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Post by anansi on May 23, 2010 11:54:36 GMT -5
What I am saying to you is that textbooks can be designed to cater to the interest of specific states. I’ve been in charge of ordering textbooks for quite some time, so what I’m telling you in actual facts, NOT media hype. Check out this well know textbook publisher’s website; www.glencoe.com , on the first page you notice 2 things immediately “Texas Treasures” and “California Treasures”, what this means are these 2 literature programs have been designed ‘specifically’ for the 2 states above, it doesn’t mean EVERYONE else is using the same text book. On this page you will also note a drop down list, that specifically ask for ‘state’ so that the appropriate books for certain subjects are offered for your particular state. Now notice this site for Texas Social Studies Curriculum; www.glencoe.com/sites/texas/teacher/socialstudies/index.htmlNote the follow “state specific” course; “7th Grade Social Studies-Texas Study” “Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits” Now check out the Social Studies Curriculum for the state of Georgia, notice the above courses are NOT included; www.glencoe.com/sites/georgia/teacher/socialstudies/index.htmlNow as far as Arizona, what they are doing is probably unconstitutional and can be expected to be challenged maybe in Federal court, as the constitution has always left the immigration and naturalization process in the hands of the federal government. So even if they arrest citizens, they have to be turned over to the federal government for processing, the states aren’t allowed to send back illegal residents on their own, from my understanding of the naturalization process. With regard to the racial profiling, it has been occurring in ‘our’ meaning African American communities for decades. Where were these Hispanics then? Did any of them take a stand in our defense? Why are minority groups always expecting AA to stand up for causes for issues suddenly affecting them. I see this with the homosexual movement, the recent profiling of Arabs/muslims after 9/11, etc. The first thing they do is run to AA for support, then turn their backs on us once they realize the U.S. census recognize them as “Caucasians”, so we can’t expect any support from the same groups, when it comes to issues that affect us like Affirmative Action. I’ve witnessed how the Jewish community are so against this, yet they needed us to march on Washington with them during the racist Jim Crow era, because it affected them as well. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t stand up for human right causes, but we don’t have to get involved in every political struggle for people who don’t give a damn about the causes that affect us. Personally I take a back seat to such issues. Ask any Haitian how racist the Dominicans are towards them, and how difficult it is for them to cross their borders. So don’t expect me to fight for them to have the rights to cross our borders illegally either. The federal government is not doing enough, our system is a failure. This is probably why Arizona took this into their own hands, and went to such extreme measures, maybe as a way to get the federal government’s attention, to say to them, if you don’t do something soon, we will. Obama is sleeping on the issue for political reasons; he needs Hispanic support for other upcoming elections. It’s all politics in the end. Basic scientific principals are taught in the schools. Darwinism is not one of them. Government funded schools are not a place to argue creationism-vs-evolution. Educators should not enforce one belief or the other, no matter what one’s personal beliefs are. Period. Several textbooks are more inclusive now than they have ever been before. Literature from African American, as well as Latino authors can all be found in our textbooks. What parents need to focus their energy on is emphasizing bilingual education more. Pretty soon, our youth will not be able to get certain jobs, unless they are bilingual in Spanish. Mark my words on this. It’s already beginning to take place. The demographics of America is changing at record speeds. Some of this is due to our ‘easily’ accessible borders, and the fact that illegal immigrants can give birth to “legal” citizens of the U.S. Now this is from CBS news, not FOX news; So as you can clearly see, we have one of the “weakest” immigration policies of any developed nation in the world. You can be sure if 2 American gave birth to a child in Japan, that child would NOT become a citizen of Japan, the UK,and many other places. This amendment in our constitution was originally designed to give ‘freed slaves” full citizenship by birthright, now it’s become a mockery. You say they can fine the companies that hire them, well this has been a law for some time now, nothing new. But how can they possibly know who is working legally or illegally when it becomes a problem randomly coming to a job site to check I.D.’s . The same people who are complaining about the new Arizona law, were the same one’s complaining when police were able to randomly go to construction sites and requests identification; they claimed racial bias then. So nothing seems to work, and personally I don't think it's fair to people that want to immigrate legally, and put on long waiting lists because of all the illegal residents here. First-off thanks for the info on the curriculum used in text books I had the impression that once published the books was cast in stone ...so Arizona and Texas can wallow in their own ignorance for the time being. Now about supporting so-called Hispanic causes well for one usually when I think of Hispanics I am thinking of folks who have a similar culture as I ..folks who are from the Islands who speaks Spanish..but lives in the same neighbor hood same brown-stone building playing dominoes and drinking rum on the same steps complaining about something..bragging about something or bad mouthing their wives..their kids causally intermarry with everyone else...and faces the same problems and show-up at the same protest. Mexicans are a different story I didn't have much interaction them until the Navy..and then it was all good. .but that's my experience. The relationship between Haitians and Dominicans is due to historical factors Haiti invaded and occupied Dominica twice..and from what I have been told they were not very kind..both people were under harsh rule of dictators for much of their histories and viewed each other of having hostile intent..the language differences only intensify that. but culturally not soo different please check-out the videos on Caribbean culture. egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pav&action=display&thread=310 But saying all... that everyone of our ethnic groups including AAs proper thinks they are unique and so everyone gets to be a chauvinist..it is when we get to know more about each-other that it usually disappear ...for we can find what connects us more than what separates us. Now Immigration laws are weak because of big business demands for cheap disposable labor every American Citizen has a social security card..some one applies for a job ..show your SS.ID..or green card it is that simple..unless illegals can get social security...which I don't think they can. there is a documentary called Food INC..very informative..cannot get the whole thing on the net..but very good info. Again I am not for a free for-all if one has boarders it must be protected..but without violating the rights of regular citizens..like Al said two wrongs don't make a civil right.
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Post by anansi on May 23, 2010 22:46:36 GMT -5
Rewriting the Bible Conservative Americans Feel the Good Book is too LiberalShare Article | Oct 13, 2009 Rupert Taylor A project is underway among conservative creationists to remove what they believe to be liberal bias from Christianity's holy text. Andrew Schlafly, the son of conservative activist and anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, is the guiding force behind a program to remove from the Bible what he and his team believe to be pernicious liberal biases that have been allowed to exist in the holy book for too long. Ancient Languages of the Bible According to Biblica.com, “The first human author to write down the biblical record was Moses. He was commanded by God to take on this task, for Exodus 34:27 records God’s words to Moses, ‘Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.’ ” Moses, of course, used his native tongue, Hebrew, to begin the Old Testament and he was just the first of many writers who compiled the work over a thousand years. The New Testament, which was written from 50 CE to 100 CE, was produced in Greek. Many Bible Translations already Exist The first complete translation of the Bible into English was completed by John Wycliff in 1382. Since then, there have been at least 50 complete English translations, according to Bible.ca. However, Tony Norman writes in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette (October 13, 2009) none of these, nor all those written in other languages pass muster in the eyes of America’s Christian right: “According to the Conservative Bible Project, none of the 8,000 Bible translations currently in existence contain enough conservative principles to make a printed Bible worth a damn - no, there is not even one.” Free Market Interpretation of the Bible Conservative Christian Americans don’t like liberals – they don’t like them at all. They view the permissive nature of liberalism as corrupting the core of Christian morality. To correct the perceived imbalance, Andrew Schlafly and volunteers he has drawn from students of his online history courses at Eagle Forum University, have embarked on a massive biblical rewrite project. The venture’s website says that, “Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations.” Examples of Biblical Liberal Bias Toronto Star reporter Lesley Ciarula Taylor interviewed Schlafly (October 8, 2009) who gave her some examples of the kind of things that will be dealt with in the new translation. In John 8:7 of the New Testament, there is the parable of the adulteress in which Jesus advises that he who is without sin should cast the first stone. Taylor quotes Schlafly as saying, “This is a permissive story used by liberals to oppose capital punishment. It is saying there can be forgiveness without repentance.” Schlafly’s version of the Bible is big on punishment and will stress the reality of Hell: “If people think it doesn’t exist, they think they can get away with anything.” Mark 3:6 speaks of Pharisees who opposed the teaching of Jesus. In Schlafly’s version the Pharisees have been changed into “Liberals.” Critics of the Conservative Bible Project Theological scholars are not impressed by Schlafly and his team of enthusiastic amateurs. One of the critics is James McGrath, an associate professor of religion at Butler University in Indianapolis. The Globe and Mail (October 10, 2009) quotes McGrath as saying, “If it’s an attempt at humour, it’s hilarious, but I have a sinking feeling it’s something else – that conservatives are realizing the Bible does not always serve their interests, something the rest of us have known for some time.” Read more at Suite101: Rewriting the Bible: Conservative Americans Feel the Good Book is too Liberal biblestudies.suite101.com/article.cfm/rewriting_the_bible#ixzz0ooZiFR2UIf we think that they will stop at text books then think again they are after your holy book the Bible..followers of the anointed one you are next.
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Post by homeylu on May 24, 2010 8:47:52 GMT -5
Now about supporting so-called Hispanic causes well for one usually when I think of Hispanics I am thinking of folks who have a similar culture as I ..folks who are from the Islands who speaks Spanish..but lives in the same neighbor hood same brown-stone building playing dominoes and drinking rum on the same steps complaining about something..bragging about something or bad mouthing their wives..their kids causally intermarry with everyone else...and faces the same problems and show-up at the same protest. Mexicans are a different story I didn't have much interaction them until the Navy..and then it was all good. .but that's my experience. The relationship between Haitians and Dominicans is due to historical factors Haiti invaded and occupied Dominica twice..and from what I have been told they were not very kind..both people were under harsh rule of dictators for much of their histories and viewed each other of having hostile intent..the language differences only intensify that. but culturally not soo different please check-out the videos on Caribbean culture. egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pav&action=display&thread=310 But saying all... that everyone of our ethnic groups including AAs proper thinks they are unique and so everyone gets to be a chauvinist..it is when we get to know more about each-other that it usually disappear ...for we can find what connects us more than what separates us. Now Immigration laws are weak because of big business demands for cheap disposable labor every American Citizen has a social security card..some one applies for a job ..show your SS.ID..or green card it is that simple..unless illegals can get social security...which I don't think they can. there is a documentary called Food INC..very informative..cannot get the whole thing on the net..but very good info. Again I am not for a free for-all if one has boarders it must be protected..but without violating the rights of regular citizens..like Al said two wrongs don't make a civil right. I completely understand everything that you are stating here, however, the only "chauvinist" are the White Christian Americans like the title of the thread. There is nothing arrogant about recognizing that AA have been the "main" target in racial profiling in recent decades, hence this is NOT a new phenomena for us at all. I don't take issue with the racial profiling in and of itself, just the notion that we should some how "wake-up" because now there is a new target; illegal immigrants. People who can't appreciate what has been tolerated by other ethnic groups before their arrival, and could probable care less about the struggles of others, so long as it doesn't affect them. People who will probably be the majority one day and forget about the ones who went through the struggle with them, like many before them. Did you know that just prior to this recent general election, most Hispanics in Florida (swing state) and a high percentage in Arizona (blue state) were registered as Republicans? 90% of AA voters are registered Democrats, so we already had more liberal political agendas. The only time the tend to swing votes is when it comes to "immigration policies" and whichever candidate is most convincing to them on this particular issue. So from this alone, I've already determined that issues important to us, are not as important to them, and I don't see how this makes one 'chauvinist".
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Post by anansi on May 24, 2010 11:39:38 GMT -5
Now about supporting so-called Hispanic causes well for one usually when I think of Hispanics I am thinking of folks who have a similar culture as I ..folks who are from the Islands who speaks Spanish..but lives in the same neighbor hood same brown-stone building playing dominoes and drinking rum on the same steps complaining about something..bragging about something or bad mouthing their wives..their kids causally intermarry with everyone else...and faces the same problems and show-up at the same protest. Mexicans are a different story I didn't have much interaction them until the Navy..and then it was all good. .but that's my experience. The relationship between Haitians and Dominicans is due to historical factors Haiti invaded and occupied Dominica twice..and from what I have been told they were not very kind..both people were under harsh rule of dictators for much of their histories and viewed each other of having hostile intent..the language differences only intensify that. but culturally not soo different please check-out the videos on Caribbean culture. egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pav&action=display&thread=310 But saying all... that everyone of our ethnic groups including AAs proper thinks they are unique and so everyone gets to be a chauvinist..it is when we get to know more about each-other that it usually disappear ...for we can find what connects us more than what separates us. Now Immigration laws are weak because of big business demands for cheap disposable labor every American Citizen has a social security card..some one applies for a job ..show your SS.ID..or green card it is that simple..unless illegals can get social security...which I don't think they can. there is a documentary called Food INC..very informative..cannot get the whole thing on the net..but very good info. Again I am not for a free for-all if one has boarders it must be protected..but without violating the rights of regular citizens..like Al said two wrongs don't make a civil right. I completely understand everything that you are stating here, however, the only "chauvinist" are the White Christian Americans like the title of the thread. There is nothing arrogant about recognizing that AA have been the "main" target in racial profiling in recent decades, hence this is NOT a new phenomena for us at all. I don't take issue with the racial profiling in and of itself, just the notion that we should some how "wake-up" because now there is a new target; illegal immigrants. People who can't appreciate what has been tolerated by other ethnic groups before their arrival, and could probable care less about the struggles of others, so long as it doesn't affect them. People who will probably be the majority one day and forget about the ones who went through the struggle with them, like many before them. Did you know that just prior to this recent general election, most Hispanics in Florida (swing state) and a high percentage in Arizona (blue state) were registered as Republicans? 90% of AA voters are registered Democrats, so we already had more liberal political agendas. The only time the tend to swing votes is when it comes to "immigration policies" and whichever candidate is most convincing to them on this particular issue. So from this alone, I've already determined that issues important to us, are not as important to them, and I don't see how this makes one 'chauvinist". Well I would I agree with you on that but I will add an historical context..and this goes especially for Cubans..they aligned themselves with Republicans because the Republican were anti-Castro and made laws easier for them to gain status as Americans far quicker then any other all they had to do was make it to the Beach ..they saw Democrats as being more incline to normalize relations with Castro so their support for Republicans are mostly single issue..other Hispanic ethnic group may view themselves as social conservatives anti-abortion issues(majority Catholics) and so may lean towards Republicans in the past people generally vote their immediate interest. Another example you will be surprised to know is what I considered an alarming amount of AAs like others in uniform vote Republican...why??..because Republicans generally like to increase military budgets which get past down into an increase in pay and benefits..not mention the whole strong on defense thingy ... I suspect that the Bush era is the era that many may have switched. When I said that everyone gets to be a chauvinist ..I wasn't necessarily tying it to their politics but to their own views of themselves AAs as well as everybody else is not lacking in ethnic pride(not necessarily a bad thing) but an over abundance of it can give way to ethnic chauvinism.especially if they view others as relatively unfamiliar.
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Post by homeylu on May 25, 2010 16:26:28 GMT -5
I completely understand everything that you are stating here, however, the only "chauvinist" are the White Christian Americans like the title of the thread. There is nothing arrogant about recognizing that AA have been the "main" target in racial profiling in recent decades, hence this is NOT a new phenomena for us at all. I don't take issue with the racial profiling in and of itself, just the notion that we should some how "wake-up" because now there is a new target; illegal immigrants. People who can't appreciate what has been tolerated by other ethnic groups before their arrival, and could probable care less about the struggles of others, so long as it doesn't affect them. People who will probably be the majority one day and forget about the ones who went through the struggle with them, like many before them. Did you know that just prior to this recent general election, most Hispanics in Florida (swing state) and a high percentage in Arizona (blue state) were registered as Republicans? 90% of AA voters are registered Democrats, so we already had more liberal political agendas. The only time the tend to swing votes is when it comes to "immigration policies" and whichever candidate is most convincing to them on this particular issue. So from this alone, I've already determined that issues important to us, are not as important to them, and I don't see how this makes one 'chauvinist". Well I would I agree with you on that but I will add an historical context..and this goes especially for Cubans..they aligned themselves with Republicans because the Republican were anti-Castro and made laws easier for them to gain status as Americans far quicker then any other all they had to do was make it to the Beach ..they saw Democrats as being more incline to normalize relations with Castro so their support for Republicans are mostly single issue..other Hispanic ethnic group may view themselves as social conservatives anti-abortion issues(majority Catholics) and so may lean towards Republicans in the past people generally vote their immediate interest. Another example you will be surprised to know is what I considered an alarming amount of AAs like others in uniform vote Republican...why??..because Republicans generally like to increase military budgets which get past down into an increase in pay and benefits..not mention the whole strong on defense thingy ... I suspect that the Bush era is the era that many may have switched. When I said that everyone gets to be a chauvinist ..I wasn't necessarily tying it to their politics but to their own views of themselves AAs as well as everybody else is not lacking in ethnic pride(not necessarily a bad thing) but an over abundance of it can give way to ethnic chauvinism.especially if they view others as relatively unfamiliar. TBH Anansi, I think we DON'T have enough ethnic pride. Maybe it's just me, but I have seen too many immigrants, legal or not, move here and achieve a higher level of success in a shorter time frame, and I think if we focused inward a bit more, we can achieve even more. Maybe it's the environment I live in that gives me a different perspective than the one you're getting. Where I'm from I find Mexicans and other Latinos overwhelmingly supporting eachother in politics, economics, etc. Often times immigrants relocate to the U.S. and began to view AA thru White Supremacist lenses. They develop some of the same racial stereotypes towards us, as the ones that came before them, and maybe this makes me a bit apprehensive. I've witnessed it growing up in Boston from the Irish and Italian "immigrants", some of the most racist people I've ever met. Actually had the nerve to not want AA to move into the same GOVERNMENT housing projects with them. I see Korean immigrants with businesses scattered all over Atlanta in predominantly African American neighborhoods, following us around the shops as if we're going to steal something. Seriously, they have no tact. So I've often asked myself, did they watch a white supremacy videotape stereotyping AA or what? If they think we're going to steal than get the hell out of our neighborhoods. The Mexicans in Atlanta have their own version of 'China Town', and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I've been saying for years, we have to do the same thing for ourselves. We've been supporting other "ethnic" groups ever since the Jews in the south. Now the Jews have been replaced by other immigrants, and we'll still be in the same situation, unless we finally do began to 'worry' about ourselves a little more. You may disagree, but this is where I stand, and I can only speak from my own experience. Maybe some of my suspicions are unwarranted, but this is how I feel at the moment, and I still don't view it as 'arrogance', pride, YES.
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Post by anansi on May 25, 2010 22:21:18 GMT -5
Well a lot of that has to do with focus a lot of AAs focus on the political much more than the economic after all they have been burned because they lacked political power in the past..but look here..what ever AAs set their minds to or think is important as a group you can bet your bottom dollar that they will achieve it..migrants usually are here for one thing the freedom to make as much money as possible..and coming from places that are wretchedly poor and oppressive the opportunities seems immense..and from my experience AAs who settled in other lands tends to do quite well .. The world literally dances to what ever AAs produces they set the cultural standards for the youths of the world whether good or bad..if AAs ever get their paper as a group $$ right it is ova!! ..maybe it was that fear that caused this to happen. BLACK WALL STREETthe Black (Negro) Wall Street" was the name given to Greenwood Avenue of North Tulsa, Oklahoma during the early 1900’s. Because of strict segregation, Blacks were only allowed to shop, spend, and live in a 35 square block area called the Greenwood district. The "circulation of Black dollars" only in the Black community produced a tremendously prosperous Black business district that was admired and envied by the whole country. Oklahoma’s first African-American settlers were Indian slaves of the so-called "Five Civilized Tribes": Chickasaws, Choctaws, Cherokees, Creeks, and Seminoles. These tribes were forced to leave the Southeastern United States and resettle in Oklahoma in mid-winter over the infamous "Trail of Tears." After the Civil War, U.S.-Indian treaties provided for slave liberation and land allotments ranging from 40-100 acres, which helps explain why over 6000 African-Americans lived in the Oklahoma territory by 1870. Oklahoma boasted of more All-Black towns and communities than any other state in the land, and these communities opened their arms to freed slaves from all across the country. Remarkably, at one time, there were over 30 African-American newspapers in Oklahoma. Tulsa began as an outpost of the Creek Indians and as late as 1910, Walter White of the NAACP, described Tulsa as "the dead and hopeless home of 18,182 souls." Suddenly, oil was discovered and Tulsa rapidly grew into a thriving, bustling, enormously wealthy town of 73,000 by 1920 with bank deposits totaling over $65 million. However, Tulsa was a "tale of two cities isolated and insular", one Black and one White. Tulsa was so racist and segregated that it was the only city in America that boasted of segregated telephone booths. Since African Americans could neither live among Whites as equals nor patronize White businesses in Tulsa, Blacks had to develop a completely separate business district and community, which soon became prosperous and legendary. Black dollars invested in the Black community also produced self-pride, self-sufficiency, and self-determination. The business district, beginning at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street, became so successful and vibrant that Booker T. Washington during his visit bestowed the moniker: "Negro Wall Street." By 1921, Tulsa’s African-American population of 11,000 had its own bus line, two high schools, one hospital, two newspapers, two theaters, three drug stores, four hotels, a public library, and thirteen churches. In addition, there were over 150 two and three story brick commercial buildings that housed clothing and grocery stores, cafes, rooming houses, nightclubs, and a large number of professional offices including doctors, lawyers, and dentists. Tulsa’s progressive African American community boasted some of the city’s most elegant brick homes, well furnished with china, fine linens, beautiful furniture, and grand pianos. Mary Elizabeth Parrish from Rochester, New York wrote: "In the residential section there were homes of beauty and splendor which would please the most critical eye." Well known African American personalities often visited the Greenwood district including: educators Mary McCloud Bethune and W.E.B. DuBois, scientist George Washington Carver, opera singer Marian Anderson, blues singer Dinah Washington, and noted Chicago chemist Percy Julian. T.P. Scott wrote in "Negro City Directory": "Early African American business leaders in Tulsa patterned the development of Tulsa’s thriving Greenwood district after the successful African American entrepreneurial activity in Durham, North Carolina." After the Civil War, former slaves moved to Durham from the neighboring farmlands and found employment in tobacco processing plants. By 1900, a large Black middle class had developed which began businesses that soon grew into phenomenally successful corporations, especially North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Charles Clinton Spaulding was so successful with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company that he was able to create a real estate company, a textile and hosiery mill, and the "Durham Negro Observer" newspaper. Durham Blacks also created a hospital, Mechanics and Farmers Bank (1908), North Carolina Training College (1910), Banker’s Fire Insurance Company (1920), and the National Negro Finance Company (1922). However, living conditions in Durham were so substandard and working conditions so poor that the 1920 mortality rate among Blacks in Durham was three times higher than the White rate. As of 1926, 64% of all African Americans in Durham died before the age of 40. These perilous working and living conditions were not present in Tulsa. On May 31, 1921, the successful Black Greenwood district was completely destroyed by one of the worse race riots in U.S. history. A 19 year old Black male accidentally stumbled on a jerky elevator and bumped the 17-year-old White elevator operator who screamed. The frightened young fellow was seen running from the elevator by a group of Whites and by late afternoon the "Tulsa Tribune" reported that the girl had been raped. Despite the girl’s denial of any wrongdoing, the boy was arrested and a large mob of 2000 White men came to the jail to lynch the prisoner. About 75 armed African Americans came to the jail to offer assistance to the sheriff to protect the prisoner. The sheriff not only refused the assistance but also deputized the White mob to disarm the Blacks. With a defenseless Black community before them, the White mob advanced to the Greenwood district where they first looted and then burned all Black businesses, homes, and churches. Any Black resisters were shot and thrown into the fires. When the National Guard arrived, they assisted the others by arresting all Black men, women, and children, and herding them into detention centers at the Baseball Park and Convention Hall. As many as 4,000 Blacks were held under armed guard in detention. Dr. Arthur C. Jackson, a nationally renowned surgeon and called by the Mayo brothers (of Mayo Clinic fame) "the most able Negro surgeon in America", was shot at the Convention Hall and allowed to bleed to death. The "Chicago Tribute" Newspaper reported that Whites also used private airplanes to drop kerosene and dynamite on Black homes. By the next morning the entire Greenwood district was reduced to ashes and not one White was even accused of any wrongdoing, much less arrested. (click graphic above for Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Slide Show) (Bombing Black Wall Street by Sherwood Akuna) The race riot of Tulsa, Oklahoma was not an isolated event in American history. On May 28, 1917 a White mob in East St. Louis, Illinois of over l3,000, ravaged African American stores, homes, and churches. Eyewitnesses reported that over 100 Blacks were gunned down as they left their burning homes including a small Black child who was shot and thrown back into the burning building to die. Seven white police officers charged with murder by the Illinois Attorney General were collectively fined $150. During the "Red Summer" of 1919, over 25 race riots were recorded (white mobs attacking black neighborhoods). In the 1919 race riot at Elaine, Arkansas, White mobs killed over 200 African Americans and burned their homes and businesses. Federal troops arrested hundreds of Blacks trying to protect their possessions and forcibly held them in basements of the city’s public schools. Twelve Blacks were indicted (no Whites) and convicted of inciting violence and sentenced to die. The NAACP persuaded the U.S. Supreme Count for the first time in history to reverse a racially biased southern court. Director John Singleton exposed the horror of the Rosewood, Florida massacre of 1922 in his film entitled "Rosewood". A White mob burned down the entire town and tried to kill all of its Black inhabitants. In April 1994, the Florida legislature passed the "Rosewood Bill", which awarded $150,000 to each of the riot’s nine eligible Black survivors. After the Tulsa riot, the White inhabitants tried to buy the Black property and force Black people out of town. No Tulsa bank or lending institution would make loans in the riot-marred Greenwood district, and the city refused all outside assistance. However, racial pride and self-determination would not permit the Greenwood owners to sell, and they doggedly spend the entire winter in tents donated by the American Red Cross. Rebuilding was a testament to the courage and stamina of Tulsa’s pioneers in their struggle for freedom. Most of the buildings along the first block of Greenwood Avenue were rebuilt within one year. Henry Whitlow wrote: "A little over a decade after the riot, everything was more prosperous than before." In 1926, W. E. B. DuBois visited Tulsa and wrote: "Black Tulsa is a happy city. It has new clothes. It is young and gay and strong. Five little years ago, fire and blood and robbery leveled it to the ground. Scars are there, but the city is impudent and noisy. It believes in itself. Thank God for the grit of Black Tulsa." Like Black Tulsa, African Americans can continue to survive by self-pride, self-help, and self-determination. www.computerhealth.org/ebook/bws.htmAs a first this was the first time ever the use of air power was used on an American cityvideo.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2215110819818237914#docid=-2761270523884778215Check out this accompanying video for the voices of the survivors Another town destroyed be Whites mainly out of economic jealousy RosewoodRosewood Case, one of the worst race riots in American history, in which hundreds of angry whites killed an undetermined number of blacks and burnt down their Florida community. In 1922 Rosewood, Florida, was a small, predominantly black town. During the winter of 1922, two events in the vicinity of Rosewood aggravated local race relations: the murder of a white schoolteacher in nearby Perry, which led to the murder of three blacks, and a Ku Klux Klan rally in Gainesville on New Year's Eve. www.africanaonline.com/rosewood.htm
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Post by franklin on May 29, 2010 20:10:06 GMT -5
There have been studies that agricultural income does a lot to lift people out of poverty in developing nations, including China. in China I've heard about the government having laws preventing people from the countryside from entering cities because there is so much poverty. The government is the biggest buyer of grains because if the government didn't buy agriculture would collapse. In fact many country people sneak into Chinese cities and work illegally at low wages. Kind of sounds familiar doesn't it? And this is the same way that many U.S. farmers went out of business because the subsidies encourage over production and lower the price to the point where farming is no longer profitable. However those farmers that receive subsidies stay in business This brings us to something else that is important, if agriculture is linked to higher incomes then the loss of this income means people in these countries have less purchasing power. In this way these countries become more dependent on exporting. They also become more dependent on imports and loans and become more and more in debt which makes them more dependent on exports in order to pay off their loans A clear example is that Mexico actually imports corn from the United States, while at the same time farmers go out of business and people have a harder time buying food, and Mexico then becomes a source of cheap labor This article is sort of old but it's interesting "Is NAFTA Good For Mexico's Farmers?" By Amy S Clark on CBS news website Contepec, Mexico, July 1, 2006 www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/01/eveningnews/main1773839.shtml[For Alvares Correa, NAFTA has been a disaster. While the trade agreement opened up U.S. markets to Mexican corn farmers, they haven't been able to sell any corn in America. Meanwhile, American farmers have flooded Mexico with cheap corn thanks to generous U.S. government subsidies — subsidies left unchecked by NAFTA. A U.S. corn grower receives an average annual subsidy of $20,000 a year. The Mexican government gives their farmers just $100Farmers said that entire towns are emptying because thousands of small farms have gone out of business. As many as 2 million farm workers have lost their jobs — the vast majority headed north across the U.S. border looking for better pay.......So millions of corn growers have no choice but to grind their crop to a pulp and feed it to cows. In two years NAFTA will lift the last limits on U.S. corn exports, which could put even more farmers out of business — and trigger a new wave of migrants headed north across the U.S. border.Free trade has been a disaster for us, says Tirso Alvares Correa. But his worst fear is that soon there won't be anyone left to work the land that has been in his family for generations.]
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Post by franklin on May 29, 2010 21:22:22 GMT -5
My last post of course was talking about the immigration issue but now talking about education, this is awesome! Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 22) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiNGK3y5Ypg
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Post by anansi on May 29, 2010 23:44:05 GMT -5
My last post of course was talking about the immigration issue but now talking about education, this is awesome! Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 22) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiNGK3y5YpgI am currently reading the book dreams of my father By Barrack Obama interesting insight into what was happening in Indonesia and Chicago with the loss of farm-lands and timber to all but the powerful and what was happening in places like Chicago with the loss of manufacturing and the onset of urban blight. I think the Creationist vs Evolutionist angle deserve it's own thread very interesting Video.
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Post by anansi on Dec 26, 2010 3:27:29 GMT -5
And the madness continues
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Post by locdiva on Mar 25, 2011 20:44:54 GMT -5
Anansi and Homelu: The ultimate goals is to reduce black and brown numbers by any means necessary. If they can declare "immigrants" or "aliens as foreigners they can be expelled. The proportion to whites would be lowered. It's all about whites increasing their voting and law-making power. Those of us who are discerning have to keep watchful eyes WIDE open. At first I was mystified that this subject keeps coming up. I finally realized that this isn't just tea baggers, beck, limbaugh, o'reilly and palin acting crazy. There's method to this madness. EVERYBODY PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! These racists are crazy like foxes.
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Post by anansi on Mar 27, 2011 18:26:31 GMT -5
Anansi and Homelu: The ultimate goals is to reduce black and brown numbers by any means necessary. If they can declare "immigrants" or "aliens as foreigners they can be expelled. The proportion to whites would be lowered. It's all about whites increasing their voting and law-making power. Those of us who are discerning have to keep watchful eyes WIDE open. At first I was mystified that this subject keeps coming up. I finally realized that this isn't just tea baggers, beck, limbaugh, o'reilly and palin acting crazy. There's method to this madness. EVERYBODY PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! These racists are crazy like foxes. Correct but here is the problem a cheap source of labor is always needed that means immigration legal or illegal mostly from Dark-skinned world even to man the military.
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Post by azrur on Nov 17, 2013 12:38:49 GMT -5
And the madness continues Theyoungturk liars almost as bad as al jazeera I live in texas We learn nothing of confederacy generals or the civil rights about native america much though very good We did see movie in class gods and generals
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Post by zarahan on May 6, 2014 8:50:11 GMT -5
Leonce Gaiter article says: I looked around at the other black folks sitting around me in the pews, and realized that even then, in the heyday of the Civil Rights Movement, even as Martin Luther King used the language of Christianity to shame the majority into treating other men as men—I realized that, for black Americans, Christianity was like the atom. Tearing it apart might heat your house, but that doesn’t lessen its potential lethality.
Somewhat simplistic. The earliest Christian nation some historians show was Ethiopia, a black nation. That was over 2000 years ago. Any claim to Christianity being "lethal" to black folk is dubious. It was old fashioned greed and corruption justified under a "Christian" label at work not Christianity. And Islam, or African socialism has plenty of "lethal" parts for black folk, as the starving of "ujamma" showed, or the rape of Africa by Muslims for a longer period than the Atlantic Trade shows, It certainly was not "lethal" to the peoples of Ethiopia or Nubia thousands of years ago- no is it now. In fact as admitted King and others mobilized the Christian tradition to help accomplish significant gains for black folk, and it was the Abolitionist movement that played a key part in the end of slavery- a profitable institution many modern historians show. Yet it was this key movement that led the demise of that profitable institution.
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Post by azrur on May 7, 2014 16:26:32 GMT -5
Its highly ironic that many of these Hispanics are "Native Americans" or heavily "Native American" ancestry. If this fact is ignored then it will only cause great problems in sorting out current issues, someone coming into your country and then calling you illegal aliens Everyone north of the border is magically "Indian" and southward they are something else, and this something else is alien. Simply an arbitrary division. This division is entirely unacceptable that is because the native americans the hispanic are from they are from the tribes south of the border you know aztecs mayans the tribes of indian in texas were the commanche and apache and the plain indians smaller groups they fought the mexicans and the native american descendant of hispanic that is why mexican government got all the whites to go there they needed people to fight them and then the santa anna becomes dictator not good so the places rebel not just texas but state in mexico like coahuila
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