Racism back in fashion, did it ever fade?

[raison de arizona]

Disgusting. It hurts my heart. And they are blatant.

Donald Trump: “Would you rather have the Black president or the white president? I think they want the white guy.”

[bill_g]

Well, I for one will not believe that Donald Trump is racist until he says he's going to stop work on building Lake No Negro. That's where I draw the line. If he does that, I'm done with him.

[BeastofBourbon]

Are you saying that Trump's building something in Oregon, just a bit north of where you are?

[bill_g]

I was being hyperbolic, but I kinda figured you'd notice the town name.

[Ben-Prime]

There's a reason articles like this have been written about a town called 'Anna'.

https://features.propublica.org/illinoi ... d-of-anna/

[raison de arizona]

Duke ends full-ride scholarship program for select Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling

Duke is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for “top applicants of African descent,” in the wake of last year’s Supreme Court decision that ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions.

The announcement comes amidst a nascent national trend, with a number of public universities ending their own race-based scholarship programs in response to the Supreme Court ruling.

Established in 1979, the merit scholarship, which also required some recipients to demonstrate financial need, covered full tuition, room and board for a select group of Black undergraduates. The scholarship is named in honor of Reginaldo “Reggie” Howard, Duke’s first Black student government president who died in an automobile accident during his sophomore year in 1976.

“It is very much disheartening to hear that this program that opened the door for me to come to Duke is now being closed essentially, even though it will take on a new form,” junior Mya Harris said.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2 ... ip-program

Duke admits 11% of the general applicants but 23% of legacy applicants—whose parents and grandparents parents were accepted during Jim Crow.

Duke didn’t even accept Black students until 1963. Now Black scholarships are banned but racist Jim Crow Legacy thrives.

This is America.

https://x.com/QasimRashid/status/1778796238420279422

[raison de arizona]

Lawsuit claims American Airlines asked Black passengers to deboard flight
Lawsuit alleges airline representative approached three Black men individually and asked them to leave without explanation

According to the lawsuit, the three men had never met before the flight and were not seated together. However, before takeoff, the lawsuit alleges that an American representative approached them individually and asked them to leave the plane without explanation.

Five other Black male passengers were also asked to leave the plane, a press statement said, adding, “As the plaintiffs began to comply with the directive to deplane, they noticed that the only passengers who were being ordered off the plane were Black men, and it appeared that every Black man on the flight was being removed.”

After the men were removed from the plane, they were allegedly told by an American representative that they would not be allowed to fly on the flight and would have to rebook their trip. Upon asking for an explanation, the men were told that they were removed because a white male flight attendant had complained about an unidentified passenger’s body odor, according to the lawsuit.

“Notably, at no time did anyone accuse any of the plaintiffs of having offensive body odor,” the press statement said.

When the plaintiffs pointed out that it appeared they were being racially targeted, at least one American representative allegedly said that she did “not disagree”. While they were complaining at the gate, the pilot announced to the rest of the passengers on the plane that the men had been removed because of a reported body odor complaint.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/art ... on-lawsuit

[bill_g]

Mother Mary on a bisquit - WTF?

[RTH10260]

This case stinks, one would expect an especially high settling

[raison de arizona]

He yelled, "I don’t want her touching him."

Superintendent Rainey Briggs was attacked during the Baraboo High School graduation. The unnamed attacker, was a “father” who didn’t want his graduating daughter to shake the hand of a Black man, so he ruined her moment
That’s racism for you in 2024
#Graduation #Fight

The story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-dad-st ... 53499.html

This just happens to be the school that had the graduating class sieg heil a few years back:

► Show Spoiler

[Resume18]

He yelled, "I don’t want her touching him."

Superintendent Rainey Briggs was attacked during the Baraboo High School graduation. The unnamed attacker, was a “father” who didn’t want his graduating daughter to shake the hand of a Black man, so he ruined her moment
That’s racism for you in 2024
#Graduation #Fight

The story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-dad-st ... 53499.html

This just happens to be the school that had the graduating class sieg heil a few years back:

► Show Spoiler

I was just in Baraboo yesterday, at the International Crane Foundation. Also as well, the Driftless Glen distillery.

ETA: A billboard out of town reads If You Don't Like Our Police, Go To Chicago, Or New York, Or L.A.

Done, done, and done.

[raison de arizona]

‘Trad-Wife’ TikToker Axed From Job After Casually Saying N-Word
The baffling clip went viral Monday, with Lilly Gaddis dropping the slur as if she uses it regularly.

The white trad-wife TikToker who casually dropped the n-word in a cooking video that went viral Monday is already paying for her ignorance, with her employer, Rophe of the Carolinas, announcing it had let her go with immediate effect on Tuesday.

The woman at the center of the controversy, Lilly Gaddis, referred to her friends’ husbands as “broke ass n***s” in the clip—dropping the racial slur in a slight southern drawl so naturally, many speculated she must use it in casual conversation.

Gaddis, whose TikTok account was taken down by Tuesday evening, boasts 50,000 followers on X. On that platform, she showed no remorse for her comment and instead reshared posts from right-wing influencers who rushed to defend her hate speech.

“If my freedom of speech taken, they’ll be coming for yours next,” she posted Monday night, not long after posting a clip where she said she couldn’t “find a care” for the outrage she induced.

Gaddis did not strike a particularly conciliatory tone after Rophe of the Carolinas, a home health care company for the elderly and disabled, confirmed her departure in a fiery statement on Tuesday.

“Thanks black community for helping to launch my new career in conservative media!” she wrote on X. “You all played your role well like the puppets you are.”

In its statement, Rophe emphasized that Gaddis was a “newly hired” employee and that her statements “do not align” with the values and beliefs of the company, which is “operated by African American female and immigrant owned businesses.”

A since-deleted LinkedIn page listed Gaddis as a graphic designer who lives in the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trad-wife ... ing-n-word

[Volkonski]

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/us/arizo ... index.html

An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election.

Mark Prieto, 58, had seven guns when he was arrested on May 14 while driving east from Arizona through New Mexico, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona said in a news release Tuesday. He faces charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime and possession of an unregistered firearm, the release said.

The indictment against Prieto alleges he discussed his plans between January and May with two people whom he believed “shared his racist beliefs,” unaware they were working with the FBI, the US Attorney’s Office said. He then sold an AK-style rifle and an AR-style rifle to one of those individuals within the span of a month, all while under FBI surveillance, the release said.

Prieto was targeting a concert scheduled for May 14 and May 15 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta, according to a statement of probable cause attached to the federal complaint. While it does not specify whose concert Prieto allegedly targeted, a schedule for the venue shows Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny was slated to perform there on those dates.

After his arrest, Prieto denied he was going to Atlanta, but he did admit to knowing the two people who were working with the FBI, and told agents he had no intentions of carrying out the attack, the federal complaint states. CNN has reached out to Prieto’s public defender in New Mexico for comment.

If convicted, the charges of firearms trafficking and transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime each carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the US Attorney’s Office said. A conviction for possession of an unregistered firearm carries a sentence of up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine.

[raison de arizona]

Black Mayor in Alabama Finally Allowed to Lead His Town Following Settlement Agreement
By Courtney Cohn - June 24, 2024

The Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama will finally lead his town after being blocked from entering office by his white predecessors, pending a signature from a federal judge on a settlement agreement both parties reached last week.

The settlement declares Patrick Braxton as the “lawful mayor of Newbern,” and grants him all the powers, duties, privileges and “all other rights enjoyed by prior mayors and entrusted to the mayor of Newbern under Alabama state law.”

Under the agreement, the defendants in the case — previous mayor Haywood Stokes and his town council members — must immediately grant Braxton access to all official documents, accounts and town property needed to perform his job.

The next scheduled municipal election will take place in 2025, and Braxton will be up for reelection then.

Going forward, the town of Newbern must submit future changes related to voting and eligibility to vote in municipal elections to the federal district court or the U.S. Attorney General for approval until January 1, 2030.

The parties agreed to hold a public town meeting at the Newbern Town Hall by August 30 to provide residents with all of this information.

Braxton filed his lawsuit in November 2022, alleging that outgoing mayor Haywood Stokes and his town council locked him out of the town hall and did not allow him to perform his mayoral duties.

Newbern, a small majority-Black town, has not had a mayoral election in almost 60 years and instead has the current mayor appoint the next mayor. However, Braxton wanted to change that and filed for candidacy in 2020.

Since no one else, including the sitting mayor, filed to run in the election, Braxton became mayor-elect in July 2020 and appointed his own council members.

Braxton argued that Stokes did not file for candidacy because he knew he would lose the election.

Then, Stokes and his council members held a special election on Oct. 6, 2020, without notifying all of the town residents, resulting in the all-white group being elected.

In his lawsuit, Braxton said the defendants engaged in intentional racial discrimination by refusing to let Black residents participate in local elections or hold local office, violating the First and 14th Amendments.

In March, Braxton filed a motion asking the court to require the town’s white leaders to allow him into office immediately, so he didn’t have to wait until the scheduled trial in September, but the court denied it in May.

In the settlement filed on Friday, the parties agreed that “an ambiguity exists in the Alabama Code with respect to how a mayor should fill town council positions when all town council positions are vacant.” They agreed that Braxton should submit names to the governor of Alabama – who is currently Gov. Kay Ivey (R) — who will then fill the positions.

Both the plaintiffs and the town agreed that its failure to administer elections violates the law.

The town leaders violated the 15th Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and they violated people’s right to vote under the First and 14th Amendments, according to the settlement.

Despite this, the previous town leaders said in the agreement that they “specifically deny having engaged in any wrongful practice, or other unlawful conduct,” but they approved the settlement “to avoid further protracted adversarial proceedings and to fully and finally end strife and disagreement.”

Additionally, the town of Newbern is required to pay Braxton’s attorneys $25,000 and the Newbern town attorney around $15,000 under the agreement.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-al ... ights-act/

[bill_g]

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/us/arizo ... index.html

An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election.

Why do they always think their lunatic actions will spark a "race war"?

[northland10]

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/us/arizo ... index.html

An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election.

Why do they always think their lunatic actions will spark a "race war"?

Any day now...

[sugar magnolia]

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/us/arizo ... index.html

An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election.

Why do they always think their lunatic actions will spark a "race war"?

I blame Vincent Bugliosi.

[bill_g]

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/us/arizo ... index.html

Why do they always think their lunatic actions will spark a "race war"?

Any day now...

Yeah. I recall there is an element of that. The World is teetering on the edge, and these guys imagine their actions will be The One to send it crashing over. It's a weird amalgam of cherished destiny, self righteousness, martyrdom, sacrifice, and heroism where they crush their enemies to secure a paradise for a select group of people. They see themselves as the sole individual capable of accomplishing this. No one else. It's a complicated and stupid illusion.

[bill_g]

I blame Vincent Bugliosi.

Good point.

[Ben-Prime]

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/us/arizo ... index.html

An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election.

Why do they always think their lunatic actions will spark a "race war"?

The kind of d00ds who think they can spark a race war are the kind that if the colors were reversed would use the shooting as an excuse to go out and lynch a few folks of the 'offending' race. So I think it's projection to some degree.

[northland10]

Why do they always think their lunatic actions will spark a "race war"?

Any day now...

Yeah. I recall there is an element of that. The World is teetering on the edge, and these guys imagine their actions will be The One to send it crashing over. It's a weird amalgam of cherished destiny, self righteousness, martyrdom, sacrifice, and heroism where they crush their enemies to secure a paradise for a select group of people. They see themselves as the sole individual capable of accomplishing this. No one else. It's a complicated and stupid illusion.

Everything is a sign.

Paul Muad'Dib Atreides stubs his toe.

Stilgar: "Lisan al-Gaib!!!"

[raison de arizona]

Tim Scott on Fox & Friends basically says racism is over in America: "We are living Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's dream."

[Slim Cognito]

I bet that's news too, well, a lot of people.

[raison de arizona]

Full thread in quote below.

Hey @Applebees, we ate here in Laurel, MS. Before we, a party of 10, sat down we were told our waitress was new & afraid to wait big tables. We were patient w/Melissa & she did a great job. When the check came out I tipped this. Why the manager made me leave my number because..

He said that they have to call corporate and confirm if they can accept the tip amount. Now as you can see they didn’t add gratuity to the tip when our party ended up being 14 people. ALSO I’ve never had to sign & leave my number because my TIP was too high. Now…

I am not saying that this was a racist experience BUT I do know that the reason why Melissa had to wait on us was because NO ONE ELSE in the restaurant wanted to wait on a party of 10-14 Black people. We heard the comments and still stayed to support Melissa.

I spoke with a few waiters after we were done and leaving. THEY confirmed that the only thing the manager should’ve done was confirm the tip amount. That’s it. But no the manager made a scene about it and tried to act like it wasn’t gonna go through.

I’m just tagging yall @Applebees because all I wanted to do was treat my family to a nice dinner out after spending the day together and it ended with this experience. I pray that Melissa will get her entire tip amount and if corporate reaches out it needs to be because

YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY

[bill_g]

Not feelin good in that neighborhood. Yet another reason to not eat at Applebees. The manager didn't need to see anything more than APPROVED at the response from Visa.