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Re: No More Mister Nice Blog: THE ARREST OF THE CRUMBLEYS OPENS UP WHOLE NEW VISTAS OF RIGHT-WING WHATABOUTISM

RiPPa — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:41:33 -0000

The racism is rich in those comments. Nevertheless, it's so on-brand for those types.

Re: The Root's Damon Young is Wrong: Straight Black Men are not oppressive patriarchs!

RiPPa — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:59:56 -0000

This is worth reading:

https://drive.google.com/fi...

Re: The Root's Damon Young is Wrong: Straight Black Men are not oppressive patriarchs!

RiPPa — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:27:42 -0000

Can you produce data that disproves the notion of black women being a double minority? Sorry, but to posit the idea that patriarchy and the privilege it affords black men is non existent, is trash in itself. Read some hell hooks or Audrey Lorde, my man.

Re: The Root's Damon Young is Wrong: Straight Black Men are not oppressive patriarchs!

RiPPa — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:34:10 -0000

Privilege in the context of gender - or more specifically, black male privilege in this instance - has absolutely nothing to do with economics. Damon's piece spoke to the tone-deafness of Heterosexual black men to other forms of oppresion. We see a similar tone-deafness in conversations of race and how white privilege clouds the understanding of critical race theory on the part of white folks. Like them, you make the mistake of equating privilege with ecpnomic status, wealth, or lack thereof. In doing so, with this post you actually help to prove the point of Young's piece. But perhaps the patriarchy is non-existent and is really just "fake news" in this new era of post-trith .

Re: Mentally Unstable Trump May Commit Suicide

RiPPa — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:05:46 -0000

Yeah, but Trump is living up to all expectations as an incompetent buffoon. Just ask Mitch McConnell and John McCain about that.

Re: Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Black Conservatives Who Support Donald Trump are Racial Mercenaries and Judases to Black America

RiPPa — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:22:38 -0000

I was waiting for you to refer to them as "black garbage pail kids" as you have in the past. That reference always made me chuckle. Nonetheless, black conservatives and black Republicans are just fine with being the "black friend." After all, being just that reinforces the notion that they're independent thinkers; and, unlike black folk like us who enjoy all the free warermelon, fried chicken, and red Kool Aid, on the "Democratic plantation," as they say, like you said, they're special.

Re: The Lamest Excuses Why Black People Won’t Boycott The NFL

RiPPa — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:15:26 -0000

Did you boycott the NFL when Michael Sam's - the first openly gay player to be drafted, who happens to be black - couldn't get a job after he was cut by the St. Louis Rams? Did you boycott the NFL after Vikings punter, Chris Kluwe, was cut after he spoke out against homophobia in the NFL and explained in an op-ed that it was precisely the reason Sam's was unemployed? Like Sam's, Kluwe was never picked up by another NFL team.

Not to play Oppression Olymixs here, but these are questions I think you have to ask yourself. And in doing so, you should ask yourself why you did not. Hopefully the answers aren't as "lame" as those of the black people who refuse to boycott the NFL this season.

Re: Hey, Asshole, Russia Hacked The Elections

RiPPa — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:13:01 -0000

Still think that the hacking story is silly?

Re: Professor Lisa Durden Fired After Appearance On Fox News

RiPPa — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 08:55:55 -0000

Well, as long as one invokes oppression, slavery, and lynchings, you can get a pass. 😅

Re: Hey, Asshole, Russia Hacked The Elections

RiPPa — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:49:53 -0000

My use of the name Trigger was an attempt at satirical humor.

Re: Hey, Asshole, Russia Hacked The Elections

RiPPa — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:46:03 -0000

Don, when he said he had "no doubt," that Russ's hacked the elections, that conclusion was, in fact, based on evidence. What he did say after answering that question, in another response, was that he had not seen any evidence of collusion between the Russians and the Trump campaign. If you don't believe me, you can click the link to the full transcript and read it yourself. Also, the very first link in the post directs you to the full summary of the report written by the U.S. government. This isn't from anonymous sources and leaked information. What I present hear is straight from the horse's mouth.

Re: Jason Whitlock Has A White Man Dying Inside Of Him

RiPPa — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:47:30 -0000

That really counld be him. LMAO!

Re: Jason Whitlock Has A White Man Dying Inside Of Him

RiPPa — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:46:18 -0000

Whitlock's is problematic because he confuses inter-personal racist acts with institutional racism. Like your club being vandalized, that's inter-personal. That's something you can shrug off like you did if you choose. I won't dare suggest that people aren't within their right to feel some type of way about it like your business partner did. That aside, even so, wealth does not remove someone from being victim to racism. Now, with wealth, unlike poor people, you have more options. Wealth affords someone to avoid some of the trappings of institutional racism. In LeBron's case, his wealth makes it possible for his kids to go to private schools; they're able to avoid the trap that is inequitable school funding, and therefore shitty schools. Poor people aren't that lucky. So in that sense, he's correct, but to a point/ Even as wealthy as LeBron is, by virtue of being black, he's still subject to be racially profiled just like any other person of color. Like Dwayne Wade;s kids, his children can also be subject to random stops by police in their own neighborhood as Wade once explained. So yeah, Jason Whitlock is an idiot.

Re: Barack Obama Can Buy Any Size House He Wants

RiPPa — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:36:49 -0000

Where is the pushback coming from?

Re: You Might Be Racist If You Think Bill Cosby Is Guilty

RiPPa — Sat, 20 May 2017 11:02:49 -0000

Did you read the article, or are you stuck on the headline? I'm only asking because at issue here, isn't the race of his accusers. But rather, how implicit racial bias impacts our judgement.

Re: Stop Forcing Me To Like Trump Voters

RiPPa — Wed, 10 May 2017 05:56:51 -0000

No need to apologize, my friend. The ridiculousness of what some of my liberal friends are selling is enough to make any thinking person angry.

Re: Illegal Immigration and Discrimination against Black American Men

RiPPa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:56:59 -0000

Where in this quote does it clarify or establish the fact that the workers hired weren't authorized to legally work in the United States?

It doesn't: but you're making the assumption that they were. Yet, you fail to see the problem with this.

Heck, next you'll tell me that the Mexicans are bringing guns, drugs, and are all rapists. But don't worry, nothing I say is important when you're bent on pushing an agenda.

Re: Illegal Immigration and Discrimination against Black American Men

RiPPa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:38:12 -0000

Neither your post or the case it highlights establishes whether the employees shown preference were in fact undocumented. Yet, you make an argument suggesting that they were.

Problem...

Re: Illegal Immigration and Discrimination against Black American Men

RiPPa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:13:21 -0000

It's called research. I understand, facts can be strange things to some.

Re: Illegal Immigration and Discrimination against Black American Men

RiPPa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:12:21 -0000

You're absolutely right: you're a blogger. As someone who knows just a little bit about blogging, I'd like to think that you can understand why language matters.

As a black man and direct descendant of people who were - and still are - systemically oppressed, you do know that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. That said, I'd like to think that you also know that whether one is a citizen or not, on US soil, one is still protected by the US Constitution. You know, the same document that grants everyone certain protections? Well, undocumented immigrants are also afforded those protections.

This is where intersectionality becomes a part of the conversation. I don't know about you, but I think it would be hypocritical of me to make thethe protest of the violation of someone's rights contingent on where they were born, or whether they are documented immigrants or not. This is why I find it highly problematic for a black person in America to make the argument that black folks shouldn't be concerned with the immigration debate.

But hey, that's just me.

I mean, it's not like the nativist anti-immigration movement isn't funded by documented white supremacists. So, why would anyone take issue with a person of color aiding and abetting them in their ongoing fight by promoting their talking points?

So much for intersectionality.

Re: Illegal Immigration and Discrimination against Black American Men

RiPPa — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:27:06 -0000

Research finds that as immigrants enter the labor market, African Americans respond to these changes in the workforce by moving up to higher-skilled—and presumably higher-paying—jobs. In fact, African Americans are three times more likely to transition to higher-skilled jobs as a result of immigration than non-African American workers.

https://www.americanprogres...

Re: Illegal Immigration and Discrimination against Black American Men

RiPPa — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:05:50 -0000

First off, the word "illegal" isn't a noun. Secondly, nobody "supports" the hiring of undocumented workers. Third and most important, unless it can be established in court that undocumented workers were being hired, then yes, that's a problem.

Specific to the problem of enforcement, is racial profiling. As well as, individuals being placed in deportation proceedings without being convicted of a crime. That's a big problem. I'd argue that it's equally as problematic as the discrimination the lawsuit alleges if found to be true.

So, is there proof of the agency paying certain employees lower than market wages? I need to know. Beyond that, using an isolated case to represent or argue a larger point is highly problematic, my man. As a black person, you know all too well how this practice negatively impacts us.

Besides, haven't you ever heard of intersectionality?

Re: Philando Castile: Diamond Reynolds Speaks Emotionally

RiPPa — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 22:39:39 -0000

Did they get pulled over for smoking weed? Was she smoking weed at the time her boyfriend was killed?

Re: Democrats Release Party Platform Draft

RiPPa — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 21:53:50 -0000

You lost me with the rigged election conspiracy theory. Sorry, conspiracy theories are what idle minds subscribe towithout supportive evidence. Bernie's sales pitch was horrible - his innuendos about Hillary, is what sold most of his supporters. Here's the problem. There's no evidence of qQuid Quo Pro. But let's not talk about that. Instead, let's talk about the party platform. Aside from it being non-binding, when was the last time your vote was contingent on the contents of the party platform?

Re: Jesse Williams and Flowing White Tears

RiPPa — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 19:05:28 -0000

OK genius, so where's Egypt located? Better yet, where the red-skinned people come from, and where did they go?