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Salute to these White Folk out here seeking justice for George Floyd and other victims of police & promising to change their ways
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San Francisco Man Describes Exchange With ‘Karen' Over Black Lives Matter Message
Video that has exploded and gone viral online shows an exchange between a San Francisco resident and a woman who appears to take issue with him writing “Black Lives Matter” in front of his home.
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San Francisco Man Describes Exchange With ‘Karen' Over Black Lives Matter Message
Video that has exploded and gone viral online shows an exchange between a San Francisco resident and a woman who appears to take issue with him writing “Black Lives Matter” in front of his home.
Lol foh. He asked his white fans to PRAY for Jim when tyeu supposedly wanted to sign Kap.
dude needs to come out the closet.
After Crushing Anti-Government Rallies At Home, Iran Expresses Support For U.S. Protesters
Despite its own recent record of shooting protesters, Iran hits back at the U.S. government over the outbreak of racial protests after the horrific killing of an African-American man during an arrest.
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Lady Antebellum Secedes From the ‘Antebellum’
By Zoe Haylock
Lady A, period. Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT/Viacom
Lady Antebellum is no more. After a week of watching, listening, reflecting, learning, looking within, and all those other things the music industry promised to do, the country band has announced an official name change. They’re now simply … Lady A, the nickname their fans have been calling them “almost from the start.” “When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we named our band after the Southern ‘Antebellum’ style home where we took our first photos,” the Nashville trio explained in a statement. “But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before the Civil War, which includes slavery. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen, or unvalued.”
Frankly, Lady A is an objectively cooler name. It sounds like a spy character Lupita Nyong’o should play or a club you could not get into wearing cowboy boots. On the other hand, it also sounds like a celebrity perfume. But a little less racism in the world doesn’t hurt, especially since the band is opening its purse. Lady A plans to donate to the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit that provides legal representation to prisoners, through LadyAID, the band’s philanthropic effort. The band isn’t the only one that’s looked hard at itself and the messages it sends. One Little Indian Records changed its name to One Little Independent on Tuesday. Gestures like this are long overdue, but who’s next?
Update, June 12: A Seattle blues singer named Lady A talked to Rolling Stone about her new name competitors today, saying, “I’m not about to stop using my name.” Anita White, a black woman who has performed under the name “for over 20 years,” said the band didn’t contact her before the decision, which she also criticized. “They’re using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time,” she said. “If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before. It shouldn’t have taken George Floyd to die for them to realize that their name had a slave reference to it.” A rep for the band now known as Lady A told Rolling Stone they would reach out to White and weren’t previously aware of her name and career. “You found me on Spotify easily — why couldn’t they?” White told the magazine. She will release a new album as Lady A, Live in New Orleans, on July 18 and is readying new music that addresses the police killing of George Floyd.
Some "fans" are big mad
That's a big move that's waaay too late considering how any black brands have been doing well
I was with you till that last part....... I just can't fam, haha
Husband of woman who confronted neighbor for BLM message fired from SF financial firm
Lisa Alexander has issued an apology.
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i keep telling folk
this is much more dangerous than any Karen @Camille
U.S. needs to stop being offended about everything, Ben Carson says
“We’ve reached a point in our society where we dissect everything and try to ascribe some nefarious notion to it.”
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. | Astrid Riecken/The Washington Post via AP, Pool
By RISHIKA DUGYALA
06/14/2020 10:49 AM EDT
On ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Carson was asked whether it was appropriate for President Donald Trump to give his convention speech on Aug. 27 in Jacksonville. That date is the 60th anniversary of “Ax Handle Saturday,” when a white mob organized by the Ku Klux Klan attacked mostly black civil rights protesters in the Florida city.
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“We’ve reached a point in our society where we dissect everything and try to ascribe some nefarious notion to it,” replied Carson, the only black member of Trump’s Cabinet. “We need to move away from being offended by everything, of going through history and looking at everything, you know, of renaming everything.”
He continued, “Some of our prestigious universities have a relationship with the slave trade. Should we go and rename those universities? It really gets to a point of being ridiculous after a while. And, you know, we’re going to have to grow up as a society."
Activists have argued that monuments and buildings honoring the Confederacy, slavery and white supremacy should be removed or renamed. Statues, like ones of Christopher Columbus and Jefferson Davis, have been toppled. The Clemson University Board of Trustees voted to remove the name of slave owner and secessionist John C. Calhoun from its honors college.
Meanwhile, cities continue to be gripped by demonstrations against police brutality. Fresh outrage was sparked in Atlanta after the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a black man, on Friday night — leading to an officer being fired, the police chief stepping down and instant condemnation.
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who appeared on ABC shortly after Carson, said it was “a fairly infantile response” to say words and dates don’t have meanings.
“This isn't about growing up," Abrams said. "It's about taking responsibility and having accountability for the actions that have been taken by this country and by people acting on behalf of this country. And we do have a day of reckoning and that day of reckoning is going to continue until we actually make change."
The administration has come under fire for finalizing its rollback of Obama-era LGBTQ health protections on Friday, on the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shootings, in the middle of Pride month and during a global pandemic.
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And, after pressure to delay his upcoming campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., Trump moved the rally to June 20 rather than Juneteenth, the day honoring the end of slavery — a major holiday for many African Americans.
Carson on Sunday said Trump was planning to make remarks about the Tulsa race massacre and the history of Black Wall Street in his campaign rally. “But, you know, it is what it is. And it’s probably good to have moved it,” Carson added.
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Carson advocated that the country work together, as institutions begin to make sweeping changes in response to systemic racism. “As long as we're all willing to listen to other opinions,” Carson said. “We have to stop, you know, putting everything into the arena of combat.”
But pressed on some of Trump’s tweets, which have supported dominating the streets with troops, the secretary said: “There are lots of different ways to express things.” He pointed to the looting and destruction of businesses, saying it wouldn’t make sense to “allow anarchists to just take over.”
“We obviously need to acknowledge that there is a reason that the protests are going on. There’s no question about that. But it also means we need to open the discussion,” Carson said. “We need to listen to the police as well as to the protesters.”
this is much more dangerous than any Karen @Camille
U.S. needs to stop being offended about everything, Ben Carson says
“We’ve reached a point in our society where we dissect everything and try to ascribe some nefarious notion to it.”
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. | Astrid Riecken/The Washington Post via AP, Pool
By RISHIKA DUGYALA
06/14/2020 10:49 AM EDT
On ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Carson was asked whether it was appropriate for President Donald Trump to give his convention speech on Aug. 27 in Jacksonville. That date is the 60th anniversary of “Ax Handle Saturday,” when a white mob organized by the Ku Klux Klan attacked mostly black civil rights protesters in the Florida city.
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“We’ve reached a point in our society where we dissect everything and try to ascribe some nefarious notion to it,” replied Carson, the only black member of Trump’s Cabinet. “We need to move away from being offended by everything, of going through history and looking at everything, you know, of renaming everything.”
He continued, “Some of our prestigious universities have a relationship with the slave trade. Should we go and rename those universities? It really gets to a point of being ridiculous after a while. And, you know, we’re going to have to grow up as a society."
Activists have argued that monuments and buildings honoring the Confederacy, slavery and white supremacy should be removed or renamed. Statues, like ones of Christopher Columbus and Jefferson Davis, have been toppled. The Clemson University Board of Trustees voted to remove the name of slave owner and secessionist John C. Calhoun from its honors college.
Meanwhile, cities continue to be gripped by demonstrations against police brutality. Fresh outrage was sparked in Atlanta after the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a black man, on Friday night — leading to an officer being fired, the police chief stepping down and instant condemnation.
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who appeared on ABC shortly after Carson, said it was “a fairly infantile response” to say words and dates don’t have meanings.
“This isn't about growing up," Abrams said. "It's about taking responsibility and having accountability for the actions that have been taken by this country and by people acting on behalf of this country. And we do have a day of reckoning and that day of reckoning is going to continue until we actually make change."
The administration has come under fire for finalizing its rollback of Obama-era LGBTQ health protections on Friday, on the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shootings, in the middle of Pride month and during a global pandemic.
Advertisement
And, after pressure to delay his upcoming campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., Trump moved the rally to June 20 rather than Juneteenth, the day honoring the end of slavery — a major holiday for many African Americans.
Carson on Sunday said Trump was planning to make remarks about the Tulsa race massacre and the history of Black Wall Street in his campaign rally. “But, you know, it is what it is. And it’s probably good to have moved it,” Carson added.
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Carson advocated that the country work together, as institutions begin to make sweeping changes in response to systemic racism. “As long as we're all willing to listen to other opinions,” Carson said. “We have to stop, you know, putting everything into the arena of combat.”
But pressed on some of Trump’s tweets, which have supported dominating the streets with troops, the secretary said: “There are lots of different ways to express things.” He pointed to the looting and destruction of businesses, saying it wouldn’t make sense to “allow anarchists to just take over.”
“We obviously need to acknowledge that there is a reason that the protests are going on. There’s no question about that. But it also means we need to open the discussion,” Carson said. “We need to listen to the police as well as to the protesters.”
His face shows it all, I am here for my scholarship. But dont let him off the hook. Dude in his 50s he knows damn well what he was doing and doesn't care. And will not care just going to make sure he doesn't wear that stuff in public anymore. How does it take everyone 24 to 48hrs to understand something they have known since grade school. Because it doesn't effect them.
U of I Director of Athletics addresses Chris Doyle separation agreement
Hawkeye head football coach Kirk Ferentz placed Doyle on administrative leave June 6 following allegations of racial disparity.
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