I found this story on Fox News, about a mixed-race rapper who pulled out of a music festival when she found that the festival was charging white ticket-buyers more than they were charging “people of color”. I had to applaud her good sense, not wanting to be associated with that sort of behavior.
However, my applause were somewhat less enthusiastic when I read the complete article, where the young lady described what she did and why. She seemed to tie herself in verbal knots, trying to avoid calling the situation what it was. Here is a quote from the article-see if you can figure out exactly what she was trying to communicate.
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I have family members that would have, under those circumstances, been subjected to something that I would not ever want them to be in … especially not because of anything that I have going on.”
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What?
Now, this is how the organizers of the AfroFuture fest described what they were doing by charging whites twice as much as blacks to get into the festival.
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AfroFuture explained their policy and rationale for it on their Eventbrite page. Organizers cite “equality” and “equity” in their ticketing, and state their structure “was built to insure that the most marginalized communities (people of color) are provided with an equitable chance at enjoying events in their own community (black Detroit).”
“Affording joy and pleasure is unfortunately still a privilege in our society for POC and we believe everyone should have access to receiving such,” organizers wrote.
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So, they created inequality to promote equality? Did they even think about what they were doing? Speaking of tying yourself in verbal knots! It’s just another example of Black Racism. Good for Jillian Graham (Tiny Jag) for calling them out.
The Greatest Country on God’s Green (and getting greener) Earth. I am proud to be a Citizen of the United States of America.
The United States is the most Prosperous nation in the history of Mankind. People who come here from elsewhere know that, if they work and save, they can aspire to be wealthy, and their children will do better than they did.
The United States is the most Free Nation on Earth. Why else would hordes of people from most other parts of the world travel thousands of miles, across oceans and deserts, to come to America? Why are thousands of Africans, South Americans, Europeans, and Middle-Easterners clamoring to come to America?
The United States has the most polyglot, diverse population on Earth. People here in America speak hundreds of languages, and our governmental units, from local to national, accommodate them with ballots, signs, and government forms in so many other languages it boggles the mind.
Despite what detractors say, America has the best, most-advanced medical care system in the world. Our scientists and medical professionals bring to market more new, life-saving drugs and procedures than any other country. Americans earn more Nobel Prizes than any other country. America has non-profit organizations that, with donations from private American individuals, fund vital research on all sorts of genetic and communicable diseases, improving the lives of millions of people, both Americans and foreigners.
The US Military literally protects the World from Tyranny. After World War II, and the Marshall Plan, America rebuilt Europe, and allowed their countries to spend less on their own defense and more on their vaunted social programs. And We Protected Them, and still do. NATO is still predominantly funded by the United States of America. Would Germany be quite so prosperous today if it had had to fund its own defense? Probably not.
And the US Military is the largest benefactor in the world, when natural disasters happen. Any time there’s a bad earthquake, a tsunami, a devastating hurricane or tropical storm, the US is there, with food, infrastructure, and other supplies to help the suffering. Some people like to say that they don’t want America to be the world’s policeman, but just hear them scream if the US is not there within 24 hours after a disaster somewhere.
Americans are the most generous people on Earth. Americans give a higher percentage of their incomes to various charitable organizations than anyone else. So-called “social democracies” nurture Government as the source of all good works. In America, it’s the People who do most good works. Disasters here bring out the donors in minutes-the Red Cross and United Way rake in the donations when there is an appeal. Americans volunteer more of their precious time too, working at soup kitchens, shelters, and offices to help their fellows. Personally, I saw how generous Americans are. One of my Ricochet friends had some very bad family problems, and was in need of support. I started a GoFundMe campaign, and within a few days, our Ricochet Members donated over $7.500.00.
I get very angry when I hear Americans tear down their country, calling it “racist, sexist, greedy, and mean”. There are many Americans who grew up in the relative lap of luxury, and now, from their ivory towers and suburban homes, denigrate America. I believe every single American should appreciate how fortunate they are to be an American.
Speaking of ivory towers, most of the worst America-haters are found on US college campuses these days. Instead of being seats of learning and exploration, they have become nests of vipers, despising and spreading lies about their own country, the country that allows them this kind of free speech (become mere liberal propaganda). There is, however, an antidote to the modern “progressive” college campus. That antidote is Hillsdale College, in Hillsdale, Michigan. Named one of the best private colleges in the United States, Hillsdale accepts not one penny of government money in any form, and they have been Pursuing Truth and Defending Liberty since 1844. RushBabe and Hubby are endowing a music scholarship at Hillsdale, and we urge followers and friends to learn about the school, and support it. Here’s a production of the Hillsdale music department, just for Independence Day. I have to admit that, while watching this, tears came to my eyes. Maybe it’s the Music. Maybe it’s the Truth.
Next, here’s a taste of my favorite march for Independence Day. The Stars and Stripes Forever, played by the President’s Own Marine Band.
And here are some of the comments on that performance. Get a feeling for how people in other countries feel about America.
Man, that’s amazing. I’m from Brazil and it’s impossible to be a patriot here. I wish there was something like this here. But this… this is awesome. Glad many of you enjoy it. The 284 dislikes are from heartless bitches. God bless America!
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My deepest respects and regards to the culture and values of the american people, my neighbours. I am from a city called Monterrey in north east Mexico and I have nothing but praise for what the US has done in a short amount of time as an independent nation. Hopefully in the near future we can solve our differences and bring our nations to the level of mutual respect and dignity. Only then we can make this part of the world the most prosperous, peaceful and free, but In the meantime i’ll still enjoy what your culture has to offer.
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So, on this Independence Day, cheer for America! It deserves all our praise. And fireworks.
God Bless America. God Bless our President Donald Trump.
Needless to say, I won’t be clicking on that particular link!
For some reason, I can’t imagine anyone being proud of being a pervert (homosexual); essentially a mistake of nature. And no, the homosexual lobby will never get me to admit that homosexuality is not a perversion of Nature, a denial of what humans should be. Humans are designed by their Maker to reproduce, one man and one woman joining to produce little descendants, to carry the Human Race forward into the future. The Lavender Mafia would try to make normal, heterosexual people, admit that they are the wrong to think of themselves as normal. Try as they might, the Homosexual Lobby will not succeed in making their behavior normal, or “defining deviancy down”.
This site will never, ever celebrate “Perverts Month”.
Hundreds of innocent worshippers all over Sri Lanka were murdered at their Easter services, by massive bombs placed among the pews at their churches. The death toll is hundreds, and climbing.
This is your “peaceful” religion. This is heartbreaking. This is what should inspire justified outrage among Christians and Jews everywhere.
I do not voluntarily deal with those who live in Communist, totalitarian, countries. I refuse to buy a product of a Chinese company. I won’t buy a Volvo car (Volvo is owned by Chinese company Geely). I would not buy a Chinese-branded phone (Xiaomi or Oppo). I currently have a long-term-care insurance policy from Genworth. There is a Chinese company trying to buy them, and if they succeed, I will seriously consider dropping my policy that I have paid into for nearly 20 years. I will never visit China, for any reason, no matter how beautiful it might be. I am well aware of the total social control emerging in China, with facial-recognition systems deployed everywhere. China denies its people access to the world-wide Internet; maintaining its Great Firewall of China. And no matter how strenuously the managers at Huawei deny that they would never use their Internet-backbone products to spy on another country, I know that to be a lie. Any company in China is required to allow the Communist Party access to its products.
I don’t deal with countries who kidnap their people abroad and take them back to China to prison. I don’t deal with countries who arrest booksellers. I don’t deal with countries who murder their own people for speaking their minds. No matter how economically prosperous China might seem, it is still a Communist country, with a state-planned economy. China should never have been admitted to the World Trade Organization, and I advocate their immediate expulsion. China has a world-domination agenda, and I believe they should be strenuously combated everywhere.
I only joined LinkedIn in the first place because I was constantly being hounded by out-of-work friends (even though my own company was not hiring). And, funny thing, I get requests regularly from people all over the world wanting to “join my network”. It’s nice to be thought of as having a valuable network, but I pay little attention to LinkedIn. And I wish they had a “Refuse” button to go along with the “Accept” button. But there is none, and I simply delete requests by those who I have no interest in knowing. That includes every request from anyone in China.
…but I find myself in sympathy with a particular group of Muslims, whose culture is facing extinction. Over the last year, I have been reading in the Wall Street Journal about how China is closely observing all its people, placing cameras equipped with cutting-edge facial-recognition software, wherever the people are. China is building a ubiquitous “social credit” system for ALL its people, where they are continually observed at every activity, work and play, and judged for worthiness. Those deemed unworthy are denied jobs, the ability to travel, and other benefits of life. This horrifies me.
But the group who has been feeling these effects the most are the Uighurs, a Muslim group that lives in Western China’s Xinjiang Province. The Communist Han Chinese government deeply fears these Muslims, and thinks of them as terrorists. So many Uighurs have been literally placed in concentration camps; removed from their homes and detained against their will. Their mosques that haven’t been torn down, have been abandoned, and they are not permitted to communicate with friends or family outside (and even inside) China. The malevolent Chinese Communists call these camps “vocational education centers“. Ha! Uighur neighborhoods are still and silent, and the people left there are afraid to worship, or venture very far from home.
The Communist Chinese are pretty good at this sort of thing. Remember the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s? Where children turned in their parents to the authorities, and intellectuals were sent to collective farms in the countryside for “re-education”. An entire generation of Chinese was subjected to stunted development. And how about Tibet? Since being conquered by China, it has become a shadow of its former self, its people subjugated, their culture denied.
All in all, the Chinese Uighurs have actually been pretty peaceful, and not nearly as bloodthirsty as their Arab co-religionists. But the ChiComs can have NO hint of difference or rebellion inside their borders, so they ruthlessly destroy the millennium-old culture of its smaller ethnic groups. Han Chinese move into and take over the homelands of the Uighur, leaving their cities nearly unrecognizable.
I still think that Islam is Evil, but what the Chinese are doing to their Muslim minority is purely criminal, and Evil in itself. Many in the modern world think of China as the world’s biggest market for exports, or as an exotic vacation destination. Knowing what I do about how China treats its own people, I would never, ever go to China, for any reason. They should not get any Western tourist dollars, which just help perpetuate the evil. They certainly won’t be getting any of my dollars.
Last week’s wimpy resolution against “hate” brought this excellent response from a Jewish friend. I 100% agree. Do you?
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Dear Members of Congress,
You should be embarrassed by your lack of courage regarding the anti-Semitism resolution that has been proposed, and apologize to Jews everywhere. How could you even think of changing the resolution to include every single group discriminated against? I am insulted and disgusted by your decisions to consider these changes, since you are either politically stupid or historically uneducated. Let me explain why:
First, to equate anti-Semitism with any other group that is discriminated against is ludicrous. We are not just talking about discrimination: we are talking about centuries of murder, torture, isolation, hatred, marginalizing and rejecting the Jews. Centuries. Every other group in America pales historically in comparison in several ways. Tell me about the centuries of hatred against LGBTQ communities; explain how blacks in this country were victims of hatred in the United States more than 500 years ago (since they weren’t a slave population in this country before then).
Second, Judaism is one basis of the founding of this country. Its values, morals and ethics have become the basis of Christianity and Islam. Isn’t it finally due some public support in our times by condemning those who would destroy or marginalize us?
Third, anti-Semitism is alive and well in almost every country in the world, whether you are talking about Europe, Asia or Africa. Jews have often been the scapegoat of choice for 4,000 years, by nearly every religion and every civilization. Unlike many other groups, I speak as a Jew who refuses to speak about being victimized; instead, I speak the truth. I acknowledge the anti-Semitism I’ve experienced, and I choose to rise above it, rather than blame all of society for this treatment. I don’t expect special favors, reparations, or any kind of compensation. I will take care of myself, thank you.
But when societies begin to show signs (including the U.S.) of increased anti-Semitic activity, I become concerned. Individual anti-Semitic acts are one thing; organized groups determined to spew their hatred on Jews, just because they are Jews. must be called out. These other groups that have been named have plenty of advocates, at political, cultural and educational levels. Where are the champions of the Jews?
I was comforted and proud that the U.S. was going to make a stand against anti-Semitism, as we see growing polarization, groups segregating themselves and aligning against Jews in particular. I understand that the resolution has no legal power. At the same time, we would be making a statement not just to Americans but to the world that we will not stand for anti-Semitism. Other groups have already spoken out for their constituency. Who will speak out for Jews?
I still hope that when the resolution is finalized and announced, politics are put aside. That extremists are discredited. And that wisdom, justice and compassion reign. That we condemn only anti-Semitism for this resolution.
Please don’t disappoint me.
P.S. Don’t bother to mention Ms. Omar; just censure her and remove her from committees. I don’t want her scapegoated in this resolution and thus make her a martyr.
Some of the many Jewish members of Congress halfheartedly opposed this watered-down denunciation of bigotry, but still added their names to it. Like I have said many times, modern Jews are Liberals first, and everything else, even Jewish, later.
