I guess we need an "are we a racist country" thread.

DB, 

Ridgedale avenue is worse than rte 10. 


I don't drive that road that often, maybe couple of times a month. Never noticed anything. Do you mean the section from Rt 10 to Eagle Rock Ave?


drummerboy said:

I don't drive that road that often, maybe couple of times a month. Never noticed anything. Do you mean the section from Rt 10 to Eagle Rock Ave?

yes. 


they're not even trying to hide it anymore


at least they were suspended, so that's encouraging


you know it was bad when the Times just flatly uses the word "racist", instead of the usual "racially tinged" b.s. descriptor.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/us/politics/david-perdue-stacey-abrams-racist-remarks.html


drummerboy said:

you know it was bad when the Times just flatly uses the word "racist", instead of the usual "racially tinged" b.s. descriptor.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/us/politics/david-perdue-stacey-abrams-racist-remarks.html

funny how he said she wants to bring in undocumented people. And she should go back to where she came from…I wonder if he remembers all the undocumented people they brought in on those ships from Africa. 
These people have lost their filters, trumpenstein must be an exorcist…. Cause he brought out all these demonic people.


Jaytee said:

And she should go back to where she came from…

Does he mean Wisconsin?


ridski said:

Does he mean Wisconsin?

that’s up for debate… if you do a split screen with OANnews and CNN…


another data point, from Kevin Drum:

Here's his whole post. Take it Kevin:

https://jabberwocking.com/white-people-in-richmond-refused-state-jobs-to-demolish-confederate-statues/

White people in Richmond refused state jobs to demolish Confederate statues

I haven't paid any attention to the demolition of Confederate statues on Monument Avenue in Richmond, so I didn't know it had all been done by a single person, Devon Henry:

The name carries weight in Richmond these days. Over the past three years, as the former capital of the Confederacy has taken down more than a dozen monuments to the Lost Cause, Henry — who is Black — has overseen all the work.

These aren't huge jobs, but they pay well and plenty of contractors would like a shot at them. So why did Henry get every single contract?

City and state officials said they turned to Team Henry Enterprises after a long list of bigger contractors — all White-owned — said they wanted no part of taking down Confederate statues.

For a Black man to step in carried enormous risk. Henry concealed the name of his company for a time and long shunned media interviews. He has endured death threats, seen employees walk away and been told by others in the industry that his future is ruined. He started wearing a bulletproof vest on job sites and got a permit to carry a concealed firearm for protection.

....The call that changed Henry’s life came in the middle of a business meeting in early June 2020....On the line was Clark Mercer, the chief of staff for then-Gov. Ralph Northam....“I was pretty forthcoming that we hadn’t been able to find anybody to take on the job,” Mercer said in an interview. In fact, the responses from other contractors were “pretty overtly racist,” he said, including language that he found threatening.

I can't even think of anything to say about this. It's just so goddamn depressing.


Where are the Blues Brothers when you need them?


Back in 2015, The Last Leg in the UK hired a sousaphone player to follow various Jeremy Hunt rallies with very similar results. Very very funny. (I think they also picked on idiots who misused accessible parking bays) Here’s a snip from a sports event:


Tim Scott disagrees…


Ask the typical white American, "would you be happy to switch places with a Black contemporary of yours? Live as a Black wo/man with the same job and home you have now?"

If this was not a racist country, no one would have a problem with that question. But as it is, Black Americans lead more difficult, challenging lives than White Americans. And few White Americans would be interested in that opportunity. 

I continue to be amazed that 1.) racism is still so prevalent, and impactful, in 2024 America (2024!!) and 2.) we, as Americans, don't, in our hearts, believe that ALL Americans should thrive. I'm an American. I love this country and its people. Every Goddamn one of us should be given the opportunity to thrive. Education, healthcare, ecology, employment. All of these should be fully and equally available to every Amercian, no matter who they are. They're Americans!

(Preaching to the choir, I know) 


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