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racism
Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly takes barbs at Truman State
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly on Thursday brought his long-running campaign to Truman State University, where an overflow crowd alternately mocked and cheered his efforts in support of a November ballot initiative that would ban consideration of race in public hiring and college admissions.
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Connerly drew his biggest applause of the night after briefly losing his composure responding to an audience member's interruption.
''Lady, would you please just shut up?'' he said.
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KMOX - APSic Semper Tyrannis
The end result of state enforced racism.
The media at large has attempted to condemn the recent events in Kirkwood as an "inexcusable" act of a madman.
Questions how ever arise when we hear when reporters that can't even manage to prod a condemning statement out of the neighbors of the late Charles "Cookie" Thornton.
Many were the cries of racism against the city council, it is obvious to those with open minds that the events of February 7th are simply a case of "chickens came home to roost" so to speak.
Ward Connerly's "Super Tuesday for Segregation" Targets Missouri
Ward Connerly, that high profile opponent for affirmative action and Black water carrier for the new Jim Crow, has returned. He wants to eliminate affirmative action everywhere, and make a buck at the same time... Connerly's "Super Tuesday for Equal Rights" is an effort to promote ballot initiatives throughout the country that would eliminate tax dollars to affirmative action programs based on race and gender. He has targeted five states for this year's November ballot -- Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma -- all of which have relatively low numbers of people of color. In the absence of a determined and coordinated campaign to quash his efforts, he might succeed in taking us back to the future we know too well.
Article first published in The Black Commentator. Cartoon from BAMN; first published March 1998 Emerge Magazine.
"Supporting segregation need not be racist. One can believe in segregation and believe in equality of the races." - Ward Connerly, on CNN's "Wolf Blitzer Reports," Dec. 13, 2002
Recall Slay. Volunteers needed!
Momentum is gathering to recall Mayor Slay. You can help by either signing petitions at polling places or gathering signatures as a volunteer.
Friends,
February 5th is an opportunity to return democratic government to our city. We can get all the signatures needed on February 5th to force a recall election of Francis Slay. I have been part of the recall effort for the past 6 months. Saturday after Saturday a group of us have gone out in north side wards getting signatures. We have 3 of the 19 wards needed.
If we have sufficient petitioners at the polling sites to handle the record turnouts expected, we will get the rest. In the targeted wards it doesn't take much persuading.
Banished: American Ethnic Cleansing @ History Museum
Can the MSM Write Anecdotally About Gentrification Without Being Ungodly Racist?
Don’t you just love it when some quippy Business Section jackass at the WaPo decides to tackle gentrification on a small business-level, assumes a positive urban-renewal tone but ultimately just says “IT’S A LOT BETTER IN THIS AREA SINCE THE BLACK PEOPLE LEFT”? Well, we had one of those today, about a liquor store. The subhead: “As Rough-Hewn Area Goes Upscale, Merchant Shifts From Beer to Champagne.” What a merrily racist Christmas Eve ‘tis!
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WonketteWhite Backlash and the Right
Recently the New York Times carried a report on the "noose incidents" that have been occurring with rising frequency around the country, inspired seemingly by the protests over the "Jena 6" case.
The report came complete with a graphic showing where the incidents have occurred. Remarkably, it isn't just happening in the South: the incidents are also being reported in places like Minneapolis; Cicero, Ill.; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Newark; Baltimore; and New London, Conn.
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TomPaine.comKevin Johnson: Monster, hero or VICTIM?
Kevin Johnson was convicted for 1st degree murder recently and has recieved the death sentence for the shooting of a Kirkwood cop. The following report, reprinted from the current Confluence (online: stlconfluence.org or pick up hard copy at locations around St. Louis) gives another view of this story.
Monster in the Media, Hero in the Streets: the Saga of Kevin Johnson
Before his trial, before the release of any evidence to the public, the mainstream media convicted Kevin Johnson of killing a cop. Why does the "innocent until proven guilty" standard only apply to police who shoot and kill people, and not the other way around? (See Jeremy Robinson article in current Confluence.)
Reggie Clemons: A victim of the MO "Justice" System
This is a preview from the new Confluence, due out in late October. Look for it in locations around St. Louis.
Reggie Clemons has sat on death row since his 1993 conviction for the Chain of Rocks Bridge tragedy. However, many significant and troubling questions linger about who actually committed the crime for which Reggie was convicted.
Reggie was convicted of accomplice liability for the murders of Julie and Robin Kerry two years beforehand. The events of that night and the trial of the four young men charged with the murders received much media attention at the time. Three of the four (including Reggie) tried for the crime were African -American The victims, who were pushed off the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge to their deaths, were both white.
