guy gets it.

Of course he will be name called, and get cancelled.

What is he saying that is untrue?

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University of Minnesota is Giving Out Paid Summer Research Internships — But Only for Students Who Are Not White

....The University of Minnesota is giving out paid research internships that white students are not allowed to apply for. The taxpayer-funded Multicultural Summer Research Opportunities Program is a 10-week summer research internship for undergraduate students and is only open to non-white students. According to the university’s website, the students will work full-time with a faculty mentor on either an established research project or they will create and develop their own with the faculty mentor....Each participant will receive a $6,000 stipend for “personal and research expenses” and an additional stipend of an unknown amount that is given to the faculty mentor for use by the student. At the top of the list of requirements to qualify, above the minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0, is “Identify as a Student of Color or Native American.”

....filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education on May 19 over an entire race being excluded from the opportunity. According to a press release from the organization, “The University of Minnesota is engaging in unlawful discrimination through the Multicultural Summer Research Opportunities Program. Racial discrimination by a public institution is illegal regardless of which race suffers. Discrimination against white applicants is just as unlawful as discrimination against black or other non-white applicants. There is no good form of racial discrimination. Because UMN receives federal funding, OCR had the power and obligation to make UMN stop and to impose whatever remedial relief is necessary.....The U. Minnesota segregated summer program is inexcusable, and it’s shocking that a major university would so openly make educational opportunities open only to students of a certain skin color...There is no good form of racial discrimination. Depriving white students of educational opportunities does not promote racial or any other form of justice...U. Minnesota’s conduct is inexcusable....”

https://timcast.com/news/university-of-minnesota-is-giving-out-paid-summer-research-internships-but-only-for-students-who-are-not-white/

 

Legal Highlight: The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Does the Constitution's prohibition of denying equal protection always ban the use of racial, ethnic, or gender criteria in an attempt to bring social justice and social benefits?

In 1964, Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964

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To Protest Racism, UC-Berkeley Students Block White People From Using Campus Entrance

.....During a protest to advocate for safe spaces for students of color and transgender individuals, University of California-Berkeley attendees blocked white students from using a highly trafficked campus pathway....Last Friday, protestors carried banners that read “Fight 4 Spaces of Color,” and linked arms to form a human barricade in front of the campus’s Sather Gate. They only allowed non-white students to pass through.

“Whose university? Our university!” they chanted repeatedly. One protestor complained there were too many white students in classrooms. “When you walk into a class, what’s the majority in there?” one student angrily asked. “I’m telling you, man, this is bigger than you,” a protestor told white student who was being blocked from passing by. “This is about ‘whiteness,’ this is not about you.”

Many white and Asian students were forced to take a dirt path through brush in order to skirt the protestors as they chanted: “Go around! Go around!” The protestors then moved to the student store, where they began to chant “Students over profit!” apparently in objection to the fact the store makes money from the items they sell. One student climbed on top of a ledge to place an “eviction notice” on a second-story window. The notice insists the store must relocate to another part of the campus and give the building to students of color belonging to the LGBTQIIA+ community...The notice ends with a warning: “If you fail to vacate immediately, community action will continue to escalate with the goal of eliminating any revenue generation.”

https://thefederalist.com/2016/10/27/berkeley-activists-block-white-people-using-campus-entrance-protest-racism/

 

 

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Uber Puts Diversity Head on Leave After Worker Backlash Over ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ Events

.....Workers said they felt that Bo Young Lee, the company’s head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, was lecturing them on the plight of white women. Uber has put Bo Young Lee, its head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, also referred to as DEI, on leave in recent days after employees expressed outrage over a series of events she moderated titled, “Don’t Call Me Karen,” according to report from the New York Times....The company’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, and its chief people officer, Nikki Krishnamurthy, purportedly told several employees that Lee had been placed on leave in an email last week.... Employees had expressed outrage over Lee’s “Don’t Call Me Karen” events, which the company described as conversations “diving into the spectrum of the American white woman’s experience.” The events focused specifically on women deemed “Karens,”....Although the talks, part of the company’s “Moving Forward” series, were reportedly aimed to be an “open and honest conversation about race,” Uber employees said they felt they were being lectured about why the term “Karen” was derogatory and the struggles of white women.....

....“We have heard that many of you are in pain and upset by yesterday’s Moving Forward session,” Khosrowshahi and Krishnamurthy said in their employee to Uber employees, according to the Times. “While it was meant to be a dialogue, it’s obvious that those who attended did not feel heard.”....After the first event, a Black woman employee at Uber asked how the company would prevent “tone-deaf, offensive, and triggering conversations” from being part of its diversity efforts, the Times found. Lee is said to have responded that the “Moving Forward” series meant to promote tough conversations and was not meant to be comfortable.....Ms Lee, who was an adviser to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign, encouraged Uber staff to “have an open and honest conversation about race”.

....At the second of the two events, black and Hispanic workers used internal chat apps to complain they felt “scolded for the entirety of that meeting”....Some staff complained that the event (minimized) racism by equating the term “Karen” with other slurs.....“Karen” is a term of abuse used to refer to middle-class white women with a sense of entitlement.....

https://gizmodo.com/uber-bo-young-lee-diversity-chief-dont-call-me-karen-1850460327

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/22/backlash-uber-diversity-karen-white-woman/

 

 

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So he’s proud of his race. Good for him. 

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53 minutes ago, Blue Horseshoe said:

 

Someone is hittin that. 

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No charges for Chicago teens who killed 70-yr-old with stolen KIA, mayor fires police chief who asked questions

...Police in the village of Robbins, which is southwest of Chicago, announced that no charges have been filed against three teenagers who stole a Kia in February and then crashed it into 70-year-old Donald Carter’s car, killing him. Carter’s family has been outraged that no charges have been forthcoming against the teenagers.

Robbins Mayor Darren Bryant fired Police Chief David Sheppard in April following the incident after the chief repeatedly questioned behavior coming from the mayor’s office.....According to the Chicago Tribune, Sheppard said he believed that his questioning of directions he received from Bryant in the handling of Carter’s vehicle factored into his dismissal. Sheppard said the vehicle was taken to a large building where public works vehicles and road salt are stored to keep it enclosed because state police had not yet processed it for evidence in the crash investigation. Sheppard was terminated after ostensibly questioning Bryant’s purported requests to break chain-of-custody rules by moving the vehicle involved in the accident. Even after being advised that moving the vehicle could result in evidentiary chain-of-custody issues, as well as potentially corrupting the evidence, Mayor Bryant requested that it be moved anyway.

....The former police chief said he was contacted by the mayor and told the car had to be moved because it was blocking public works vehicles. Sheppard contacted the public works director, who said that wasn’t true....Sheppard is now considering suing the village for wrongful termination. Now that the former police chief is gone, it appears the entire case is magically being dropped..... that their ages were 17, 15, and 14, meaning at least one was of legal age to drive.

On Feb. 12, 2023, at approximately 2:30 pm, a police officer saw a Kia with a broken driver’s side window speeding north. He followed the car, according to police reports. The car slammed into a Ford Taurus that was being driven by Carter. The elderly man was rushed to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he succumbed to his injuries. Two days following the fatal crash, Robbins Mayor Darren Bryant ..... held a news conference..... announced the boys were released to their parents....

....The victim’s son Desmond Carter remarked in February that he was upset the three teenagers were released without being charged, according to the Chicago Tribune. The family wants the teenagers to be charged and held accountable for their crimes. “There’s so much hurt and there’s so much anger behind it mostly because these kids were allowed to go home to the very people who obviously weren’t making sure they knew where these kids were in the first place...My daddy is supposed to be here. I’m pissed off they took my daddy before his time.”...People are outraged that the teens are going to walk over the death.... 

https://americanwirenews.com/no-charges-for-chicago-teens-who-killed-70-yr-old-with-stolen-kia-mayor-fires-police-chief-who-asked-questions/

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Black radical leftist Mayor lays down hard cover for black youth who killed an old man. 

If the situation was reversed, if it was three young white teenagers who killed an old black man, then what would have happened instead? 

Looks a lot like "black privilege" to me. 

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Equinox is ordered to pay fired worker $11.25 MILLION after professional body builder claimed dismissal was racially motivated - and not because she was late for work 47 times in less than a year

...A trainer at a swanky Equinox gym was awarded $11.25 million by a New York jury after she successfully sued her former employee. Robynn Europe said Equinox used her lack of punctuality as a pretext for firing her. She alleged that the real reason was based on racial and sexual discrimination ....In the jury trial, Robynn Europe, 39, did not contest Equinox's allegations about her tardiness but said other trainers who were late a similar amount of times were not punished, reports the New York Times...

....Europe testified that a manager who reported to her, Christopher Maltman, often made vulgar comments about black women's bodies, diverted personal training clients away from employees of color and regularly harassed staff with offensive language.....Her lawyers argued that rather than address Europe's complaints, they used her lateness as a pretext to terminate her. ...Europe was represented in the trial by Crumiller, known as the feminist litigation firm. ....'This is not just a victory for our client, but for all Black women who have suffered that noxious combination of racism and sexism that is too often tolerated in the workplace. We could not be prouder of Röbynn for her relentless determination to hold Equinox accountable for its vile misogynoir,' Crumiller said. 

Equinox is planning to appeal the jury's decision....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12129061/Former-Equinox-trainer-Robynn-Europe-wins-11-25-million-former-employer-lawsuit.html

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Target diversity chief demands 'White women' get to work against America's systemic racism

....A Target Corporation diversity executive demanded "White women" get to work to combat the supposed systemic racism in America, while adding the retail giant was making some internal decisions based on predictions of shifting demographics.  "One of the hardest things in the world to be every day is Black," Kiera Fernandez, a chief diversity and inclusion officer at Target, said in a video interview with Essence Magazine in January....

....Target established the Racial Equity Action and Change – which is led by Fernandez – to rapidly "accelerate" those efforts. The task force focuses on engaging Black customers in stores and ramping up promotions and hiring of Black employees. The retail giant also promised to drastically increase its demographics of Black employees – which was at 50%....."[W]e’re on track to spend more than $2 billion with Black-owned brands by 2025. We’ve already increased our investments with Black-owned companies and suppliers – including marketing agencies, construction companies, facilities maintenance and more – by 50% since 2020," Fernandez told the HR Digest in July 2022 about Target....

She proceeded to say that it was the role of "White women" to call out "transgressions." .....She then singled out a White person present in the panel discussion and said her voice, on the basis of her race, would be given more weight in the workplace. ...."Given the calls for racial equity over the past year, we know that many companies are standing up or deepening their investments in their diversity and inclusion work… DE&I is not meant to rest on one individual’s shoulders," she added....."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/target-diversity-chief-demands-white-women-get-work-against-americas-racism-touts-shifting-demographics

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Can Black People Be Racist?

....Racism is defined as a power structure that allows one group to put a system in place where they use their race to direct discrimination against people of different race based on the belief that their own race is superior..... the idea of one race being superior to another became instituted in order to excuse the enslavement of a group of people based solely off the color of their skin.

Racism is nothing new in America, but too much of the conversation mistakes being prejudice to being racist. Racism can only exist when one group has power and influence over another....The issue with calling a Black person racist is that Black people, by definition, cannot be racist. Racism only exist within a power structure that systematically and institutionally rewards whiteness. The closer you are to being white, the more power you hold. Claims of Black people being racist, also known as reverse racism, often lacks the conversation about the necessity for being able to exercise power and authority, which are essential components of racism. There is also a big difference between prejudice and racism. Black people can be prejudice but they cannot be racist since they hold little power to enforce discrimination against another group....

https://medium.com/perceive-more/can-black-people-be-racist

 

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The above article is from a woke zealot who believes that black people in America cannot be racist. Period. 

However the discussion of the ability to get away with "racism" here rests upon the total concept of who has power. What about Oprah Winfrey? Do you think someone on welfare in poor white rural Christian America have the same power as Winfrey? 

But the immediate response from a radical leftist would be that Winfrey is the exception and not the rule. But wealth disparity in this country exists as such so that the "wealthy elite" are always the exception and not the rule. 

If you have the power to simply move the goalposts as you wish, to refine "racism" whenever you want to justify looting, burning, rioting, gaslighting and toxic behavior, including the total "cancel culture", then who exactly has the real "power" at that point? 

But if you ask that question, and you are not black, then you are called a racist. 

So if you have that social and cultural "weapon" in your toolbox, whether you are rich or poor, simply for being black, then who exactly has "privilege" then? 

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'Squad' member Cori Bush: Saying you are 'anti-woke' means you are 'anti-Black'

...Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush, a member of the House Oversight Committee, said this week that being "anti-woke" is the same as being "anti-Black."..."When you say I’m ‘anti-woke’, when you talk about wokeness, you’re saying I’m anti-black, and I don’t want black people to speak up for themselves. I don’t want equality and justice for black folks," the Missouri Democrat said during a House Oversight Committee meeting on Tuesday during a hearing on environmental, social and governance, which is also known as ESG and derided by many conservatives as a way for the left to use social credit score to force businesses and financial institutions to adopt progressive ideologies.

"I say to those who say, ‘Wokeness, wokeness, wokeness’ who are anti-woke that this is not wokeness what we talked about in here," Bush continued. "And you should be on the side of folks who say they are woke because we are saying no more oppression against our community....So whatever else is being thrown around, unless you are saying, ‘I’m racist. I’m white supremacist, and I’m bigoted,' stop talking about wokeness, and you can’t tell me that I’m wrong because I’m from the very movement where this came about. Don’t let a fascist tell you what being woke means."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/squad-member-cori-bush-saying-you-are-anti-woke-means-you-are-anti-black

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ASU publishes 'black male privilege checklist'

....Arizona State University has published on its official website a "checklist" to address "Black Male Privilege."...According to the university, the initiative "hosted 2-hour workshops that explored everyday manifestations of privilege. ....lists several "checklists" for various races, sexual orientations, genders, and socioeconomic statuses.... 

Examples of “Black Male Privilege” include the following:

“When I read African American History textbooks, I will learn mainly about black men."

“I can rely on the fact that in the near 100-year history of national civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and the Urban League, virtually all of the executive directors have been male."

“I will be taken more seriously as a political leader than black women."

“I can be a part of a black liberation organization like the Black Panther Party where an 'out' rapist Eldridge Cleaver can assume a leadership position."

“I have the ability to define black women's beauty by European standards in terms of skin tone, hair, and body size. In comparison, black women rarely define me by European standards of beauty in terms of skin tone, hair, or body size."

“I do not have to worry about the daily hassles of having my hair conforming to any standard image of beauty the way black women do."

“I have the privilege of not wanting to be a virgin, but preferring that my wife or significant other be a virgin."

“I can live in a world where polygamy is still an option for men in the United States as well as around the world."

“I come from a tradition of humor that is based largely on insulting and disrespecting women; especially mothers."

“Most of [the] lyrics I listen to in hip-hop perpetuate the ideas of males dominating women, sexually and socially."

“I can believe that the success of the black family is dependent on returning men to their historical place within the family, rather than in promoting policies that strengthen black women's independence, or that provide social benefits to black children."

“I have the privilege of believing that feminism is anti-black."

“I will make significantly more money as a professional athlete than members of the opposite sex will."

“If I go to an HBCU, I will have incredible opportunities to exploit black women."

“In college, black male professors will be involved in interracial marriages at much higher rates than members of the opposite sex will."

“I have the privilege of marrying outside of the race at a much higher rate than black women marry."

“I have the privilege of knowing men who are physically or sexually abusive to women and yet I still call them friends.”

ASU student Clay Robinson, who is also a Campus Reform correspondent, said that he is “disappointed that the Humanities Department at ASU would ask students to ‘check their privilege’ for identities they can’t control.” .....“We can agree that there is work that can be done to achieve greater equality on campus and in this nation,” Robinson said. “But making judgments about individuals based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and ability is not the solution and only seeks to further divide the student body. I would encourage the Humanities Department to consider different ways to reconcile the racial and socioeconomic problems that our nation faces without tearing others down.”

https://campusreform.org/article?id=15371

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It's sorta funny, but perhaps just as much sad, to read about this nonsense....good lord people....

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BLM is a virus.

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A DC street sign with a clear message against white supremacy | Most DC Thing

....A message on a sign that shouldn’t need to be said, but clearly needs to be said is today’s Most DC Thing.....This is definitely the most straightforward street sign in the history of D.C. street signs. Usually there are three or four stacked on top of each other with conflicting times listing when you’re allowed to park there....

.....What isn’t confusing is the message that white supremacy has been getting Black people killed for centuries, and it continues to do so. Sadly, but predictably, the comments under Alexis Diao’s tweet show that we have a long way to go before white supremacist beliefs and ideals die off. Plenty of people are holding on to them for dear life....In the meantime, this sign is the Most D.C. Thing because it captures the spirit of the city at this current moment in time. D.C. has seen constant protests for justice for the better part of 2020 and the momentum is showing no signs of slowing down....

https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/get-up-dc/dc-street-sign-with-a-message-against-white-supremacy-most-dc-thing

 

 

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Study: DC gun crimes involve ‘small number’ of people

....The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform looked at the numbers for homicides and nonfatal shooting in D.C. in 2019 and 2020, and found that “most gun violence is tightly concentrated on a small number of very high-risk young Black male adults that share a common set of risk factors.”.....Those factors include involvements in street crews, a previous criminal justice history and connection to a recent shooting. Often, they’ve been the victims of crime themselves. While the motive for the shooting “may not be a traditional gang war,” the report says, “often shootings are precipitated by a petty conflict over a young woman, a simple argument, or the now-ubiquitous social media slight.”...

.....The homicide rate in D.C. rose by 18% in 2020 compared to 2019, the study found, and about 500 identifiable people are behind 70% of the 863 incidents involving gun violence. The studies also showed that about 200 people are driving a majority of these incidents at any one point in time.....More than 90% of victims and suspects in 2019 and 2020 were male and about 96% were Black....The study also found that another 86% of victims and suspects have been involved with the criminal justice system and the average age of victims is 31, while the average age of suspects is 27 years old.....They found that, in terms of prior arrests, “victims and suspects were remarkably similar.”....

https://wtop.com/dc/2022/02/study-dc-gun-crimes-involve-small-number-of-people/

https://cjcc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/cjcc/release_content/attachments/DC%20Gun%20Violence%20Problem%20Analysis%20Summary%20Report.pdf

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Hit-and-run driver kicked Joliet cop after traffic stop, police say

....A Crest Hill woman landed in jail after she crashed into a man’s vehicle in Joliet and kicked one of the officers investigating the hit-and-run wreck, police said....About 2:15 p.m. Monday, officers responded to the 100 block of South Hammes Avenue for a report of a crash and learned Brittany Gaston, 32, rear-ended a vehicle, Joliet police said. Gaston fled the scene of the crash before officers arrived, police said....

....A description of Gaston and her vehicle was broadcast to other officers and she was found in the area of Midland Avenue and West Jefferson Street, police said. Gaston was pulled over but refused to cooperate when officers, police said. Gaston exited the vehicle when ordered to, but was verbally aggressive and struggled with officers, police said....“After Gaston was taken into custody, she kicked an officer in the leg while she was being placed in a squad car,” police said.....Once Gaston was taken to the police department, she refused to cooperate with booking procedures, police said....

....Gaston was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer and resisting arrest. She also was charged with failure to reduce speed, leaving the scene of an accident and driving on a suspended license....

https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/news/crime-and-courts/2022/01/14/hit-and-run-driver-kicked-joliet-cop-after-traffic-stop-police-say/

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Krystal Ball, Candace Owens clash over diversity in Trump White House, alleged liberal racism

....Hill.TV host Krystal Ball and conservative Turning Point USA communications director Candace Owens clashed Thursday on “Rising” over diversity in President Trump’s White House. 

“It is an administration that has more white men than past administrations have had, but that doesn’t bother you?” Ball, who is white, asked Owens, who is black. 

“No, no, not at all. I think that we have to stop believing that diversity is the color of people’s skin,” Owens responded. “That’s an illusion that the left has sold that somehow because somebody matches my skin color because somebody matches my gender, they have my best interests at heart.”

Ball later brought up a tweet from Owens, in which the conservative alleged that the Democratic Party is composed of “racist, white liberals.”  

"The Democrat party is comprised of racist white liberals who use minorities to advance themselves, both politically and professionally. SenWarren ‘s false claim to Cherokee heritage serves as a reminder of their poignantly racist exploitations." — Candace Owens (RealCandaceO) October 16, 2018

“The emphasis that you place is always on having a discussion on race. You guys are insistent on having a conversation about race, and telling us that we should see, and implying that we should see race everywhere, and I don’t agree with that,” Owens told Ball....“If you don’t look at me according to the color of my skin, you would simply ask me how I thought Trump was doing as a president. Instead, you try to drum up a conversation that is surrounded by race by asking me if there are enough black people in the White House....”

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/413161-krystal-ball-candace-owens-clash-over-minorities-in-the-trump-white-house/

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Mayor Adams likens white woman to slave owner as he flips out over question on rising rent in NYC

.....Mayor Eric Adams compared a white woman to a plantation owner Wednesday — when she complained at a public event about rent increases in the Big Apple.....In footage from the meeting, Adams can be heard asking the woman to stand up after she interrupts him to call out that he “raised the rent.”....“I’m the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect that would deserve to be treated,” Adams admonished....“Don’t stand in front like you treated someone that’s on the plantation that you own.” .....That woman was identified at Jeanie Dubnau, an assistant professor of biology at Rutgers University who has lived in the city for over 50 years....

......“The mayor’s comments are the mayor’s comments. We stand by the mayor’s comments,” was the response from Fabien Levy, Adam’s press secretary....Adams’ administration came under fire last week when the Rent Guidelines Board voted to allow rent hikes of up to 6 percent on the Big Apple’s one million rent-stabilized apartments.....Adams insisted that he “does not control the Rent Guidelines Board....” ......“You said before and after that, you supported those rent increases!”

https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/eric-adams-compares-woman-complaining-about-rent-to-plantation-owner/

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'Teen takeover' at Bronzeville gas station prompts call for increased police presence in area

.....A flash mob at a South Side gas station drew hundreds of young people and a large police presence Tuesday night....Video from the scene showed some people jumping on cars at the BP gas station near 31st Street and Michigan Avenue....Chicago police said an 18-year-old woman was struck by a gray vehicle, which fled the scene. ....A gas station attendant said scores of teenagers flooded into the station and ransacked the store and even broke glass above the front door.

....Video taken by a gas station clerk shows police officers standing by as young people flooded the streets. Neighbors nearby where the teen takeover happened last night said these destructive gatherings are embarrassing for the city....."It's embarrassing more than frustrating because there is now justifiable reason for it," a man who lives down the street from the gas station said. "We used to have a sense of pride. Now, we've got young people twerking in the middle of the street. Wilding out. Cursing. Running up and down, jumping on peoples' cars, doing all type of ridiculous things."

.....One of these teen takeovers got out of hand downtown and turned violent in April, when a couple visiting the city was beaten up and robbed near Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street....The frightening situation was all captured on cell phone video. Two teens were also shot .....and 15 others were arrested. Just last month in the south suburbs, a Tinley Park carnival was shut down early after 400 young people gathered during an organized flash mob incident....

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-flash-mob-teen-takeover-gas-station-news/13409590/

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FOX19 Investigates: People pretending to be disabled on "Miracle Flights"

.....Flight attendants and airport workers are angry about a growing trend: people with no apparent health issues asking for a wheelchair so they can get on a plane faster....In airports all over the county, passengers are frustrated by the wait to get through security and onto the plane.Now, it appears more and more people are finding a way around the wait with a wheelchair....."We've handled maybe a hundred wheelchairs a year. Now there are some certain times we can handle a hundred wheelchairs in a day," said Westchester County Airport Manager Peter Scherrer.

.....One mid-size airport told FOX19 that they keep 300 wheelchairs on hand at all times and an even larger airport receives 2,000 wheelchairs requests every day.....This rise in wheelchair usage is partly because more people with disabilities are traveling. However, disability advocates are blowing the whistle on able-bodied passengers who they say are playing the system to save time.....Airlines say they feel grounded when it comes to identifying cheaters. By law, airlines are required to give assistance to anyone who asks for a wheelchair. They also have to be cautious of what they ask the passengers....

Advocates and airline personnel tell FOX19 that they're hearing more complaints about so-called "Miracle Flights."....."It's a phrase that's coined by a lot of the flight attendants. They see a person come on with a wheel chair and when they get to the destination, for some reason, they actually are able to walk again," said Scherrer, Airport Manager.....Likos believes she has a simple solution. "I think we need a universal disability pass. It's recognized legitimately throughout all the different place we would travel...."

https://www.fox19.com/story/23855481/people-pretending-to-be-disabled-on-miracle-flights/

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Controversial Boston City Councilor driving with ‘revoked license’ crashes car with son inside into house

....A controversial, defund-the-police Boston City Councilor crashed her car into a house, injuring herself and her 7-year-old son. Kendra Lara, 33, was driving with a “revoked license” in an unregistered car without insurance and an expired inspection sticker and her son....was not in a booster seat at the time of the crash, according to a police report obtained by The Post. (The son) was taken to Boston Children’s Hospital....Lara was once described as “the first black socialist ever to be elected to the Boston City Council....”

.....According to the police report obtained by The Post, Lara was driving an unregistered vehicle and her license had been revoked.....It further alleged that her child was not in a booster seat, which is a violation of state law....The driver of the vehicle Lara apparently cited as the reason she swerved to avoid an accident contradicted Lara’s version of events, stating he had barely begun to pull out of his parking space when he noticed a car traveling at a high rate of speed which passed by him, then suddenly turned left and crashed into the house, according to the police report.....Lara’s car went through the metal fence at the home, then crashed into and drove over the bushes before smashing into the porch and foundation of the house, causing considerable damage....

.....In addition to reports, backed up by posts Lara has made on Twitter, that she supports the defunding of police and the abolition of prisons, she also lives in income restricted housing meant for people with lower salaries, according to several accounts.....She was also the subject of a vulgar tape circulating for the past five months that apparently shows Owen Thomas, a Boston charter school teacher, talking happily about having just completed a sex act with the public official....

https://nypost.com/2023/07/01/kendra-lara-crashes-car-into-house-with-son-inside

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Pentagon official forced to read anti-White statements from its diversity chief in congressional hearing

....The Pentagon said it would not bring disciplinary action against its former diversity, equity and inclusion chief over a series of divisive statements about White people. A senior Biden-appointed Pentagon official – Gil Cisneros – was forced to read and explain divisive statements against White people from one of his employees in a grilling hearing at the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. ....Cisneros – Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness – was responsible for determining the outcome of a probe into former DEI chief Kelisa Wing over divisive tweets about White people, which called them "Karens."

Cisneros read the post verbatim at the hearing, which said, "So exhausted at the White folks in these PD sessions. This lady actually had the caudacity to say Black people can be racist, too. I had to stop the session and give the Karen the business. We are not the majority. We don't have power."

"This is wildly inappropriate and unacceptable. Do you agree with that, Mr. Cisneros?" Stefanik asked. 

"I do agree that that is not acceptable. It's not condoned by… the Department of Defense...I have no idea," Cisneros said. "We do not support racist tweets. We do not support racism."

However, the Pentagon said it will issue no disciplinary action to its former diversity, equity and inclusion chief, Wing, over her statements about White people.

....Gaetz said, "Well, did you fire this lady?"...."I did not hire her," Cisneros said. ....Gaetz pressed, "Let's go to the next claim. 'The audacity to say that Black people can be racist too.' Mr. Cisneros, can Black people be racist, too?"...."I'm not going to answer that, congressman," Cisneros said.....

.....Wing has previously denied her posts were divisive, stating, "No, I did not make disparaging comments against White people......I would never categorize an entire group of people to disparage them," she said.....As DEI chief, Wing was involved in curriculum at the Pentagon's 160 schools for military-connected children. Wing has stated that her goal was to "tear down the system" in education. When asked about whether it was time for a "racial reckoning" and "revolution," she responded in the affirmative. ....Wing wrote children's books that said that White people must confess their privilege and were de facto hurting Black people by being benefactors of unearned advantages, which were also placed in the Pentagon's schools....

https://www.foxnews.com/media/pentagon-official-forced-read-anti-white-tweet-diversity-chief-congressional-hearing

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Pentagon Official Who Called White People Exhausting ‘Karens’ Doubles Down On ‘Anti- Racism’ After Reassignment

.....The former diversity head at the Department of Defense’s school system reaffirmed her commitment to “anti-racism” after being “reassigned” following congressional backlash over past online statements, including ones calling white people exhausting and “Karen.”....In May, the Pentagon told Congress Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) chief Kelisa Wing had been “reassigned” to another position within the Department of Defense Educational Activity (DODEA) that does not include DEI duties as part of a routine restructuring, although Wing specializes in social justice and has co-authored several children’s books on the subject.....

....Wing, accused of racism for past statements criticizing white people on the basis of their race, attributed opposition to her to institutional resistance against becoming anti-racist in a blog post published June 19.....“If you speak about anti-racism, you may get accused of being a racist. If you are a leader in the name of justice, you may have your character assassinated,” she wrote.....“I thought that long-lasting change had come, yet, what happened was an extreme backlash that often comes with any progress,” she wrote. “I, and many who have dedicated themselves to eradicating racism, are still trying to heal from the trauma of being asked by multiple organizations, associates, and educational institutions during the summer of 2020 to ‘help’ them figure out how to reconcile with racism, only to have our labor weaponized against us and accused of being racists simply for trying to teach others how to be anti-racist....”

https://starrs.us/pentagon-official-who-called-white-people-exhausting-karens-doubles-down-on-anti-racism-after-reassignment/

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Maxine Waters charged by House ethics panel

....The U.S. House of Representatives ethics panel on Monday formally accused Democratic lawmaker Maxine Waters of three counts of breaking House rules for assisting a bank with ties to her husband get help from the federal government......The case against Waters, who heads the House Financial Services Housing and Community Opportunity subcommittee, centers on whether she helped the bank in which her husband was a stockholder get special access to top Treasury officials.....The ethics panel said Waters violated a ban on lawmakers using improper influence for personal gain and a prohibition on government workers accepting special favors for themselves or family members that could be seen as influencing official actions....

.....It alleged that Waters helped a top official at minority-owned One United Bank obtain a meeting with Treasury officials just after then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson seized mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in September 2008....The official, Robert Cooper, also served at the time as chairman-elect of the National Bankers Association, an industry group that represents 103 banks owned by minorities and women.....Waters’ husband owned stock in the privately held One United Bank and had earlier served on the board....One United, which contended it lost investments because of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac takeovers, wanted $50 million as compensation for earlier government statements that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were financially sound. The bank later received $12 million in federal bailout funds.....

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-ethics/maxine-waters-charged-by-house-ethics-panel

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Didn’t see this thread before, but it certainly doesn’t surprise me that Blue Horseshit has an entire thread celebrating his own racism. 

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Wired magazine says owning a home security camera "increases the possibility of racial profiling," you racist

..."there's no evidence that more video surveillance footage keeps communities safer. Instead, Neighbors increases the possibility of racial profiling. It makes it easier for both private citizens and law enforcement agencies to target certain groups for suspicion of crime based on skin color, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin."

....Yes, it would be evil if you learned that, say, young black males commit a massive percentage of crime compared to the rest of the American population.....What are you going to believe, the writers of a tech magazine or those lying FBI stats and video evidence from every house across the nation? Wired is also concerned that private owners are able to forward video footage of their own free will to police. Amazon's Ring doorbell seems to draw the most ire: "This is a feature unique to Ring — even Nextdoor removed its Forward to Police feature in 2020, which allowed Nextdoor users to forward their own safety posts to local law enforcement agencies. If a crime has been committed, law enforcement should obtain a warrant to access civilian video footage."

https://notthebee.com/article/wired-magazine-says-video-doorbell-because-it-increases-the-possibility-of-racial-profiling-

 

Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras

.....They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.....When you set up a Ring camera, you are automatically enrolled in the Neighbors service.... Neighbors, which is also a stand-alone app, shows you an activity feed from all nearby Ring camera owners, with posts about found dogs, stolen hoses, and a Safety Report that shows how many calls for service—violent or nonviolent—were made in the past week. It also provides an outlet for public safety agencies, like local police and fire departments, to broadcast information widely....

.....But it also allows Ring owners to send videos they've captured with their Ring video doorbell cameras and outdoor security cameras to law enforcement. This is a feature unique to Ring—even Nextdoor removed its Forward to Police feature in 2020, which allowed Nextdoor users to forward their own safety posts to local law enforcement agencies. If a crime has been committed, law enforcement should obtain a warrant to access civilian video footage...... Instead, Neighbors increases the possibility of racial profiling. It makes it easier for both private citizens and law enforcement agencies to target certain groups for suspicion of crime based on skin color, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin.....

https://www.wired.com/story/why-we-do-not-recommend-ring/

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