Rolling Thread on Race 2020

It works when it's aggressive, i.e. 'I don't give a fuck about getting the expression right either', but it annoys me to no end when it's just 'I've never paid attention to the things that come out of my mouth when I'm speaking'.

It's weird how "I couldn't care less," "irregardless" and "literally" are the three bugbears of popular prescriptivism when English has a million other illogical expressions (literally a million) and those three expressions aren't even used that often

I knew someone that thought the term was "minds a well" instead of "might as well", I'd like to see that adopted

I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a peach of cake.

xp which reminds me of one of my favorite stories from the year i spent working as a stocker/register jockey at a rural salvation army
wherein my boss at the time left a note on an armoire informing me that "THESE ARE MY CHESTER DRAWERS"

Roland Barthes: 'language is, quite simply, fascist . . . for fascism does not so much prevent someone from speaking as it forces them to speak.'

"I’m a huge fan of the non-literal literally"

oh i bet

i could care less.... but fuck it

the one time Doxing would be justified and just

I'd say there's considerably more than this one instance

interesting post, pomenitul, but I think you're bugging the question.

I don't literally care, you know. It's all a language-game anyway.

"Can I use the restroom?"

my fav response to this is "i hope so"

Can i use the restroom is the best song off of SSoaSS

proper response to "i hope so" is to piss on the speaker's shoes and say "your prayers are now answered"

feel like this whole discussion would belong in a thread about words and phrases or something.

yeah no kidding

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/us/andres-guardado-autopsy/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrffW5au8lA

I don't know what's happening in the US but it seems like every sports event in the UK has been 100% behind BLM, kneeling before matches, wearing Black Lives Matter on their shirts, the West Indies cricket team were even wearing single black gloves before the test match with England.

MLS is the only sport back atm and they did a lengthy BLM presentation before first match

Washington Hatcats to announce the retirement of their name tomorrow per WaPo

Washington Hen Fap

Washington Swamp-Asses

all it took was money

it's gonna be the Washington Snyders and have his big grotesque face as the logo

“What a terrible question to ask” — Donald Trump reacts to George Floyd’s killing by suggesting to CBS that systemic racism is a myth because more white people are killed by cops than blacks people (nevermind that a much higher percentage of black people are) pic.twitter.com/dhnHNh4irS

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2020

is this guy trump a racist, or what

let's give him some time and see if any more evidence builds up

yikes Nick Cannon

i will never understand who listens to a podcast by nick cannon

what could he possibly talk about

He's probably got some good Mariah stories.

ain't no podcast like a nick cannon podcast cause a nick cannon podcast doesn't apologize for blatant anti-semitism

He's probably got some good Mariah stories.

If Nick Cannon ever told any "good Mariah stories" he'd be found in multiple trash bags a week later.

The latest big shockwave in the world of sports.

http://www.tsn.ca/edmonton-cfl-franchise-to-drop-eskimos-name-1.1496402

(For what it's worth, the Edmonton franchise is the Packers/Cowboys/Patriots of the CFL; that's where Warren Moon began, and my guess would be they've won far more championships--Grey Cups--than any other CFL team.)

Brief swing back to Nancy Green, the original Aunt Jemima: the Times printed an obituary a century late

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/obituaries/nancy-green-aunt-jemima-overlooked.html

Green was buried in an unmarked grave in Oakwood Cemetery in Chicago. That same year, the United Daughters of the Confederacy nearly succeeded in erecting a monument to “faithful colored mammies.” Legislation was approved by the United States Senate, but did not make it past the House.

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Green's great-great-great nephew, Marcus Hayes, is studying to become a pastor at Oakwood University in Alabama, which is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Hayes said in a phone interview that Green had used her prominence to promote equality and would be disappointed that others had profited from her talent while her family received no recognition or compensation. “She would want the real story to be told of her and the ladies that came after her,” Hayes said. “Aunt Jemima is more than a character. She is Nancy Green, and this is her recipe, and her legacy must be told.”

Sherry Williams, the president of The Bronzeville Historical Society, which preserves African-American culture in Chicago, writes, “History does not simply disappear when you remove the Aunt Jemima image and brand name. Aunt Jemima is representative of the countless Black women who were and are the essential workers. Nancy Green in particular is the ideal woman to salute.”

LOL

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/us/st-louis-couple-weapons-protesters-charges/index.html

buT tHEY sHOUldN't hAve Been "PRotEsTing" iN A PrIVATe neigHbOrHOOd

Oops

https://percolately.com/kkk-member-threatens-protesters-identified/

Hahaha that was glorious

smug to shocked to amused to angry to ashamed, what a buffet

Newly available to the public for streaming:

https://americanarchive.org/catalog?f%5Baccess_types%5D%5B%5D=online&f%5Bseries_titles%5D%5B%5D=Black+Journal&sort=episode_number_sort+asc

In the spring of 1968, the nation was reeling from protests in hundreds of cities in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., racial inequality and school segregation, and the Vietnam War. Media reports on these issues came from white-dominated network news programs.
It was at this crucial moment that New York City’s National Educational Television (NET), the precursor to WNET and the PBS network, launched the public television series Black Journal, produced by Black talents. Premiering on June 12, 1968, the first episode included the recently widowed Coretta Scott King speaking that very day at Harvard University, a progress report on Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign, and a study of the African American political reaction to Robert Kennedy’s assassination, which had occurred that week.

Black Journal’s broadcasts spanned 1968 to 1977 and 59 episodes from the series are available to stream for the first time, thanks to The WNET Group’s participation in The American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

https://www.thirteen.org/blog-post/historic-black-journal-streams-for-the-first-time/

excellent, thank you

stfu honky incarcerator

The moment that we're living through is more Kwame Ture than John Lewis. Clinton's remark isn't just historical commentary, but a plea to quell the insurgent Black radicalism we're seeing today. If Bill Clinton approves of your goals and methods, you're not going hard enough https://t.co/lFOeBUVrbF

— abolicious (@telushk) July 30, 2020

Fuck youuuu Bill

https://soundcloud.com/secondcaptains/ep-1825-the-players-chair-with-danny-rose-020820

Danny Rose interview on Second Captains

I thought this was an interesting article that also highlights the devolution of the Republican Party as much as it highlights the evolution of Elizabeth Warren: https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/08/03/elizabeth-warrens-journey-on-race-is-a-preview-of-her-partys

that is an interesting article, thank you for sharing it djp

it's definitely good to hear about warren's journey. it makes me think of what i've read of bobby kennedy's journey in the '60s.

and honestly, a lot of it resonates with my own experience. i'm always cautious about how much to center my own experience in any conversation about race, as much as i know that white people need to openly talk about their own prejudices, so i'll just leave it at that for now.

Gun store sends purchase info and cam footage of black customers to state police.

https://www.bluehogreport.com/2020/08/05/wildin-out-local-gun-store-shows-how-systemic-racism-works/

Filed under "jesus fucking christ" and "totally unsurprising". Hope those dudes file a lawsuit and end up owning that gun store.