I have been having a discussion about noose sightings since the president was elected. Have you ever heard of such a thing? If you have tell your story here. White people, who choose to be racist, think lynching black folks is a fun thing to do because we mean nothing to them–less than an animal.
I have been telling friends similar things. I keep telling them that the Great Migration needs to be discussed. A whole bunch of us moved up north because of lynchings. White people, who choose to be racist, think this is funny--to do this stuff (like kill us) to us as a group. That blogger didn't apologize to Ms. Sherrod. He is supposedly headlining a three-day GOP fundraiser.
The bill that was supposed to award the lawsuit settlement to the black farmers got pushed to the side. Our state and US legislators have not voted on it. It was ripped it out of the war funding bill and there it sits--I guess. That's the story. I wish we still had a black press. Then I would know more about this story–about the black farmers.
WE USED TO HAVE A BLACK PRESS THAT WOULD ALERT US TO THESE THINGS but I guess that time has passed us by. If you are a member of the black press and have written and published an article on this or a similar topic, please link to it here or send me the link. I would like to promote your news article or blog post.
National Black Farmer's Association Interview with Roland Martin
Black Farmer Settlement Stripped From War Bill | Roland S. Martin Blog
(I found a link to the story-7/29)
Thanks Roland.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
President Obama demonstrates how to use HealthCare.gov
This website is also useful to find out about healthcare options in states you don't currently live in but will soon.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
President Obama on Citizens United: "Imagine the Power This Will Give Special Interests Over Politicians"
The president is fulfilling his campaign promises. What he is saying in this video is important. Please pay attention.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Amazon Mechanical Turk (make money, money. make money money?)
I'm posting this because I signed up for the Amazon Mechanical Turk and have made .21 cent so far. Really. I guess I'll make it to the $10 you need to earn in able to transfer it to your bank account. Some of the Human Intelligence Tasks won't pay. I got cheated four times in a row. One was to put an ad on craigslist--never saw that money and the dashboard said that I abandoned it. All I could do was to contact the person who posted the job. I'll keep you informed of my efforts.
In the meanwhile, please enjoy the eHow article on the Amazon Mechanical Turk.
By the way the Turk comes from a mechanical doll from the 1800s dressed in traditional Turkish clothing, who challenged folks in chess as a parlor game. Go figure. I'm uncomfortable saying the name now that I know about its origins. I mean, should we be saying "Turk"? Arrrgggg.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
The Fourth of July and The Role of Blacks During the Revolutionary War
Because my post was too long, I put it on my own blog. I will share the link to the post on "The Plight of A Black Man in an Obama World." It was about the 4th of July.Whose Revolution Was It?"...The effort of inhuman masters to force such Negroes back into slavery at the close of their service at the front, actuated the liberal legislators of that commonwealth to pass the Act of Emancipation, proclaiming freedom to all Negroes who had thus enlisted and served their term faithfully, and empowered them to sue in forma pauperis, should they thereafter be unlawfully held in bondage." right. whatever
Apparently this man is right. Because the British were willing to enlist slaves and offer freedom, they began to win. News of this got back to the Revolutionaries and then they decided, 'yeah, we better do something with these Negros before the British get them and together, they'll win against us.' http://www.webroots.org/library/usablack/jonh12-0.html
One would think they'd welcome Negros with open arms since many of the institutions in America were filled with English loyalists.
Even still as the Americans fought to keep South Carolina and to win Eastern Florida from the Natives and the British, they still would not arm blacks. No southern gentleman of worth would dare suffer his delicate nature as to serve along side an inferior (who very well may cut his delicate throat.) In other words, they were scared to arm blacks because of the cruelty they had been shown.
"The policy of our arming slaves is in my opinion a moot point, unless the enemy set the example." General Washington said.
Well what do you expect out of a bunch of outcasts, criminals and weirdos who could not get along in civilized English society?! Our forefathers were not educated or refined, they were fighters and they got tired of the crown ripping them off, in their opinion. They didn't want to pay. And if they weren't of royal blood they would die poor, no matter how clever. So like most gangsters, they did whatever to get money. Most of them were ordered out of England as punishment. England saw it as an opportunity to expand its horizons and be rid of undesirables. But after a while they said fk England and defended the country as best they could. Sounds gang-ish, doesn't it?
Great Post.
However, this situation has changed as both black and white and brown and yellow have found a common enemy: enemies of capitalism and freedom. There are people in this world who are downright jealous of the American way of life because it works.
They don't want to join in they want to destroy. And as always we Americans will fight the enemy and win.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
New Orleanean Sunrise Presented by @tjholmescnn
CNN anchor TJ Holmes is anchoring his weekend mornings show from New Orleans. He shares a beautiful sunrise with his audience.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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