As usual, you hear what you want to hear and don't pay attention to anything outside of your ass safety bubble. Whatever. You do you. Spoiler I know, you'll respond with "I will" "and the like", etc
Lemme ask a different way: Because, I'm agreeing with, touting, and financially supporting the efforts of many Black conservatives, in and of itself, does that make me a racist? And if not, please, I mean PLEASE show me where I've made alternative statements that show or prove me to be a racist otherwise.
You supporting black conservatives isn't what makes you a racist, no. It's the rest of the package that does.
I can't understand how anyone can argue that the institution of our country is not imbedded in racism. For the first hundred years of our countries existence we kidnapped people from their continent and forced them under the worst conditions to do our bidding. We saw them as less than us. Less then men. In the original constitution they and not to mention women were property...fucking property...not people. It took a century nearly to finally begin to recognize African Americans as people. And, it is only so because of an ammendment. A fucking footnote that says oh ok...I guess they are people and they are free and stuff. And a lot of people were not OK with that. It fractured the country. Broke it in half. The Union and the Confederacy. People in the south were so distraught they were going to have to treat African Americans as people it started a war. The Civil fucking war. They didn't want to give it up. That's how imbedded racism fucking is in our country. The south lost of course. Those poor souls. They had to free their slaves and pick their own cotton. Or else actually pay people to do it. Though they freed their slaves, they didn't have to like it. They treated African Americans the same. The south created restrictive laws (old Jim Crow) during reconstruction to hamper black people from having equality. Sound familiar? Black people were citizens and were given to right to vote by further ammendments. But, the south made it as hard as possible on them with more and more restrictive laws. That's how imbedded racism is in our country. They continued calling African Americans the same slurs into the 20th century. These threatened white men created the KKK to have circle Jerks with fellow racists, and hid under sheets so they could kill black people. (Think about that...if you are hiding under a sheet with eye holes cut in it and are killing black people for fun...are the black people the problem there?) And the hate continued, not letting black people eat at the same restaurants, drink from the same fountains, learn from the same schools. That's how imbedded racism is in our country. Segregation was then ended in ways thanks to Brown v Education which laid the foundation. Schools, restaurants, and drinking fountains, etc were for everyone. But, racism remained. The bloody Civil Rights movement of the 60s moved things forward however slowly but not truly. Black people aren't paid as much. They are some of the poorest portions of America. Many still live in gentrified areas and are forced into gangs to have some semblance of power. There are still restrictive laws put into place to stop them from voting. They are the majority of incarcerated populations. Beneath the presents surface the past remains, as we saw in 2016 when Trump became president. He awakened a dormant portion of a seething far right wing ideology that never truly left. Confederate flags flew freely and popular among the right, even becoming a symbol for Trumps politics. Far right wing whites marching against blacks. Patriots. This is how imbedded racism is in our country It's still here. It never left. We haven't taken responsibility for our true history and many want to deny it ever happened. But, let's not teach that to our kids
Owen's is just trying to buy into far right ideologies rather than to accept the history of her people.
I love the section in Malcolm X autobiography when he grilled white prison chaplain on what color was Jesus.
I disagree. She was a strong Democrat at one time. IIRC, she left the party because she thought it was holding Blacks back by working to keep them government-reliant, while also feeding the Democratic machine as a whole. It's a generalization, but I think you get the gist.
Lol You know what an Uncle Tom is right? Another fun fact. The Pearl Inccident/The DC riot of 1848 inspired Harriet Beacher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin which inspired the freeing of slaves and thus the Civil War. Have you read it? You should.
I'm sure the title is regarding the epithet, and abuses of it today. There were a number of such quotes (along with "house slaves") in the documentary.
Owens and Elder's sole claim to fame is being Trumpers. They aren't accomplished people. They aren't scientists, historians, writers, musicians. They certainly were never activists. Never involved in any struggle. Being Trumpists gives cover to white supremacy. It's not conservative values, it's grift.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2084518/candace-owens-election-corrupt-sham-claim-trump-biden/amp/ That do? In July she tweeted it was proven Biden and Harris stole the election. https://www.rawstory.com/candace-owens-january-6/ Here she is saying Jan 6 was old folks taking selfies.
