The town in question is Marblehead, Mass., a tony yachtie watering hole where the locals are rich and lily-white. The kind of town where black kids riding bikes look jarringly out of (their) place. (After all, black people aren’t supposed to have money, right?) Click here for source.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Lebron James understands the importance of education
Last month, Lebron James announced that his foundation would donate $41 million to cover tuition at the University of Akron for 1,100 Ohio high school graduates. For many years programs have trained kids, without taking into account that the kids parents may also need help. Programs can not contin[...]
August 31st, 2015 - 6:27 pm § in Uncategorized
Kansas jury ruins white supremacist’s day
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., 74, who gunned down three people in the belief they were Jews, said the jury “ruined his day” by convicting him of murder. Miller, who fired his lawyers and represented himself, told the jury, “I wanted to kill Jews, not people.” Apparently he thin[...]
August 22nd, 2015 - 10:35 pm § in Uncategorized
More killer cops face charges
“At least 14 cops have been charged in recent months with committing murder, homicide, or manslaughter while on duty.” — The Atlantic The Atlantic says in this article that cops are being charged with homicide at “five times the normal right” in recent months. But 14 c[...]
August 14th, 2015 - 9:54 pm § in Uncategorized
White privilege
Joseph Parker, 34, of Revere, Massachusetts, was pulled over in a traffic stop. After threatening to kill police, he sucker-punched a 57-year-old police lieutenant, knocking him out. He kicked at the glass in a police cruiser, smashed a metal detector, and fought with the jail guards. He hurt 7 law [...]
August 14th, 2015 - 3:03 am § in Uncategorized
Stupid cops push back against protests over police killings
Nobody disputes the legitimate use of force, or cops defending themselves against violent criminals. The public uproar is over police shootings of unarmed citizens who pose no threat by trigger-happy cops. A child with a toy gun, an elderly man with a cane, an unarmed black man merely trying to run [...]
August 11th, 2015 - 10:11 am § in Uncategorized
Bundy Ranch thugs in Ferguson
Never ones to miss an opportunity to flash weaponry and confront authorities, a militia group calling themselves “Oath Keepers” whose members threatened federal agents during the Bundy Ranch incident has deployed armed thugs to Ferguson, Missouri, ostensibly as bodyguards for “jour[...]
August 10th, 2015 - 9:36 pm § in Uncategorized
Disgraced Ferguson court clerk gets a new job
Ex-Ferguson court clerk Mary Ann Twitty, who was a key player in the Ferguson police/municipal court shakedown racket that raised millions for the city budget by abusively targeting poor black residents for tickets and fines, and ultimately was fired from that job because of her racist tweets, has a[...]
August 10th, 2015 - 11:54 am § in Uncategorized
Another turgid example of stupid, thoughtless, racist profiling
“A 66-year-old University of Massachusetts-Boston professor said he was shocked when police showed up at his door three weeks ago and asked him to answer questions about a liquor store robbery,” CBS News reported today. “Robert Johnson, who is also a lawyer, told CBS Boston on Thur[...]
Davey L. Whitney (1930-2015)
Davey “The Wiz”Whitney, an influential American Basketball coach, was born January 15, 1930, in Lexington, Kentucky, to parents Albert Whitney Sr. and Elizabeth Whitney. Mr. Whitney coached Alcorn St. to the first NCAA tournament win ever by an historically black university with a 70-62 vict[...]