A Testament of Hope -
The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Friday, 19 November 2021
quote [ Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted Friday on all charges for shootings that killed two men and injured a third during last year’s violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ]
Oh no. This can only lead to terrible things in the future. I really hope the protests aren't too violent this time.
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macst34 said @ 3:36am GMT on 22nd November
While there was always a pervasive "whiteness" to American culture, I feel America by the 2000s hid or covered up it's racism well enough to the point where a fair portion of minorities actually believed there was at least hope... maybe a chance... of getting a fair shake in society. Even though things were not ideal, it seems American society was at least striving towards, at minimum, a level of tolerance towards others who looked dissimilar.
Right now, I am dispirited to my core. Though America has not reverted into its vicious historical roots of enslaving people with "black" skin, or dehumanizing or interning people with "yellow" skin, (with the recent exception of it's detainment and separation of family members with "brown" skin,) it's turned into something else that may be even more insidious. Trump showed his ilk how to generate a narrative by repeatedly lying to the public. At the same time, the supposed champions of the diverse seem reserved to the point of being ineffectual.
I don't know how America is going to turn it around. I still have great hopes for our nation, but the direction the US is going looks like just the start of the slippery slope into decline.
I fear the day that China's use of the same public brainwashing playbook reveals it as the preeminent superpower, as the USA is hamstrung because of the tenets of a thriving democratic society have been felled from within by it's own.
For State of WI vs. Rittenhouse, there seems to be at least a big whiff of judicial misconduct. The judge crippled the prosecution and even dictated how the people killed could not be described as "victims." As if the phrase "victim of a gunshot" describes anything other than being on the wrong side of a bullet.
Also, the offers of internships with Gaetz, Gosar or Cawthorn show that shooting people opens up job opportunities if you are white.
macst34 said @ 4:02am GMT on 22nd November
While there was always a pervasive "whiteness" to American culture, I feel America by the 2000s hid or covered up it's racism well enough to the point where a fair portion of minorities actually believed there was at least hope... maybe a chance... of getting a fair shake in society. Even though things were not ideal, it seems American society was at least striving towards, at minimum, a level of tolerance towards others who looked dissimilar.
Right now, I am dispirited to my core. Though America has not reverted into its vicious historical roots of enslaving people with "black" skin, or dehumanizing or interning people with "yellow" skin, (with the recent exception of it's detainment and separation of family members with "brown" skin,) it's turned into something else that may be even more insidious. Trump showed his ilk how to generate a narrative by repeatedly lying to the public. At the same time, the supposed champions of the diverse seem reserved to the point of being ineffectual.
I don't know how America is going to turn it around. I still have great hopes for our nation, but the direction the US is going looks like just the start of the slippery slope into decline.
I fear the day that China's use of the same public brainwashing playbook reveals it as the preeminent superpower, as the USA is hamstrung because the tenets of a thriving democratic society have been felled from within by it's own.
For State of WI vs. Rittenhouse, there seems to be at least a big whiff of judicial misconduct. The judge crippled the prosecution and even dictated how the people killed could not be described as "victims." As if the phrase "victim of a gunshot" describes anything other than being on the wrong side of a bullet.
Also, the offers of internships with Gaetz, Gosar or Cawthorn show that shooting people opens up job opportunities if you are white and conservative.
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macst34 said @ 3:36am GMT on 22nd November [Score:2 Underrated]
While there was always a pervasive "whiteness" to American culture, I feel America by the 2000s hid or covered up it's racism well enough to the point where a fair portion of minorities actually believed there was at least hope... maybe a chance... of getting a fair shake in society. Even though things were not ideal, it seems American society was at least striving towards, at minimum, a level of tolerance towards others who looked dissimilar.
Right now, I am dispirited to my core. Though America has not reverted into its vicious historical roots of enslaving people with "black" skin, or dehumanizing or interning people with "yellow" skin, (with the recent exception of it's detainment and separation of family members with "brown" skin,) it's turned into something else that may be even more insidious. Trump showed his ilk how to generate a narrative by repeatedly lying to the public. At the same time, the supposed champions of the diverse seem reserved to the point of being ineffectual.
I don't know how America is going to turn it around. I still have great hopes for our nation, but the direction the US is going looks like just the start of the slippery slope into decline.
I fear the day that China's use of the same public brainwashing playbook reveals it as the preeminent superpower, as the USA is hamstrung because the tenets of a thriving democratic society have been felled from within by it's own.
For State of WI vs. Rittenhouse, there seems to be at least a big whiff of judicial misconduct. The judge crippled the prosecution and even dictated how the people killed could not be described as "victims." As if the phrase "victim of a gunshot" describes anything other than being on the wrong side of a bullet.
Also, the offers of internships with Gaetz, Gosar or Cawthorn show that shooting people opens up job opportunities if you are white and conservative.
