Racism in Progress – Reparations

September 12, 2022 Rich CraniumLeave a comment

USA Article this morning: Most Black people want reparations. They don’t believe America will give them any

Reparations do nothing to end racism. Reparations do nothing but give to a single class of people and disregards all other issues that stem from racism. Are we going to end racism by giving wealth to Black people that could be used to benefit all races, or are we going to create a class of person that is elite and government-made wealthy just on the color of their skin.

Before we consider reparations to anyone shouldn’t we look at how racism affected everyone. Black people believe they were the only race subject to harm in the past. How many Black people have been lynched in support of White people? During the Civil War, how many White People gave their lives in support of abolishing slavery? My point is not to diminish the loss of Black people brought upon due to slavery, but to demonstrate Black people have made no progress in achieving equality on their own. In order for Black people to enjoy the freedom they enjoy today, a whole bunch of White people has had to willingly sacrifice their lives, their families, and their futures to help Black people get here.

Do Black people give credit to those that have worked in support of their cause? Then why are reparations for Black people even being considered instead of reparations for all those that have suffered due to slavery? Don’t you see, reparations is nothing less than a continuation of racism that will negatively affect generations to come.

For reference: ” Lynching was not a crime committed exclusively against black people. Between the 1830s and the 1850s the majority of those lynched in the United States were whites. From 1882-1968, some 4,743 lynchings occurred in the United States (not all lynchings were recorded). Of these, 3,446 or 73 percent were black and 1,297 (27 percent) were white.”

You cannot fight racism, giving to one while another suffers. Slavery has happened numerous times in history and all races have suffered from it. Look at America today. People of all races , colors, and creeds are suffering. I look down my street and I see everyone suffering from low incomes, lack of work, lack of opportunity. It is not just Blacks, it is everybody. If you want to fix America, quit trying to fix just a single skin color.

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September 10, 2022 Rich CraniumLeave a comment

Black People, Mass Shooter Ezekiel Kelly Apprehended by Liberal Authorities? Where Is Black Lives Matter Now? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-people-mass-shooter-ezekiel-kelly-apprehended-by-liberal-authorities-where-is-black-lives-matter-now/ar-AA11GgYJ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=0ac1011d3e83450e9c54ca7e89eaadf9#comments

I will not distract from this article, Please read it.

It Gets More Ridiculous With Each Passing Day . . .

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Rich CraniumLeave a comment

“Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple caught on video waving guns at protesters, have been charged with one felony count each, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.”

These are the people that came out of their house with guns to protect their home as Black Lives Matter protesters who were already trespassing passed by their home.

“In a statement released Monday, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner announced that the pair have each been charged with one count of exhibiting, a felony.

“It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protest, and while we are fortunate this situation did not escalate into deadly force, this type of conduct is unacceptable [in this city],” she said.”

I wonder if Kimberly Gardner has researched the claims of the BLM that started all this. Do you think she even questioned the validity of the claim that Black People are abused and killed more by police than others. This claim is false and the BLM is manipulating data to demonstrate the claim true.

I wonder if Kim Gardner lives in a neighborhood in which these protests were held. Do you think she would fear for her safety, her property, or anything else? It is not wrong to defend your property, or yourself for that matter. The McCloskey’s did not make threats or approach the protesters, of which I am sure a few of them had firearms. How many days had the McCloskey’s watched the news seeing protesters rioting, destroying property, and looting anything of value by the protesters? Why shouldn’t they be prepared to take action to defend their property?

I wonder why Kimberly Gardner isn’t taking measure to protect the citizens of her city from people causing harm. The McCloskey’s did not interfere with peaceful protest, allowing the protesters to pass unhindered.

America is de-funding their police and changing laws and lives based on lies and none are sm,art enough to challenge the validity of the data that proves it all a lie.

Trump & The Confederate Flag

July 18, 2020 Rich CraniumLeave a comment

President Trump seems to have his hands full defending the Confederate flag. But, is he defending the flag or our right to use it as freedom of speech?

Across the Country people are tearing down things they see as offensive using racism as their reasoning. You cannot erase history. But you can create a new racist. You learn from your mistakes, not by taking it away, but by using it. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT EDUCATION IS?

Every symbol of anything in our history, bad or good needs to remain in place and the people need to see it and be educated in what it symbolizes. And, you cannot make everyone that had slaves or used the “N-word” one hundred and fifty years ago your enemy, and classify them as racist when that was the way society was accepted back then. Those same people in today’s day and age would likely be the strongest supporters of racial equality. But, they are history and we should learn from it.

The most offensive racial symbol flying today is the “Black Lives Matter” flag because it is actually creating new racism. How can you want for equality when you think your life more important than mine? Especially when the data used to suggest Black people being killed and abused more by police does not support that belief. What the data does suggest is use of data to demonstrate a lie so somebody could create racial disharmony and probably make bank while doing so. I really wish someone would take the time to do the research to prove me wrong. Mind you, I am not saying that Black people haven’t been treated poorly by police. I am saying that everyone is treated like shit by police. And if you don’t believe “Black Lives Matter” creating a new racism, go tell a white woman that her baby not as important as a Black baby. And, until BLM created that issue it was never even a consideration in a White woman’s head. Is BLM a racist organization making bank off the Black people? That’s up to you to decide. But before you make such decision, DO THE RESEARCH so you can make an informed decision.

Let me get back to our symbols in history that some find offensive. If you had left that statue standing and required the Government to affix a plaque to it speaking of the issues in offense, a kid in school could make a report presenting it to his whole classroom, telling the entire class of the past wrongdoing and teaching from it. Instead, idiots tear down these things so history doesn’t have to remember them at all. All under the false claim of police abuse. Again, I am not saying Black people have not been abused by police. I’m saying police have abused all of us, not just the Black race.

If Trump is in fact trying to protect our freedom of speech, he is doing what he should be doing. He is defending our “Constitutional Rights” as he should. Those politicians not doing so lack the backbone to do their jobs.

I do not like Trump and disagree with many of the things he says and does but he is the only one trying to defend our Constitution while the rest of the Nation follows a misguided public opinion on a subject not as important as our Constitution.

Black Lives Matter| Research

July 4, 2020July 6, 2020 Rich Cranium1 Comment

If you have just tuned in this is article three regarding the Black Lives Matter Movement. You see, I am having difficulty finding data that supports the claims that Black People are killed by police more often than the other races. This is because the numbers do not reflect such at all. What the numbers do demonstrate is almost twice as many Whites are killed by police than Blacks. The claim of more Blacks being killed based on the percentage of Blacks vs Whites in the population suggest that the Blacks being approximately 11-13 percent of the population a per capita figure would accurately identify and demonstrate such claim is ridiculous as there is only a strong Black population in 10 to 12 States and a majority of the 11-13 percent of Black people reside in those States. In some of our major cities of those States the Black population is a much higher percentage than 11-13 percent. In some locations the black population reaches 35 to 60 percent. Based upon the data derived from those States, with the population percentages recalculated which in some cases showed the White population as 32 percent and the Black population as 29 percent, continues to demonstrate White people killed by police more so than Blacks. Until Chicago . . .

From 2013 through 2019 a whole bunch of folks were killed by police in Chicago:

Alfontish Cockerham	23	Male	Black
Angelique Styles	60	Female	Black
Antwon Johnson	24	Male	Black
Aquoness Cathery	24	Male	Black
Bettie Jones	55	Female	Black
Brayant Alvarez	24	Male	Hispanic
Cedrick Chatman	17	Male	Black
Chad Robertson	25	Male	Black
Charles M. Smith	29	Male	Black
Christian Green	17	Male	Black
Christopher Terrell Willis	32	Male	Black
Cleotha Mitchell	37	Male	Black
Corsean Lewis	17	Male	Black
Curtis Stagger	21	Male	Black
Darius Colegarrit	21	Male	Black
Darius Jones	26	Male	Black
Deonta Dewight Mackey	16	Male	Black
Derek Love	50	Male	Black
Desean Pittman	20	Male	Black
Dominique Franklin Jr.	23	Male	Black
Esau Castellanos-Bernal	26	Male	Hispanic
Eugene McSwain	25	Male	Black
Felix Valdez	44	Male	Hispanic
Francisco Rocha	41	Male	Hispanic
Gary Smith	37	Male	Black
Guadalupe Aguilar	39	Male	Hispanic
Gus Tousis	43	Male	Black
Harith L. Augustus	37	Male	Black
Hector Hernandez	21	Male	Hispanic
Herbert Johnson	34	Male	Black
Heriberto Godinez Jr.	24	Male	Hispanic
James Anderson	33	Male	Black
Jeffery Kemp	18	Male	Black
Jeffery McCallum	31	Male	Black
Jimmy Malone	26	Male	Black
Joe Huff	86	Male	Black
John Harris	58	Male	Unknown race
Jose Nieves	38	Male	Hispanic
Joshua Beal	25	Male	Black
Joshua D. Jones	20	Male	Black
Juan Flores	19	Male	Hispanic
Kajuan Raye	19	Male	Black
Lamar Harris	29	Male	Black
Laquan McDonald	17	Male	Black
Luis Vasquez	42	Male	Unknown race
Mark Garcia	56	Male	Hispanic
Marlon Horton	28	Male	Black
Martice Milliner	27	Male	Black
Maurice Granton Jr.	24	Male	Black
Michael D. Johnson	26	Male	White
Michael Elam	20	Male	Black
Michael Myers	62	Male	Black
Michael Westley	15	Male	Black
Michelle Robey	55	Female	White
Myles Frazier	22	Male	Black
Name withheld by police	25	Male	Black
Paul O’Neal	18	Male	Black
Pedro Rios Jr.	14	Male	Hispanic
Pierre Loury	16	Male	Black
Quintec Locke	37	Male	Black
Quintonio Legrier	19	Male	Black
Raason Shaw	20	Male	Black
Rafael Cruz Jr.	29	Male	Hispanic
Rashad S. Wells Jr.	17	Male	Black
Richard Grimes	33	Male	Black
Rickey Rozelle	28	Male	Black
Ronald Arrington	22	Male	Black
Ronald Johnson	25	Male	Black
Roshad McIntosh	18	Male	Black
Sarge Junior	16	Male	Unknown race
Sharrell Brown	30	Male	Black
Steven Isby	53	Male	Black
Terrance Gilbert	25	Male	Black
Terrance Harris	40	Male	Black
Terrell Eason	33	Male	Black
Thomas McGinty	45	Male	Unknown race
Tywon Jones	16	Male	Black
Veronica Rizzo-Acevedo	50	Female	Hispanic
Warren Robinson	16	Male	Black

I DO NOT care how you do the math. You could even calculate the Unknown Race as White, and you would still see a whole bunch more Black people killed by police than any other race in the City of Chicago, ill. Casper, Wyoming for the same time period demonstrates a different story:

Christopher Benton	27	Male	White
David P. Wolosin	38	Male	White
Douglas Oneyear	36	Male	White
Jeff Hyde	50	Male	White
Randall Garfield Williams	40	Male	White
William T. McCollum	21	Male	White

I believe what the Casper, Wyoming data demonstrates is that there are very few, if any Blacks people living there.

A Google search for the racial breakdown of Chicago provides:

The racial makeup of the city in 2010 was 45.3% white (31.7% non-Hispanic white), 32% black, 5% Asian, and 3% from two or more races. The ethnic makeup of the population is 28% Hispanic and 72% belong to non Hispanic background. … Chicago has the fifth highest foreign-born population in the United States. In 2019 I believe the percentage changes to 30.1 percent Black and 32.8 percent White.

Even with an almost equal percentage of Whites vs. Blacks, Chicago Police have clearly killed more Black people than other race from 2013 through 2019. Why?

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