Profiling. It’s only wrong when it happens to white people. It’s completely fair and just to target people of colour and religious minorities. Those people should just suck it up as it’s othing like being targeted for your political beliefs:
I wonder if they were taped in seperate rooms as I don’t think I would’ve remained so calm having such a hypocrite tell me it was okay that I was profiled, but an outrage that it happened to him.
Suppose you were walking down the street one day minding your own business when someone sticks a pamphlet in front of you. You cast your eyes to the side to see who that person is & you see someone dressed like this:
Who the hell would you think just stuck a pamphlet in front of you? If you said a Klansman, you’d be wrong. Yes, wrong. It’s a PETA member dressed like a Klansman protesting the AKC.
What does the AKC and the KKK have in common? One breeds dogs. The other is a terrorist organization based in the United States that has brutalized communities of colour for over a century now whose primary goal is restoring white male supremacy as the law of the land.
If you don’t get the connection, you’re probably not a member of PETA.
I found this story about a suspicious death of a young black man over at Womanist Musings and thought I’d share it.
I encourage you to sign the link below & post this on your own blog if you have one (Colour of Change will send a copy to your email address if you sign the petition).
Here’s the story:
On December 8th, 17-year-old Billey Joe Johnson died from a gunshot wound to the head. Police say he killed himself with a shotgun after being stopped for a simple traffic violation in Lucedale, Mississippi[1]
Several things seem to cast doubt on the official story, including an independent investigation that concluded it would have been impossible for the shot that killed Johnson to have been self-inflicted.
You may have read about Blagojevich comparing himself to the biggest names in Civil and Human Rights, but here’s your chance to actually watch him do it:
Words fail me. Well, no they don’t. It’s absolutely fucking astounding to see a white man say something like that. Fucking astounding.
Nicole Griffin of Roswell, Georgia would easily take the bronze and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if she got the gold. In fact, her behaviour might even spark the creation of a platinum medal.
Nicole Griffin’s claim to medal deserving maliciousness?
When she failed to successfully purchase the house of one of her mother’s neighbours, she decided to make his life a living hell.
According to the write up at Yahoo, Griffin contacted the FBI, the local PD, local media, the Georgia AG, the Georgia governor and her congressman Tom Price. Price contacted INS. Griffin also went after the real estate agent who was not a party to the original sale of the house to Jimenez and tried to have her license revoked.
And after finally being kicked out for not paying the rent she’d agreed to pay Jimenez until the deal was closed, she went to his place of employment and got him fired. Still unsatisfied, she decided to put signs up in the Jimenez’s yard in order to provoke outrage against him and his family by his neighbours.
Jimenez has since been arrested by ICE and may be deported early next year.
It’d be one thing if Griffin merely reported that Jimenez was here illegally due to the popular notion that harassing brown people with non-English names is somehow “patriotic”, but the only reason she did so was in order to get those people to “help the sale go through”.
In other words, she tried to bully Jimenez and used his status as an undocumented worker against him. All those people she contacted? Most could arrest Jimenez and the ones who couldn’t arrest him personally could see to it that others arrested him.
Griffin maintains that she hasn’t done anything wrong and that she does not regret the trouble she has caused Jimenez and his family.
If that doesn’t qualify as plain mean, I don’t know what does.
Via: Deep Thoughts
John McCain has picked Alaskan governor Sarah Palin as his vice president. She’s anti-choice, anti-gay marriage, thinks evolution is a myth, pro-death penalty and a few other things guaranteed to cause instant dislike amongst progressives.
She’s also a mother and wouldn’t you know that it is her status as mother that is the first slam:
How is she going to campaign full time with a baby? Is that any way to treat your child? Can she handle the VP duties and also raise a baby, a 7 year old, and a 13 year old?
Followed quickly with a bit of racism against her husband:
My friends, please welcome the Mayor of Wasilla and her eskimo First Gentleman.
And by a liberal.
And people wonder why some of us are extremely put off by the shit that has happened and continues to happen within the ranks of liberalism as it relates to sexism and racism?
*snort*
You gotta see it to believe it. Fox News, while discussing attacks on Michelle Obama, flashes the phrase “quit picking on Obama’s baby Mama” several times.
A “Baby Mama” is a woman who has children with a man who was not and is not her husband.
This isn’t some neutral slam that applies to everyone. There’s no way in hell Fox News would call Cindy McCain or Laura Bush a “baby mama”. Hell, I doubt they’d even call Hillary Clinton a “baby mama”.
Why? Because all three of those women are white, not black. You simply do not call a white woman a “baby mama”. Who cares if they’re actually baby mamas – it’s an insult and you do not do it.
And no, Fox News calling Michelle this is not the same as Michelle introducing her husband as “my baby’s daddy” so don’t even try it. She’s saying “my child’s father”. Fox news is not saying “Obama’s child’s mother”.
Looks like Obama learned a thing or two in the last couple of decades because he’s apparently putting together a stable of people who’s job will be to respond to attacks on Michelle Obama:
Recognizing the extent to which Republicans view Michelle Obama’s strong views and personality as a potential liability for her husband, Mr. Obama’s aides said they were preparing to bring aboard senior operatives from previous Democratic presidential campaigns to work with her, a clear departure from the typical way the spouse of a candidate is staffed. Mrs. Obama’s operation would include senior aides devoted to responding to attacks and challenges to her, particularly if she continues to campaign as much as she has so far
I think this is an excellent idea as I fully expect the Republican smear machine to do it’s best to ‘hillary-ize” Michelle Obama. Michelle has a commanding presence of her own and I expect that they will try to paint her as the angry black woman whom is to be feared by all people, especially white men.
In short, I think it’s going to be “if you think Hillary was bad, just wait til Michelle moves into the White House”.
It’s going to get ugly and I’m pretty pleased that Obama is taking steps to deal with it before it officially begins. The one thing I hope he doesn’t do is keep Michelle from the public (unless, of course, it’s her decision to disengage).
If you’re going to demand that people speak English, you should make it a priority to learn how to spell English.
via: Immigration Chronicles: Perhaps spell check is in order …
The Conservative Political Action Commitee (CPAC) recently got together and here’s what they’re selling each other (via Feministe):
Hillary, of course, gets the brunt of the hatred (The Economist):
It’s not every day you see racism, sexism and classism in the same picture – so enjoy that last one.
