Visa just showed a commercial that made some level of equivalence between being Black, having cancer, and being an amputee.
Happy Black History Month, everyone
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 02:32 (three years ago)
Visa just showed a commercial that made some level of equivalence between being Black, having cancer, and being an amputee.
My family goggled at that one too
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:23 (three years ago)
Also, both out on really light bail for "feloniously attempting to cause bodily injury with a firearm and a deadly weapon by shooting at an occupied vehicle" and "unlawfully and feloniously conspiring with Brandon Case to commit aggravated assault by attempting to cause bodily injury" rather than attempted murder.
Dad's cosplaying Colonel Sanders and son looks like a Sasquatch.
― peace, man, Friday, 11 February 2022 20:46 (three years ago)
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The saga continues...from Axios:
Penn Law professor Amy Wax makes racist remarks on Tucker Carlson showUniversity of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, who has a history of making inflammatory and racist statements, is drawing public ire again.
Driving the news: In an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson last week, she said "non-Western peoples," and specifically Black Americans, harbor resentment and shame over Western achievements.
She then went on to disparage Asian and South Asian doctors at Penn Medicine, singling out Indian women.
"They are taught that they are better than everybody else because they are Brahmin elites, and yet on some level, their country is a s--thole. ... They've realized that we've outgunned and outclassed them in every way," she said.
Between the lines: Wax's latest remarks come as the university is already facing pressure to take disciplinary action against her for comments she made about Asian immigrants in December.
The school launched a review process earlier this year, which could lead to sanctions.
Penn declined to comment on the status of the review until the proceedings are finished.
Of note: Wax's history of making inflammatory comments traces back beyond December. In 2019, Wax said America would be "better off with more whites and fewer non-whites."
In 2018, she inaccurately claimed Black students "rarely" graduate high in their class.
What they're saying: A spokesperson for the University of Pennsylvania's law school tells Axios that "Professor Wax's views do not reflect our values or practices."
Wax did not respond to Axios' request for comment.
Neil Makhija, a Penn Law lecturer and the executive director of Indian American Impact, tells Axios he's concerned about Wax's escalation of inflammatory comments on a platform as big as Fox News.
"It's irresponsible to use your position to lend credibility to these overtly racist sentiments that don't recognize Indian Americans for who we are," he says.
What's next: It's unclear how much longer Penn's faculty review process will take.
Indian American Impact is slated to hold a summit next month in D.C. Makjiha told Axios he's planning to adjust programming to discuss the incident and create solutions against anti-Asian and South Asian hate in educational settings.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 14:56 (three years ago)
four months pass...
It was starting to get dark in Childersburg, Ala., on May 22, so the Rev. Michael Jennings figured it was a good time to water the purple petunias and hydrangeas for his neighbor up the street, who was vacationing in the mountains up north.
Mr. Jennings, 56 and a pastor of 31 years, said by phone on Tuesday that he had done this many times over his seven years in the neighborhood on Sixth Avenue, just a few blocks from the Childersburg Police Department.
At about 6 p.m., a police vehicle drove slowly past the neighbor’s house and parked beside it. Mr. Jennings, who is Black, recalled saying to himself, “Here we go.” Then, according to body camera footage, Mr. Jennings was approached by an officer who asked him, “What you doing here, man?”
“Watering flowers,” Mr. Jennings replies, holding a hose.
He tells the officer that he is “Pastor Jennings” and lives across the street, and the officer asks him to provide identification, the footage shows. But Mr. Jennings refuses, saying that he had done nothing wrong and that he was being racially profiled, according to the video.
About 10 minutes later, he was arrested near his neighbor’s white porch and charged with “obstructing government operations,” a charge that was eventually dropped after local prosecutors and the police realized that Mr. Jennings had not broken any law that evening, according to his lawyer, Harry Daniels. He released the body camera footage last week.
“This is a case of police abuse, police intimidation and racial profiling,” Mr. Daniels said by phone on Tuesday. “Pastor Jennings was arrested illegally, and he was taken away from his family unlawfully.”
Mr. Jennings and Mr. Daniels said they planned to file a lawsuit next week, but did not specify who would be named as defendants.
“I’m not anti-police,” Mr. Jennings said. “We need our police. We just need good police.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/black-alabama-pastor-arrested-flowers.html
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 15:41 (two years ago)
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