🌎 Discussion: Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Critical Race Theory, Systemic Inequality, and Racism - Part 4

[blueharvest]

The stupidest thing I've ever heard.

The stupidest thing you've heard (from the GOP) so far.

 

[squeekness]

The stupidest thing you've heard (from the GOP) so far.

Lol, very true!

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Teelie]

So a black man hung himself? In Georgia? And it wasn't a lynching? Does anyone else find that just the least bit unlikely?

 

[blueharvest]

Race-based scholarships under review at Ohio public colleges after affirmative action reversal

Attorney General Dave Yost informed university leaders that he sees race as unconstitutional criteria under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

www.wyso.org

 

[squeekness]

So a black man hung himself? In Georgia? And it wasn't a lynching? Does anyone else find that just the least bit unlikely?

I'm dubious about that myself.

 

[blueharvest]

ABC News president: Trump’s comments on Black voters ‘as racist as they come’ | Semafor

Kimberly Godwin condemned the former president in an email to staff after he appealed to Black voters by citing his mugshot and indictments.

www.semafor.com

 

[blueharvest]

Missouri GOP Candidate for Governor Was Only ‘Honorary’ KKK Member

The name of “Pro-White man” Darrell Leon McClanahan III sits atop Missouri's gubernatorial ballot

www.riverfronttimes.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

White supremacist fitness clubs are fat-shaming Trump supporters and plotting a race war

A network of white supremacist fitness clubs is spreading across the US, recruiting men to prepare for what they believe will be a race war.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[blueharvest]

White supremacist fitness clubs are fat-shaming Trump supporters and plotting a race war

A network of white supremacist fitness clubs is spreading across the US, recruiting men to prepare for what they believe will be a race war.

www.businessinsider.com

Body By Bannon?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[blueharvest]

CROWN Act’s failure in West Virginia comes after years of Black hair advocacy

Advocates will have to wait until the next legislative session for a chance for the CROWN Act to become law.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty (Published 2024)

The Onondaga have asked an international commission to find that the United States violated a treaty guaranteeing the nation 2.5 million acres of land.

www.nytimes.com

 

[squeekness]

Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty (Published 2024)

The Onondaga have asked an international commission to find that the United States violated a treaty guaranteeing the nation 2.5 million acres of land.

www.nytimes.com

The US has violated almost every treaty they ever made with all the Native Americans.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The US has violated almost every treaty they ever made with all the Native Americans.

Speaking of which...

Congress considers fulfilling 200-year-old promise to seat Cherokee Nation delegate

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is moving a step closer to having a promise fulfilled from nearly 200 years ago that a delegate from the tribe be seated in Congress.

www.pbs.org

Give the Cherokee Nation a Seat in Congress

The tribe has renewed its push to get a delegate in the House of Representatives, and the law is on its side.

newrepublic.com

 

[squeekness]

Speaking of which...

Congress considers fulfilling 200-year-old promise to seat Cherokee Nation delegate

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is moving a step closer to having a promise fulfilled from nearly 200 years ago that a delegate from the tribe be seated in Congress.

www.pbs.org

Give the Cherokee Nation a Seat in Congress

The tribe has renewed its push to get a delegate in the House of Representatives, and the law is on its side.

newrepublic.com

I would love to see the tribes get what they deserve. We've screwed them over time and time again when we weren't outright murdering them. One of our biggest shames besides slavery.

 

[blueharvest]

Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty (Published 2024)

The Onondaga have asked an international commission to find that the United States violated a treaty guaranteeing the nation 2.5 million acres of land.

www.nytimes.com

Hope they win.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Edward Colston statue placed in quiet corner of Bristol museum

As a result of consultation with local people, visitors must make deliberate choice to see toppled statue of slave trader

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Tribal Leaders Furious at Kristi Noem’s ‘Malicious’ Smear

The South Dakota governor claims Native American officials are in league with drug cartels.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Elon Musk Pushes a Vile, Toxic Hate Video—and Exposes His Own Scam

The great replacement theory video that Musk pinned to the top of his feed is sick. And it shows that he’s turning X into a safe space for far-right propaganda.

newrepublic.com

Shane Vaughn Unleashes Racist Attack On Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

MAGA cultist Shane Vaughn unleashed a racist attack on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, repeatedly calling her "Judge Jumanji Jungle Lips."

www.rightwingwatch.org

 

[blueharvest]

Alabama Governor Signs Another Law Aimed at Keeping Southern Blacks Down and Out

The law, signed by Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday, goes into effect Oct. 1.

www.theroot.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

My birth state sucks.