Month: June 2020

Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben were daily reminders to Americans at breakfast and dinner time of America’s racist history. Now they’re not. Is cancelling them progress? I don’t know.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Green

Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s to Change Brands Rooted in Racist Imagery

The PepsiCo unit that sells Aunt Jemima products said it would retire the brand because of its origins in racist imagery of black people. Mars said it would change its Uncle Ben’s brand, while Conagra said it was reviewing its Mrs. Butterworth’s bottle.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pepsico-unit-to-retire-aunt-jemima-brand-citing-origins-in-racist-stereotype-11592398455

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Don’t teach children to hate themselves, teach them how to succeed.

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Amerigo Vespucci was a slave owner who captured natives as slaves.

It’s time to rename America.

Christopher Columbus statue to be removed from California Capitol at direction of top Democrats

Top California lawmakers on Tuesday ordered the removal of a marble sculpture depicting explorer Christopher Columbus and his patron, Queen Isabella, from the Capitol Rotunda.

https://www.modbee.com/news/california/article243571337.html

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NYC. Murder, burglary, shooting incidents, shooting victims, all up.

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About 600 undercover anti-crime officers are being assigned to other units. Their role was to “proactively prevent crime, especially gun violence”. This ought to turn out well.

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Cops standing down.

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Trump didn’t get any credit for criminal justice reform (which not a single Democrat in either the House or the Senate voted against) and he won’t get credit for this one either. It’s still the right thing to do.

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If cops cherry pick which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore, they’re no longer accountable to the public, only to themselves. You’re then engaging in vigilante justice. Pick your super hero, I’m going with Rorschach.

Justice is a collective enterprise and a reflection of society. If you feel cops are over-policing, the correct solution to that is to deregulate, something many of you who complain the loudest not only find to be a bad word, but are unwilling to do.

The bottom line is, as cops are accountable to the public, whatever perceived immoral acts law enforcement engages in reflects your own collective immorality.

Deregulate.

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Of course not. The Wuhan virus quarantine is effectively over. Do whatever you want to do. If they catch you at a non-essential gathering, just tell them you were protesting racism.

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Lol, more bailouts for the rich, I love it.

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