"Let Freedom ring with a buckshot/but not just yet/ First we have to understand/ the nature of the threat" – “Nature of the Threat”, Ras Kass
After 10 long years, the day had finally come. Juaquin Davis was finally graduating. As he swaggered across the commencement stage with his pants saggin' just below his graduation robe, he took a moment to give a shout out to his homies in the audience.
I've often said that the GOP are a bunch of audacious a**holes! This graphic sums it up clearly and concisely:
In today's politics the term compassionate conservatism is an oxymoron. There's no such thing with this bunch...
Daily KosRemember how those massive budget cuts in the Romney/Ryan plan fall primarily on poor Americans? The Center for American Progress has a new report detailing how those cuts in turn will affect children.
The Word African American Needs To Go!!! – CNN iReport.
CNN PRODUCER NOTE GoGreen58 shot this video, with his friend Dwight, in his dorm room at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, yesterday. He discusses how being called ‘African-American‘ makes him feel ‘Half American’. ‘I’m not from Africa, so I’m not African-American!’ He thinks it is unfair that black Americans are called African-American, but white Americans are not referred to by their ancestral heritage. ‘If you are going to call me an African-American, white people need to be called European American or Irish American,’ he says. ‘White people don’t want to be referred to where their ancestors may have come from, so why should black people? We are all Americans and we all pay American taxes… If you’re born in America, you’re an American.’ He says although his ancestors came from Africa, he does not relate to the people or its culture like he does to America and its culture. ‘If I went to Africa…they’re not going to give me a hand clap of praise for I guess “Returning to the Mother Land“. They are going to treat me as an American with money,’ he says ‘I would die for America, not Africa. I’m wanting to move forward toward a more united nation and stop the separation. All I know is my future kids won’t be African-Americans, but they will be 110% American.’
- ssesha, CNN iReport producer
Seattle Weekly interviewed Smiley & West the other day and part of the conversation was Lupe. Check it below!
You say that what we need most is a leader who’ll make this a priority. You said Obama would do a much better job than Romney. Dr. West, you interviewed Lupe Fiasco at the teen leadership conference that UCLA organized with the Tavis Smiley Foundation. He told the kids there: I don’t vote, I’m not going to put people in office who pay off the bankers and let the school system fail, etc. Dr. West, you didn’t challenge him on that point. Mr. Smiley, you came on and said, “What an amazing conversation that was.” Is that the right message to send to teens, if what we need to fight poverty is a leader: to not vote?
West: No, but what I think Brother Tavis is telling you, though, brother, is that it’s top-down and bottom-up. Top-down is, of course, to have a president who cares about working and poor people. Bottom-up is to create a movement that puts pressure on the president. And you have to have both. Lupe comes out of the Occupy movement, he comes from bottom-up. Tavis and I embrace both.
Lupe saying he doesn’t vote–well, no, we disagree with that. But his major point was that the political system is broken. So for him that’s not a major priority. He’s got a right to that opinion.
Smiley: I think that Lupe is absolutely entitled to his opinion, even if I disagree with it. Dr. West says all the time, when you love people, you tell them the truth, the truth as you see it. That’s Lupe’s truth. And he needs to stand in his truth. Those young people need to be exposed to that particular point of view. And they’re bright enough to understand that that’s his point of view.
After Lupe left, and we had an open session, kids talked about it. It was a wonderful debate.
via Seattle Weekly
via The LupE.N.D. Blog: Tavis Smiley x Dr. Cornel West talk about Lupe Fiasco.
TIS catches up with rapper, Papoose as he talks MLK & Malcolm X assassinations, the prison system, health issues for African Americans, Aids being a form of population control, 9/11 being an inside job, Illuminati, HAARP, and more
The Book of Racism Facts
Facts about Religion and Racism
1) Research shows that deeply religious people are 3x more likely to exhibit racist tendencies as non-religious people.
2) 1 in 3 deeply religious people show outward signs of racism.
3) A survey of racist people shows that up to 80% would switch their place of worship if too many other races were there.
In The State Of Florida - Marissa Alexander Had A Gun Permit, Stood Her Ground, Did Not Shoot Or Kill Anyone and Faces 25 Years In Prison,Lincoln B. Alexander Jr on behalf of Marissa Alexander
Case No: 2010-CF-8579
Division: CR-G
April 3, 2012
Dear Supporters:
On August 1 2010, my premature baby girl, born nine days earlier, was in the Baptist South N.I.C.U.
They used to lynch us. They don’t do that anymore.
They used to buy and sell us. They don’t do that anymore.
They used to call our fathers “boy” and send them around back. They don’t do that anymore.
Now it’s unconscious, so all they have to do is think.
Racism has gone underground, upgraded its look to be more stylish and user friendly.
