Month: October 2020

Do You Really Care?

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I mean do you care about the things happening in your neighborhood, your city, your state, your country, or even the planet? Do you care about the crime, the hatred, the social and racial unrest, or who is killing who? I find it very depressing that many don’t give a raggidty rats ass about any of it.

Our youth are really disinterested in facts, but chase social media like it’s the know-all and guide of the future. Don’t they realize that most of the hype they read is bullshit. They have no sense of value, or it has been misplaced. They would rather destroy the world than seek out the real reasons for their problems. Many see mayhem as a way of life. Many believe that they won’t live to see the age of 30. Almost all fail to see a bright future.

Late at night you hear the screams, the crying, the gunshots ringing in the darkness. You hear the cars burning rubber as they round the corner doing a early evening drive-by to the neighbor across the street, the roar of the guns as they fire into the front of his house, killing half of his family. Human life no longer has value. Kill the mama’s, the sisters, and the babies there no longer is any honor to the killings, only bullshit created by one asshole or another.

Your children face danger every moment of their day, and most of us do not understand how dangerous it is for a child to be on the street, even in broad daylight. Son’s are being forced to play gangland while girls are raped or pimped on the same streets they walk to school each day.

Schools are no longer safe for children or teacher, random violence erupts in moment that moments before were the sounds of laughter. And the honorable fight in which nobody used a gun but fought a fair contest man-to-man, are old history. Kids now find shooting up a whole classroom of fellow students, a way to show the world that they are tired of your bullshit.

Do you really care about the world right outside of your door? Join this site and let’s see if we can somehow make life better for us all. Come join the conversation . . .

Terry Crew . . .

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Terry Crew made history today, as a Black man standing tall without Black Lives Matter. The “BET” network site has the story. Terry Crew spoke out about Black Lives Matter a little while back. He caught a lot of flack over his comments, but I say it is refreshing to see a Black man that isn’t a racist. That is unfair of me to say, I know a lot of honorable Black men, that stand alone.

The first thing you have to recognize is Black Lives Matter is a racist organization. Black lives Matter was not meant to be the organization it is today. BLM was formed by a couple of activists in support of homosexuals. Never was the idea that Corporate America would shower you with millions in donations, just because you had the name “Black Lives Matter.”

When George Floyd got killed by a cop holding him to the ground with a knee to his back, nobody cared that BLM had nothing to do with George Floyd, his life or his death. But, when half the world believed BLM was a group seeking the betterment of Black people by support from corporate America, in mass quantities of dollars. These political activists struck it rich and acquired fame to go with the fortune.

At the same time 95% of the Black populace and a significant quantity of White people became lemmings following the hype of BLM. It doesn’t matter that they started acting racist and became criminals without even checking the validity of the information they are angry about. Think of all those people participating in the mayhem, riots, and looting. . . They are all criminals now. (Like I give a shit!) I don’t care about the criminal near so much as being used to prove you can make data tell anything you want it to by simply stopping the data where you want it.

You see, the Washington Post database that was made to prove cops were killing more Black people than the other races did that by proving so many Black people killed in relation to Black people being only 13% of the U.S. population. And, the database supported such claim, if that’s where you stop reading the data.

By going deeper into the data collected and cross-referencing other data within the same database we discover that Black people may only be 13% of the U.S. population, but in the 12 or so states that there is a significant Black population, Black people are 23 to 55 percent of the population. And, that police kill White people at least two times more often. (Again, like I could give a shit) What I do care about is the future racial harmony of the planet.

If any of you all believe Black people have it worse than anyone else, you are wrong. Look beyond skin color. Can you see it? There are people of all races going through the same shit, because of economics. Think back 30 years. The poor section of town was the Black neighborhood and on the other side of town, a White trailer park. The Black neighborhood had more people than the trailer park.

Today, the poorer neighborhoods are intercity or immediate suburbs with a populace of every color there is and there are at least as many White people as there are of other race. We all get treated like shit by the Courts, the Cops, and the City/County Services. Take a minute, go beyond skin color. You don’t have to look hard, people of all colors wading through the same shit every day.

Terry Crew said it right. For there to be success in the future all colors need to come together and build something better. I may be putting words to his meaning but, he’s right. C’mon people (Let’s give a shit) look beyond skin color, let’s build a better future.

No Menthol, Because Black Lives Matter

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I read an article yesterday or this morning that said starting January 1, 2021 the State of California makes it the sale of menthol cigarettes unlawful/illegal. The article I read claimed the reason was because Black Lives Matter. The Black Community has been fighting Big Tobacco for a while claiming their advertisements are targeting Blacks and hurting Black people.

Menthols

This is another example of racism. Rather than make a concerted effort trying to eliminate the sale of menthol tobacco products to all people, the focus is towards the Blacks. Do not misunderstand, they are right. Big Tobacco targets the Black community in sale of menthol products. But is this just a Black issue? Of course, it isn’t.

Do you think White people are targeted by Big Tobacco? How about Marlboro, Winston, Camel, Marlboro, Marlboro, and Marlboro? (Just noting the numerous labels of Marlboro cigarettes and the sales to the White community.)

My point really has little to do with cigarettes. my point is that the fight against Big Tobacco is being waged by skin color. Somebody is making money off skin color. Do they believe that eliminating the retail sale of menthol products is going to stop Black people smoking? It might get a couple individuals to stop, but most are going to smoke something else.

Or, Menthol products will achieve a new level of cool and the Black Market of menthol goods will create a whole new source of income for somebody. Our city streets will likely have young people standing on corners selling bootleg Newport and Kool cigarettes. Think of the lost taxation. Think about the loss of income to Small Business. Think about who will be selling the bootleg cigarettes.

Sure, there will be White people capitalizing on illegal cigarette sales, but as menthol is more a Black than White thing, don’t you think Black youngsters are going to be out there trying to make a buck, and eventually become targets for police? Of course, they will.

What will this lead to? It will lead to continuing racism by people making money from skin color.

You cannot stop racism by racism. Eliminate skin color from every issue and seek the real issue needing resolve. This is not a Black issue when you look beyond skin color. Big Tobacco targets everybody, with differing advertisements. All these people are doing is creating another situation in which eventually some kid is going to end up hurt by police. The kids will be blamed, the cops will be blamed, and Big Tobacco will be blamed. But will the racists cause this action be held responsible? Not a chance!

Big Tobacco Uses Menthol – To Kill Black Communities

Racism is stoopid, don’t be stoopid!

When Will we Learn?

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I keep saying that you cannot fight racism with racism, but the word isn’t getting out there. You cannot give something to one race while taking it from another without creating a race issue. Add a little loss to one side or the other and you have commenced making a racist.

I read somewhere today that somebody wanted to bring back “Affirmative Action.” Affirmative Action is a program that was started a long time ago and I think stopped in 1996. What is Affirmative Action:

Affirmative action originally referred to a set of policies and practices preventing discrimination based on race, creed, color and national origins. It now often refers to policies positively supporting members of disadvantaged or underrepresented groups that have previously suffered discrimination in areas such as education, employment and housing. (thank you Wikipedia)

The problem with this type of program is it takes from the Whites and gives to Minorities without regard to whom it displaces. You see, this isn’t a case of two men of equal qualification competing for the same job. This is where one man gets the job because of the color of his skin and the qualified individual is stuck in a lower level job because of it. If you can’t see how this can create racism you aren’t paying attention. Nobody wins in this situation. Actually nobody wins, except for the racists making money because of it.

What needs to happen is employers need to look at potential employees on paper without any reference to skin color and hire the person most qualified for the job. Nobody cares what color the new guy’s skin is except the racist, but everyone working for that employer benefits if the most qualified is hired no matter his/her skin color.

Right now, in America the Government is bending over backward to give something to Black people, but what are they giving them? They are giving them years of racism to look forward to. Is this what America needs?

In our ignorance society has failed to see the real issue, instead stopping to play the race card. Take a minute, look around you. What do you see? You see people of all different colors suffering the same issues. Now, disregard skin color. Next, look for a common denominator for the issue. It comes down to economics. And taking from the Whites and giving to the Blacks doesn’t fix that. It only creates a reason to hate on the Blacks. But were a program to help people regardless of skin color resolve the economic issue be of help? It wouldn’t be a reason to hate on each other unless mismanaged by some racist favoring one race over another. I discussed Black in this paragraph because the recent civil unrest has everything going to Black people, which is funny. The government and Corporate America are pissing all over themselves trying to make the Black people happy, they’ve forgotten all the other people, including the other minorities.

I wish I could get my message to someone of influence. We have an opportunity here. Now, in the midst of this civil unrest, we can make a change.

  • Stop playing the race game,
  • Eliminate anything race specific,
  • Stop pandering to the racist,
  • And, treat all men as equals.

Yes, this will piss a lot of racists off because their racist organizations would be closed in lieu of an organization that could fairly support all races. And all those racists that won’t give honest equality a chance are going to have to be ignored for the betterment of us all. It really is not that hard to not see skin color. All it takes is growing beyond being a racist.

Is It Time for Us to Take Up Arms to Defend Ourselves from Black Lives Matter?

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There is no question, Black Lives Matter is a racist organization, and little doubt exists that they care not at all whom they harm. Peaceful protest is not part of their plan while spreading fear and creating racial unrest is their method of operation. Destruction to people’s homes in Wisconsin this week demonstrates that Black Lives Matter will target innocent people for an argument with the government.

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How long are we supposed to fear the violence of this gathering of racist before we protect ourselves, our families, our property?

Most of America believes the lies that Black people are treated worse and killed more by police due to data obtained from a Washington Post’s database. And the lie continues because people fail to research the data themselves.

BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT TREATED ANY DIFFERENT BY POLICE OR KILLED MORE BY POLICE THAN ANY OTHER RACE! We are all treated like shit!

Black people should have serious concerns about where this is all leading to. First, you have Black organizations making “Bank” off the racism being created. Then you have the harm being caused to others by their actions and the racism created by such. And the biggie . . . All you people gathered so close, many unprotected, all emotional and breathing heavy, shouting loudly . . . Are you contracting the Corona Virus. It has already been determined that Black people are more likely to die if they contract the virus. Aren’t concerned that this whole situation is part of a bigger plot, to eliminate the Black race in its entirety?

Face it, who benefits from racism? Only the people profiting from it. A situation in which emotions have created a need to confront police is causing people to get killed by police, that years from now we will still ask why. Nothing is being solved. New racism from loss of property, violence, and fear is being created. And the only ones getting anything out of it are the racist.

This is a time to stop looking at skin color for an excuse for the failures to society. You cannot fight racism with racism, it doesn’t work. And your present acts are scaring the hell out your friends and neighbors, people you have lived close to for years, many have become close friends. I am not talking just White people; I mean all people. Many are asking if they will need to defend themselves from their neighbors. Is this what we want for our communities, for ourselves, for our children?

It is time to stand-down, take a breath, get out of people’s faces, quit confrontations, and see what happens. There will be a change for the better, provided it isn’t derailed by other acts creating further racism. And your neighbors will be able to sleep at night without the fear of violence awaiting them in the night.

Forget skin color. Look at every situation without skin color. You will likely find an issue that has nothing to do with skin color. That is what needs to be fixed. And we should all be as one while confronting the government, with a common goal.

Maybe, I am a “wisher and a dreamer” but I believe people have been played by racism long enough. Let’s get past racism and move on to a better future. If you think slavery chained you, think of how long racism has chained us all.

Reparations For What?

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There is a lot of talk of reparations for Black people for their slavery over 100 years ago. I do not understand why. Slavery in America is not something to be proud of. We all get that. But, who are you going to blame for it? Are all White men responsible for the slavery of Black men? The point America has not discussed is the fact that everything that brought the Black man out of slavery was at a cost to the White man.

I find this interesting: “Where did the supply of slaves come from? First, the Portuguese themselves kidnapped some Africans. But the bulk of the supply came from the Nigerians. These Nigerian middlemen moved to the interior where they captured other Nigerians who belonged to other communities. The middlemen also purchased many of the slaves from the people in the interior . . . . Many Nigerian middlemen began to depend totally on the slave trade and neglected every other business and occupation. The result was that when the trade was abolished [by England in 1807] these Nigerians began to protest. As years went by and the trade collapsed such Nigerians lost their sources of income and became impoverished.” (from, “It’s Time to Face the Whole Truth About the Atlantic Slave Trade” by  Sheldon M. Stern )

American history is full of misdeeds by men, but not all men. For every evil created there have been men that have stood to fight that evil. The Black man has not reached freedom without the help of others, and at what cost to those others? Black people fail to realize that at least half of this Nation has supported and fought for their freedom. Yet, Black people blame the White man for their troubles.

Going back through history to before the Civil War, White people were working to free the Black man from slavery. During the Civil War half of the Nation took up arms against the other half in effort to free the slaves. Slavery was eliminated in America via the efforts of people of various ethnicities, including Caucasians, who took up the banner of the abolitionist movement. The names of the white leaders of that movement tend to be better known than those of the black leaders, among whom were David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Dred Scott, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner, and many others. When Congress passed (and the states ratified) the 13th Amendment in 1865, it was the culmination of many years of work by that multi-racial movement.

Then until the Civil Rights movement very little progress was made for Black people: “The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. The Civil War had officially abolished slavery, but it didn’t end discrimination against Black people—they continued to endure the devastating effects of racism, especially in the South. By the mid-20th century, Black Americans had had more than enough of prejudice and violence against them. They, along with many white Americans, mobilized and began an unprecedented fight for equality that spanned two decades.”

Do you think the civil rights movement was just the Black man? Do you really believe that there wasn’t White people fighting for equal rights for Black people? “

If necessary, please re-read the “Civil Rights” paragraph above: “They, along with many white Americans, mobilized and began an unprecedented fight for equality.” Believe it or not folks, Martin Luther King did not march alone.

And, if you continue to follow history up to present day, you will find at each step taken White men have walked with Black men for the betterment of Black people. What did the White man get out of it? A program called Equal Opportunity Employment was one of the thing White man got for his efforts to obtain equality for Black people. What that program did was require that unqualified minorities were hired for positions based on the color of their skin ahead of White men that were much more qualified. Seldom did you hear complaint of this government created racism, but how did such effect White people’s lives.

And, working our way further towards today has any progress in equality taken place? “Progress is the largely suppressed story of race and race relations over the past half-century. And thus it’s news that more than 40 percent of African Americans now consider themselves members of the middle class. Forty-two percent own their own homes, a figure that rises to 75 percent if we look just at black married couples. Black two-parent families earn only 13 percent less than those who are white. Almost a third of the black population lives in suburbia.” (Black Progress: How far we’ve come, and how far we have to go.)

9 ‘Facts’ About Slavery They Don’t Want You to Know

What I have been trying to point out to you, the Reader. Is that the fight for equality of all men has never been just a Black fight. Today there are intelligent Black men that fail to see that everything the Black man is going through, so are the men of other races. Look around you. Look at your coworkers, your friends. Sure those with wealth or the entitled few are not going through it, but those not of such privilege, just like you are going through it. Did you really believe te Black man the only one suffering?

If you want to stop racism, stop creating racism. Nobody deserves reparations for anything unless they are still alive and were actually a slave. Quit using the color of skin as an excuse to cause disharmony. And stop this bullshit movement as it is undoubtedly going to create more government sanctioned racism and send us backwards to a lesser time of equality.

When Were Black People Enslaved In California . . .

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Yesterday morning Governor Gavin Newsome signed into law reparations for Black People, which suffered due to slavery. This may not seem so important but when were Black people enslaved in the State of California? I don’t remember very much of my High School History classes, but I don’t recall California having a large Slave population at any point in history. So, does this mean that California is going to pay reparation to Black people that did not reside within the State of California during nor suffer slavery while living in California? Where do our politicians come up with this shit.

Somebody please tell our Governor to come visit this web site. How do you eliminate racism, you spend millions of dollars developing programs that are racist in nature? Keep in mind that anytime you create a program that excludes any race or is race specific in nature, you create racism.

For those of you not following the program closely let me bring you up to date on our present situation.

  • We started with the Washington Post’s database that lied telling people that Black people got killed more by police than the other races.
  • Every Black person that is killed by police sparks protests and and regardless the persons guilt or contribution to his/her death, it’s a murder by police.
  • George Floyd is accidently killed by a cop who is restraining him by placing his knee in the top of Floyd’s back, sparking nation-wide rioting, looting, and violence. Government is sacrificing cops lives in effort to ease tensions. The racist Black Lives Matter organization is officially born and funded by White corporate donations.
  • Nation-Wide protests, riots, looting, and acts of violence start and continue in some cities for about a week and in some states still continue today. The cop responsible has been charged with murder because Floyd resisted and restaint was necessary.
  • Breeona Taylor gets killed by police because one of her friends or family shot a cop as the police entered her apartment serving a “no-knock” search warrant, adding more protests. I may have this backwards. Taylor may have been killed before. In the subsequent witch-hunt 5 cops were charged with her murder, 4 were cleared of the charges and 1 was charged with a lesser offense as he fired blindly into the apartment. Additional riots and protests following the Court findings.
  • In the interim Mayor London Breed of San Francisco creates a new program giving a base income of $1000.00 to pregnant Black and Island women in reparation for prior racial neglect by society.
  • And now, Gavin Newsome who I believed might make a great President someday, proves himself as stupid as any other politician by signing reparations to Black people for slavery 100 years ago. Newsom is the Governor of California.

And with the exception of about 4 or 5 cops being shot, is about where we are today.

To all of you that believe giving money to racists will solve the problem of racism, YOU ARE WRONG! Stopping racism starts with not creating more racism. Nobody gets anything unless everybody gets it. Making people pay for the wrongdoings of their ancestors is bullshit, unless everyone has to pay for the acts of their ancestors. And in this case, the Africans that sold their people into slavery should break open their diamond mines and pay Black people this reparation. Members of my family died fighting to free the slaves, nobody paid anything more for that.

I just cannot wrap my mind around how a politician can make a decision such as this without taking into consideration other factors leading to today. Equal Opportunity Employment required Minorities be hired instead of more qualified Whites for about the last 40 years. But we bitch if the gal doing the boss gets promoted. do you have any idea how much racism came from this decision? Who benefitted due to this program? Who didn’t?

School bussing to desegregate schools was another racist program. How many would have enjoyed a much different life had this program have not been created. Who benefitted due to this program? Who didn’t?

So long as one skin color gets something at the expense of another, racism gets to flourish from it. Quit pandering to racists and racism! Get rid of anything that is race specific and do everything based upon actual circumstance. If a program is developed to feed the poor, then feed all of the poor. You want to promote education, give everybody a chance to go to school. This is not that difficult an idea to understand. Quit being racist people, that is all it takes.

Another Interesting Headline . . .

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“Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not ‘defunding'” is the headline I noticed this morning. Since the death of George Floyd, there has been more violence, crime, hatred, and fear in this Country than any other time that I can recall. Add the Coronavirus and the world burning down around us to the rioting, looting, and violence created by lies about Blacks being killed and treated worse than the other races and suddenly America is not as wonderful as it was yesterday.

Why would any local government even consider defunding their police under these circumstances? Truth be told, defunding should not even be a consideration. Most of the cries for defunding are being prompted by racist organizations that are making a living off racism. They have nothing to lose as they will continue to profit as their efforts are creating a new racism nation-wide. Nobody pays attention to common sense even when it’s right before their eyes, so long as they can blame racism for the problems in this country. Another truth be told, this Country was enjoying the best racial harmony it has ever had, less than a year ago.

Let your mind travel back close to a year ago . . . Tell me we weren’t getting along better than any other time in our history. Racism was being held at bay by simple desire to get along with all of us. But, our current problems did not start as recent as a year ago. No, our problems started with the Washington Post who decided they were going to prove to the world that Black people were being killed more than others by building a database of all of the killings by police nation-wide. And, the Washington Post did an excellent job in collecting said data. But, they failed dramatically when it came to reading their database.

You see, they stopped at the point of Black people being 13% of the U.S. population, and poisoned the Country with that finding. The facts are, that although Black people make up about 13% of the U.S. population, the Black population is not spread around the nation, the significant population of Black people is only within ten to twelve States. In those States, the Black population within the larger cities and suburbs isn’t 13% but ranges from 23 to 54 percent almost equal to the population of white people in those same cities, and in at least one city Black people have a higher percentage of the population than the other races.

I can only see simple reasons for the Washing Post, and the U.S. Government not to speak up about the lies created by the 13% information. Racism is profitable. Pitting one race against another sells newspapers, makes government abuses less obvious, and prevents a collected action by the citizenry. Believe me, any elementary school student (Alright, any 5th Grade student can find the data saying just as I have. So why hasn’t anybody reviewed the data to see if I am telling the truth? Is it because they are too lazy to do so? I think it is either fear of people telling them that they are full of @#$%^&, or because racism is profitable.

You will note that there is nothing being done to stop racism. Quite the opposite is the plan right now. Instead of Government developing programs to benefit all races, they are creating a new racism by selective race benefitting from these programs. It has become “Black Lives Matter” and nobody else does. And, the new racism is born! Who is responsible for this?

Every person that has failed to look at the data and learn the truth, before standing and making claims that Black people are treated worse and killed more by police than the other races holds a portion of the blame for this. Every Politician, Government Agency, Law Enforcement Agency, Educational Institution, and all the people employed within are the most to blame. Because rather than do the work required to make the determination that race has extraordinarily little to do with our problems and considering the possibility that economics is the problem.

We will never beat racism in this Country until we look past the color of skin to find the true problems we face. I am not a highly educated person, and I have no crystal ball or other magic to see this. Isn’t it about time we open our eyes and do something positive for this Nation, for ourselves? Truly quit being racist, look past skin color and fix the genuine issues we all face.