All things Racist...USA edition (1 Viewer)

[Farb]

I was looking for a place to put this so we could discuss but didn't really find a place that worked so I created this thread so we can all place articles, experiences, videos and examples of racism in the USA.

This is one that happened this week. The lady even called and filed a complaint on the officer. This officer also chose to wear the body cam (apparently, LA doesn't require this yet). This exchange wasn't necessarily racist IMO until she started with the "mexican racist...you will never be white, like you want" garbage. That is when it turned racist IMO

All the murderer and other insults, I think are just a by product of CRT and ACAB rhetoric that is very common on the radical left and sadly is being brought to mainstream in this country.

Another point that I think is worth mentioning is she is a teacher and the sense of entitlement she feels is mind blowing.

https://news.yahoo.com/black-teacher-berates-latino-la-221235341.html

 

[Optimus Prime]

When Chidimma Adetshina entered Miss South Africa, she dreamed of being crowned and going on to represent – at the Miss Universe contest in November – the country she had lived in since birth. What she didn’t expect was a furious backlash that would end up with her winning the right to represent Nigeria instead.

A saga over the 23-year-old law student’s nationality has exposed a deep vein of xenophobia in South Africa against immigrants from other African countries that has festered since the end of apartheid, feeding off endemic unemployment, poverty and inequality, and periodically exploding into violence.

After she made it to the last 16 of Miss South Africa in July, Adetshina suffered weeks of online hatredtriggered by her Nigerian name and father, with politicians and talk shows questioning whether she was South African.

On 8 August, she withdrew from the competition, saying she needed to protect herself and her family after the home affairs ministry said her mother may have committed fraud and stolen the identity of a South African woman. A ministry spokesperson said this is now being investigated by police.

Adetshina was then invited to take part in Miss Universe Nigeria, and took the crown last weekend. “At first, I didn’t want to accept [the invitation to compete]. I felt like I wasn’t in a good mental space,” she told the Observer. “I reconsidered because I felt it was a second chance in life.”


“It has been a really exhausting journey, so I think I struggle to express my excitement. But I’m really excited and I’m really proud.”……..

Beauty queen row exposes xenophobia towards immigrants in South Africa

Saga over contestant’s nationality reflects hatred of other Africans fuelled by poverty among black population

www.theguardian.com

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

She's a real gem!

“I can honestly say that ok I’m not systemically racist – I’m a new racist. I never was. But now I am because you’re shoving this s*** down my throat making allegations that you don’t know s*** about. You’re telling me who I am and you’ve never even f****** met me. F*** you!”

‘I’m a new racist.’ Local judge removed from docket after court official shares audio recordings

She’s a judge who makes life altering decisions for families and those with disabilities. Now Judge Kathleen Ryan is accused of making racist comments and using shocking derogatory language.

www.wxyz.com

I have zero doubt the dude that brought this complaint forward is holding back sexual harassment complaints against her as well, she seems like that type of woman.

WIXOM, Mich. – Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan is shown on police dashcam video as she’s led out of her home after her boyfriend called police and said she hit him.

Police said he told them that “she just started whacking me”and informed them that she’s a judge and when she drinks “she starts smacking.”

Wixom police arrested Ryan Nov. 23 and the video shows she is in disbelief.

“That is crap and you know it,” she said in the dashcam audio.

Ryan remains composed until the end of her booking process when police tell her they need to call a superior to see if she’ll be sent to jail or given a citation.

“Arraigned before who?” Ryan said. “Dave law, Travis Reeds, or you know, Rob Bondy, which one? I used to own a building with Travis Reeds. Dave Law I went to law school and high school with. Rob Bondy is a great friend of mine. I’m not dropping names, but this is absurd.”

Ryan has been charged with one count of domestic assault and battery. The case has been moved out of Oakland County.

Dashcam video shows arrest of Oakland County judge charged with domestic assault

<a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/topic/Oakland_County/" target="_blank"><b>Oakland County</b></a> Probate Judge <a href="https://www.oakgov.com/courts/probate/judges/Pages/kryan.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Kathleen Ryan</b></a> is shown on police dashcam video as she’s led out of her home...

www.clickondetroit.com

 

[fooferdoggie]

looks like the trump admin found their new supreme court judge.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

This could probably go in the school shooting thread as well:

I found it more disturbing that the teacher did not feel the need to step in until the other student took action. Then the teacher only admonish the black student, leaving the white bully to go on her own way.

That teacher should be FIRED, her inaction to the physical assault by that fat girl on the other student caused a larger fight and created an unsafe environment for the students.

 

[Optimus Prime]

This could probably go in the school shooting thread as well:

I found it more disturbing that the teacher did not feel the need to step in until the other student took action. Then the teacher only admonish the black student, leaving the white bully to go on her own way.

That teacher should be FIRED, her inaction to the physical assault by that fat girl on the other student caused a larger fight and created an unsafe environment for the students.

I don’t know where the teacher was when the video started but definitely looked like she didn’t feel the need to intervene until the black student was attacking the white student

 

[fooferdoggie]

man, she handed that fake blond her arse. never seen such a whooping deserved and as usual no good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

and she will try to play the poor victim..

 

[Optimus Prime]

and she will try to play the poor victim..

The teacher or the blonde student?

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

The teacher or the blonde student?

the blond.
the teacher will try to say"there was no real threat" to the other student.. but hopefully she is fired and the student is expelled.
but i have no doubt the black student will get the same punishment because the school probably has one of those "zero tolerance" rules and be like sorry thats the rule..

 

[Optimus Prime]

A white supremacist group that branded itself the Terrorgram Collective drew up a list of high-profile assassination targets including at least one senator and a district court judge, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Monday.

Prosecutors allege that the two leading agitators of the group incited followers on the messaging app Telegram to commit hate crimes against Black and Jewish people, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho, face 15 counts each of soliciting hate crimes and providing material support to terrorism. US justice department lawyers filed the 37-page indictmentin district court in the eastern district of California on Thursday.

It alleges the pair encouraged attacks on government infrastructure, energy facilities and other buildings “to ignite a race war and help accelerate the collapse of government and society”…….

US says white supremacist group tried to incite followers on Telegram to spark race war

Leaders Dallas Humber and Matthew Allison face 15 counts including soliciting hate crimes and support for terrorism

www.theguardian.com

 

[LA - L.A.]

A white supremacist group that branded itself the Terrorgram Collective drew up a list of high-profile assassination targets including at least one senator and a district court judge, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Monday.

Prosecutors allege that the two leading agitators of the group incited followers on the messaging app Telegram to commit hate crimes against Black and Jewish people, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho, face 15 counts each of soliciting hate crimes and providing material support to terrorism. US justice department lawyers filed the 37-page indictmentin district court in the eastern district of California on Thursday.

It alleges the pair encouraged attacks on government infrastructure, energy facilities and other buildings “to ignite a race war and help accelerate the collapse of government and society”…….

US says white supremacist group tried to incite followers on Telegram to spark race war

Leaders Dallas Humber and Matthew Allison face 15 counts including soliciting hate crimes and support for terrorism

www.theguardian.com

These type of citizens are the real and present danger to America, not all of the imaginary threats that Trump and his minions keep babbling about.

 

[Optimus Prime]

for what it's worth

Helps explain the lashing out at CRT, DEI and 'wokeness'
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No one likes to feel like they're not getting the respect or courtesy they deserve. Think about the last time you felt patronized, or treated as inferior, or received worse customer service than another person in line.

But by the time most Americans reach adulthood, Blacks may have developed better coping skills for these disappointments than their white counterparts, potentially limiting the toll such experiences take on their mental health.

That's one of the key takeaways of a Duke University study looking at how young men and women in the U.S. react to perceived slights, microaggressions, and other day-to-day indignities.

"What this study shows is that by early adulthood, Black men and women have already developed certain resiliency and coping strategies," said first author Imari Smith, a doctoral candidate in Duke's Joint Program in Sociology and Public Policy...........

Overall, people who felt treated with less courtesy, respect, or trust had higher levels of anxiety and depression. But the mental health effect was lower for Blacks than whites, particularly white men. In other words, whites found being on the receiving end of such experiences more psychologically distressing.

"This is not to say that discrimination is more harmful for white men," Smith said.

Rather, the findings indicate that white young adults may be less resilient than their Black counterparts, or less able to recover mentally and emotionally when such things do occur.

It may be that such experiences are more distressing to whites who interpret them to mean that their place in the social hierarchy is threatened. This is what's known as "status threat."

The difference in resilience between Blacks and whites may also be due to differences in exposure, the researchers said.

"Discrimination is considered a social stress," Smith said. That stress may be more debilitating to people who haven't dealt with it as much or lack the tools to manage it.

Whereas for Blacks, certain forms of discrimination are more of an everyday reality. "It's not a new stressor," Read said.

By the time they're young adults, Blacks may have developed strategies to recognize and respond to perceived unfairness that whites lack...........

MSN

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953624005239?via%3Dihub

 

[Optimus Prime]

Attorneys for two Black girls at a Massachusetts high school have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, claiming the students were “relentlessly targeted” during the 2023-2024 school year by racial bullying and harassment while officials looked the other way and never held their peers accountable.

Instead of confronting the pervasive culture of racism, the school’s front office frequently targeted the victims for punishment, including an instance where staff called the police on one of the sisters over a minor altercation, the suit, obtained by Atlanta Black Star alleges.

The complaint calls for a federal investigation into the “racially hostile and unsafe environment” at Millbury Memorial Junior/Senior High School, where only 4.7 percent of the student body identifies as Black, according to the filing.

The sisters, ages 13 and 16, allege they were repeatedly targeted with racial slurs by white students, including being called “monkey,” the N-word, and subjected to degrading comments like “Black as f–k,” “ugly,” and “too dark.”

On social media, one of the sisters was told to “go back” to her “motherland.”

The complaint states that Millbury school officials painted the sisters as “dangerous liars” and aggressors in every disciplinary matter, thereby “perpetuating a pattern of disproportionately punishing students of color.”

In the incident where the police were called, school officials ignored the girl’s “non-violent history and the absence of any injuries” to other students, the lawsuit claims.

Additionally, the same girl allegedly faced punishment for tearing up a piece of paper with the N-word written on it, which had been given to her by a white student.

The complaint also states that the school suspended both sisters on separate occasions without sufficient cause, with one of them receiving a 20-day suspension.

According to the lawsuit, the younger sister was suspended three times during the school year, including once for one day when putting her hair up in a ponytail after that was interpreted as a sign of aggression against a white student.

The complaint alleges that the school did not inform the parents of white students about their discriminatory and abusive behavior. In contrast, when the Black sisters reported issues to school officials, they were questioned, doubted, and dismissed.

Mirian Albert, the attorney leading the case, told GBH News, “Instead of the school protecting the sisters against this racial harassment, what the school did was they relied on racist and harmful stereotypes about Black girls.”

The complaint states that during the 2022-2023 school year, Black students at Millbury Memorial were nearly four times more likely to receive an out-of-school suspension compared to white students, with attorneys citing school-specific disciplinary data maintained by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The complaint further alleges that an assistant principal protected the white students by escorting them to the bus stop and riding the bus to ensure their safe arrival at the drop-off point, with part of this effort aimed at monitoring the Black girls.

Lawyers for Civil Rights, which filed the legal action with the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of Trusha Vilvar and her daughters, released a statement accusing school officials of letting deplorable behavior by its students to spiral out of control.

“The girls bravely reported these incidents, and their mother consistently communicated concerns to school officials,” “Yet, school officials took no meaningful action to root out racism or hold racist perpetrators accountable.”.................

‘A Systemic Issue’: Black Students Confronted Classmates About Racist Slurs, Prompting School to Call Cops to Escort White Students to Buses, Lawsuit Says

Attorneys for two Black girls at a Massachusetts high school have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, claiming the students were "relentlessly targeted"

atlantablackstar.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania have been suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student’s body, officials said.

Officials received “a deeply concerning report of a racial slur being scratched on to a student using a plastic or ceramic tool,” officials at the liberal arts school said in a statement last week.

“This is a serious report, which is being actively assessed through the student conduct process,” the college said. “At this point, the students involved are not participating in swim team activities.”


The school declined to release further details, citing the investigation and privacy laws.

However, a family of the victim contacted the Gettysburgian last week to give more details. They said the student had the N-word cut into their chest by someone they “trusted”. The victim’s family say they consider the incident a hate crime. They also said the victim was the only person of color at the scene.

“The reprehensible act was committed by a fellow student-athlete, someone he considered his friend, someone whom he trusted. This student used a box cutter to etch the N-word across his chest,” the family told the Gettysburgian.

They added: “As we wait to discuss the decisions made by college staff, the harm continues without much relief. Media outlets (social, online, and broadcast) continue to perpetuate misinformation stemming from an act of racial animus. In the same vein, the isolation that pairs with being isolated from many in the Gettysburg College community that he had come to trust deepens the harm.

“We want to be clear that we understand that an investigation should not be rushed. We support a fair and thorough investigation. To this end, we appreciate the standardized procedures and protocols that are in place. We know that they are meant to ensure that the rights and responsibilities of all parties involved are maintained and protected.”……

College swimmers suspended after racial slur scratched on to student’s body

At least two students at Gettysburg College have been suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student’s body

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

Guess this can go here

and wash, rinse and repeat

"While we agree that the discrimination done to you (past and present) was racist and wrong, any attempt to specifically help you would also be racist and wrong and that we can't allow
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A federal judge in Kentucky has partially blocked a U.S. Transportation Department program that metes out contracts to minority-owned businesses and suggested he may eventually rule against it, marking the latest blow to a government affirmative action program.

In a 28-page opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove wrote that, for now, the scope of the injunction is limited to the two plaintiffs — both transportation contractors — and at least two states, Kentucky and Indiana, where the contractors operate. But in reaching that decision, Van Tatenhove wrote that government failed to justify the program and that the plaintiffs would “likely win on the merits of their constitutional claims,” which would have implications nationwide.

“The Court is keenly aware of the past discrimination that certain groups of people have faced in this country. And the Court is sure that the federal government has nothing but good intentions in trying to remedy past wrongs,” wrote Van Tatenhove, a George W. Bush appointee. “But remedying those wrongs must still pass constitutional muster. The federal government cannot classify people in such a manner that violates the principles of equal protection.”

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is at least the fourth such program in recent months to be enjoined on constitutional grounds. In March, a federal judge in Texas ordered the 55-year-old Minority Business Development Agency to open its doors to all, including White entrepreneurs. Last summer, a Tennessee judge ruled that a Small Business Administration 8(a) program for minority contractors could no longer presume certain ethnic groups were inherently “disadvantaged” — a key requirement to receive set-asides for government contracts.

Those challenges represent only a fraction of the lawsuits filed since 2021 that seek to end racial preferences in the private and government contracting sectors. The legal assault against diversity initiatives accelerated after the Supreme Court overturned race-conscious college admissions last June.

The DBE initiative aims to direct at least 10 percent of federal transportation infrastructure funding to contracting firms owned by women and minorities. The program has been activated numerous times since it was established in the early 1980s, most recently under the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021. Though the program is funded by the federal government, it is administered by state governments...............

Judge partially blocks Transportation Dept. program for minorities and women​

 

[StellaRose13]

I just want to bring to your attention the sadness of our system. If you aren't aware, Marcellus Williams, an innocent man was killed by the government tonight. The Supreme Court could have stopped this but we have these "justices" running the show. Please look up the story if you haven't. I'm so heartbroken.

 

[CoolBrees]

I just want to bring to your attention the sadness of our system. If you aren't aware, Marcellus Williams, an innocent man was killed by the government tonight. The Supreme Court could have stopped this but we have these "justices" running the show. Please look up the story if you haven't. I'm so heartbroken.

Thank you for bringing this up.

Just terrible

 

[LA - L.A.]

Guess this can go here

and wash, rinse and repeat

"While we agree that the discrimination done to you (past and present) was racist and wrong, any attempt to specifically help you would also be racist and wrong and that we can't allow
=================

A federal judge in Kentucky has partially blocked a U.S. Transportation Department program that metes out contracts to minority-owned businesses and suggested he may eventually rule against it, marking the latest blow to a government affirmative action program.

In a 28-page opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove wrote that, for now, the scope of the injunction is limited to the two plaintiffs — both transportation contractors — and at least two states, Kentucky and Indiana, where the contractors operate. But in reaching that decision, Van Tatenhove wrote that government failed to justify the program and that the plaintiffs would “likely win on the merits of their constitutional claims,” which would have implications nationwide.

“The Court is keenly aware of the past discrimination that certain groups of people have faced in this country. And the Court is sure that the federal government has nothing but good intentions in trying to remedy past wrongs,” wrote Van Tatenhove, a George W. Bush appointee. “But remedying those wrongs must still pass constitutional muster. The federal government cannot classify people in such a manner that violates the principles of equal protection.”

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is at least the fourth such program in recent months to be enjoined on constitutional grounds. In March, a federal judge in Texas ordered the 55-year-old Minority Business Development Agency to open its doors to all, including White entrepreneurs. Last summer, a Tennessee judge ruled that a Small Business Administration 8(a) program for minority contractors could no longer presume certain ethnic groups were inherently “disadvantaged” — a key requirement to receive set-asides for government contracts.

Those challenges represent only a fraction of the lawsuits filed since 2021 that seek to end racial preferences in the private and government contracting sectors. The legal assault against diversity initiatives accelerated after the Supreme Court overturned race-conscious college admissions last June.

The DBE initiative aims to direct at least 10 percent of federal transportation infrastructure funding to contracting firms owned by women and minorities. The program has been activated numerous times since it was established in the early 1980s, most recently under the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021. Though the program is funded by the federal government, it is administered by state governments...............

Judge partially blocks Transportation Dept. program for minorities and women​

America working Step Nine is long overdue.