Every Black rapper has a political opinion. Every single one. But you only hear about the political opinions of the ones that support Trump. 🤷🏿♂️
Because that's what US news, which is tuned for white eyes, pushes.
Many white Dems and white GOP folk genuinely believe that Black folk only vote for Black folk, and that Black folk blindly vote for whoever a Black celebrity tells them to vote for. They're genuinely surprised when Black folk don't vote for Kanyes or Hershels or Tim Scotts. Every time.
@mekkaokereke Which is absurd, really, because there literally isn't a demographic in the USA that has more experience with picking the least awful of the available options, than Black voters, for as long as there have been Black voters here.
See, e.g., the re-election of John Lindsay as mayor of NYC in 1969.
Most white folk in this country will vote for Trump.🤷🏿♂️
So when you type on the internet that Trump is a fascist, and that "we" must do everything to stop him, that's weird to me. Because most of y'all know that most of your family will be voting for him. And your relatives that plan to vote for him, will vote harder than the ones that think he's a fascist.🙂🙃
How selfish do you have to be, to expect Black folk that suffer from the racism that you demand, to save you from your own family?
The call is literally coming from inside the house. Your house.
Get off the internet, go downstairs, talk to your racist mom. Don't try to curse me out over TCP/IP, if you wouldn't have that same energy if you saw me in 3D.
If you don't have a friend that was shot to death by police? If you haven't been in the car with me when I've been pulled over? If you've never paid the lawyer's retainer of someone that was falsely accused and sitting on Rikers? Then don't try to tell me what I must do.
Feminists taught me that Mad Max Fury Road is not a feminist movie. I get that.
Fury Road was just an action movie where the violent protagonist was a woman with a visible disability, instead of an able bodied man. I get that.
But I still enjoy the fact that George Miller looked at all the dudes that got angry that a woman was the star of a Mad Max movie, and said "Cry about it!" and doubled down.
@mekkaokereke I thought Fury Road was pretty feminist. It was all about how a society treated women like things so they tried to run away to escape. But then realized that running away wasn't an escape and instead returned to claim their place as valued members and leaders in society instead.
🤔This is an article attempting to understand Black men voters' lack of enthusiasm for Biden... that doesn't include the word "police" once. Like, not even included once!
The article also repeats the lie that Black people didn't turn out for Hilary like they did for Obama, which is another not so veiled way of victim-blaming Black people for the most successful and egregious voter suppression campaign in modern US election history
I have the strong impression that the people who are running the Democratic party are committing electoral malpractice on a number of different levels. I began to panic when they decided to dump the entirety of our legislative political capital on infrastructure instead of voting rights.
@mekkaokereke Detroit citizen (Rashida Talib's district). King Soloman Baptist Church is in gentrified Detroit. To say its on the west side is deceptive, its closer to the SW side of the city.
Furthermore, when a politician goes to Detroit and they want to talk to locals who wont call them out, they either go to these types of churches or go to the suburbs. Furthermore, Detroit was ground 0 when the financial crisis struck. Just because he found a bunch of uninformed clowns doesnt mean much.
The most ridiculous thing about US notions of decorum, is that people are expected to be silent when Black women are attacked.🤷🏿♂️
If a Black woman is attacked and no one says anything, it's allowed to slide. But if a Black woman is attacked and people say anything in response, either calmly and politely like AOC did, or with an in-kind response like Crockett did, then all the "neutral" parties come pouring out of the woodwork, worried about "decorum."
Most of the people who have detailed feedback on how Crockett could have responded proportionally without resorting to making fun of MTG's appearance, have never, not even once, come to the defense of a Black woman being attacked publicly.
Black folk are supposed to have a superhuman ability to receive insults, never get mad, always respond proportionately, and never escalate beyond the point of the initial insult. But it doesn't always work that way.
@mekkaokereke Here's the video that shows what happened. Crockett did NOT directly call Greene these things. What she was doing was asking for clarity if it's ok for Greene to strike her comment about fake eyelashes (a dig directed at Crockett, speaking to her) from the record, would the same chair do the same if she were to say, "bleach blonde bad built butch body"? Because the D's wanted that in the record for all posterity & the chair was allowing it to be stricken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqW03WGzVAI
Either way, the most important thing to do, is to ignore, insult, argue with, and generally disrespect, Black men online! 🤡 Find a Black man, and yell "Trump is worse!" in his face as hard as you can! Swear at him, and threaten him with violence!
If Biden doesn't win, it will be the fault of people who vote more than 50% for Trump. Stop expecting Black people to save you. That's not what we're here for. We exist outside of the world of being a voting block every 4 years.
Your "democracy" only works if Black people vote 90% plus for a candidate whose policies exposed them to genocide levels of harm. That's garbage.
Yes, Black folk have much more to lose under Trump than white people. No, Trump and Biden are not the same.
But a person closer to rock bottom is more willing to let the whole ship sink, than a person with everything to lose.
Think of it this way: Your "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" score might be 70% under Biden, but 49% under Trump. A Black man brutalized by racism his whole life, might be 30% under Biden, but 2% under Trump.
Meghan Markle looking radiant as she visits Nigeria.🇳🇬♥️
Sometimes I get sad thinking about what could have been, and how many deep wounds could have been healed. I can see a world where we can all say "imperialism was bad, slavery was bad, colonialism was bad, and exploiting smaller countries for their natural resources is bad. Let's choose to do better."
When I think about which royals could bridge our current world with that better world, I think of Harry and Meghan.
@mekkaokereke I have never really had any interest in the royals, but my folks lived in Zimbabwe for a while back in the late 80s. Dianna was the "people's princess" but she did so much more to put eyes on leprosy, poverty, aids, land mines. The crown seems to have moved back towards it's conservative leanings since those days.
If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...
Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.
The US hasn't even tried to make an ultra affordable EV. Not even an attempt!
Instead, we make Cybertrucks that no one wants, and then work the refs to kneecap better, smarter companies, to try and prevent anyone else from being successful at doing it.
Every day, I hear people prattle on about how the US Venture Capital industry is so innovative and forward-looking. Yet of all the billions spent (wasted), none of them were smart enough to fund a company making ultra low cost EVs.
Why? Because Americans are by and large offered the most expensive EVs.
Those of us with more modest means get priced out, and the more affordable EVs aren't allowed into the US.
Reminder for underrepresented folk feeling sad discovering that some of the "founders" of Open Source are also open eugencists. Don't feel so sad! Because a lot of founders of Open Source are openly and vocally disdainful of those eugenicists, racists, and other bigots. ♥️👍🏿
There are a lot of different personalities in Open Source. And given the demographics of what OSS looked like back in the days, the percentage of bigots is higher than the public at large.
Hateful people are usually much louder then the rest of us, so it can seem like there are many times more of them than there really are. And they can do a lot of lasting damage. I don't want to understate their harm.
But...
By number, there are a lot more good people than hateful people.
Underrepresented people that were driven out of working on open source in the mid-90s, didn't get the chance to contribute to these projects. This artificially puffs up the perceived "brilliance" of these early hateful contributors.
Underrepresented folk are not being forced out of current open source projects at nearly the same rate.
It's better now, but not perfect. We should hold current open source project leaders, who lead relevant and important projects, accountable.
@mekkaokereke Oh wait, I hear that East PA is gentrifying, invaded by Bay Aryans. sigh Should have born in mind that I haven't been there since like 2013.
Maybe? But it depends on how well they're marketed.
Eg, Caitlin Clark is less *conventionally attractive than Cameron Brink, Hailey Van Lith. And Caitlin Clark doesn't lean into her looks, or wear as revealing outfits, as Hailey or Cameron. But she makes much more in NIL money.🙂🙃
The world has evolved past "Sharipova is more marketable than Serena." Women can market themselves how they want.
(*These are all unrealistically fit, attractive women. "Conventional" is key word)
@mekkaokereke Agree 100% on women controlling their likenessmarket yourself however you want. But Caitlin Clark's estimated to be at $3.1M last year trails an LSU gymnast who isn't top 5 on her own team, Olivia Dunne https://www.on3.com/db/livvy-dunne-162353
The vast majority of pro athletes are making almost all their money off their performance, and not on their endorsement side deals. It's a brave new world.
A non-white Ukrainian girl was told that she wasn't eligible to be miss Ukraine, because she didn't look white. She was told to be quiet and not protest the racism.
She grew up to be a singer and influencer, advocating for non-white Ukrainians.
Then the government of Ukraine asks her if she'd be comfortable being scanned to be the AI avatar for a character that would speak internationally for Ukraine. She agreed to do this for no compensation.
Gotta respect the doubling down! Replying to me posting some dude saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me, with saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me too! The commitment to the bit is impressive!
Listen, you can get as mad as you want. You can call Black folk criticizing Biden "Bitching" if you want. We're still going to do it.
The CDC under Biden dropped the Covid isolation period from "5 days" to "vibes days." Not Trump.
👴🏻 You don't understand what's at stake in this election! It's too important! You should be willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that Biden wins! Whatever! It! Takes!
👨🏿 If you apply that logic to yourself, that means that you shouldn't go around online telling Black folk "Trump is worse so shut up!" You should at least pretend to listen to Black folk.
👴🏻 No! The rules don't apply to me! They apply to you! Just shut up, vote for Biden, and don't complain about anything like I told you to!
Say something about voter suppression by "White voters who tell Black voters to shut up and vote for Biden because 'Trump is worse!'" suppression method?
Why do you think the percentage of Black men who vote Dem is decreasing? People formulate theories around this rather than actually listen to Black folk that don't want to vote for Biden. Because if you listen to these Black men, they'll tell you: Ignoring life & death issues for Black folk, while yelling "Trump is worse!"
So... there was a shooting at Drake's house today. Someone got shot.
🤔 Is this rap beef still funny? Not a rhetorical question. Is it "real" yet? Is this entertaining enough?
For the record, no, I don't think Kendrick or any of his people had anything to do with it. If something bad happens to Drake because of them directly, it will most likely happen in LA or the East Bay or Atlanta or Miami. Because that's where it always happens.
@mekkaokereke I've found the Kendrick v. Drake beef FASCINATING because of the way you can see gatekeeping of blackness and definitions of masculinity, etc. play out across nationalities and cultural groups in real time. But I also feel sad and sick at my stomach watching it - because I know the underlying original sin of slavery and racism is the catalyst for all of it. And inevitably some folks will pay real world prices or even lose their lives over something because of the attention.
@mekkaokereke Saw the headline & thought: Mekka called it & I'm sure he ain't happy being right.
Sure, it's possible that it's totally unrelated. But there's also a good chance that the tough guy who pulled the trigger was inspired by all the tough talking of more high-profile figures.
Because just like with any other kind of grandiose violent rhetoric, even if the people talking have no intent on acting, they are still being reckless by failing to take accountability for their influence.
People get so cranky at Black folk for pointing out the irrefutable evidence that Biden's Covid policies got a lot of people long Covid, and caused a lot of other people to die of Covid unnecessarily.
You can get mad at me. You can yell "Trump is worse!" until your voice gets hoarse. I'm not talking about Trump. I'm talking about pandemic decisions made during this administration.
@mekkaokereke I mean, sure, Trump is worse but I don't presume I need to tell you this...
On the other hand there's a whole lot people that need to hear that Joe Biden could do even better and i have no idea why they're resistant to hearing it.
If US democracy only works if Black folk have no choice in who they vote for and no ability to criticize the 1 candidate that they must vote for, then Black folk do not have access to democracy🤷🏿♂️
And people think this election is "close." It's not really close at all! Biden would win by a landslide! But...
Biden's goal is not to win by a landslide. It's to maximize unpopular policies, while still winning.
So he'll do unpopular policies as much as he can, while still winning.