Martin Luther King Jr. comes back on Boondocks

On Boondocks they did an episode where instead of MLK actually dieing after being shot, he just stays in a coma for a few years. Martin then creates a black political party to rally people together in contemporary times. At the first speach he has it promoted by an urban promotions company that gives away tickets on the radio and invites all the usual suspects in the rap world.

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Start something

It has recently come to my attention that not doing anything is the same as condoning it. For instance letting an inappropriate joke slide, or an offensive remark to go unchecked. If you see or hear something that is wrong you should cautiously do something about it. If you see or hear something you know is wrong, you should say that what you saw or heard was offensive and you want it to stop. In some cases you will find people to be apologetic and even regretful of their decision. It can be an embarrassing situation for them, but they will have learned a valuable lesson. In other cases you will be met with strong opposing bigotry (and you will find that in the world) but most moderate people will have to discover appropriate boundaries so it is important, no imperative, that if things offend you, let the people around you know it. Everyone has boundaries that they think are appropriate, and if you let things go unchecked then you repress your instincts to tell people your feelings. And let me tell you, repressing feelings is super unhealthy, please believe. Discussion is very healthy, and a lot of change comes from working out our differences without a billion dollar war.

In the UK racism is such a big problem with the police that they are now developing a test that tests how racist new cadets are before hiring them. After taking the test, "The programme then automatically calculates a "response-index" that indicates a level of racial bias."

Should be no surprise

If you live in Los Angeles and have ever been to Tajunga Valley this article will serve as no surprise to you. I have heard a lot of stories about that part of Los Angeles from non-white friends when I lived in LA. They would tell me they would hear of house parties over there but would be turned away because the color of their skin, or called racial slurs. People started fights with them because of their skin color. People shouting out of cars telling them to get lost. It is not to say that all Tajungans are racist, but let us face the world where people self segregate and do everything possible to keep it that way. If you make the decision to move there in this day and age and you are white chances are you made that decision because you want to only live near white people. At least you are certainly not making the decision to move to a diverse community. I say this with no offense to all Tajungans, just the plethora of bigots who live there. I don't know maybe there is more to the reason that people in Tajunga don't want a Home Depot there, but it sounds like the charges of racism are pretty credible to me.

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This is kind of messed up, because it just makes light of serious racism. I know its funny because it hits close to stereotypes, but my point is often when we accept these stereotypes and make light of them then they are just perpetuated. Chappelle could have joked about anything, but made fun of the guys voice and the classic black man in a korean bodega stereotype. I guess it is funny, but I wonder about jokes like these if they are healthy. The police cheap shot in the end wasn't racist, he could have stuck to that material and it would have been great. Watch it and you decide if this kind of joking is funny or unhealthy. Notice what the audience laughs at and doesn't laugh at

funny stuff today

Some more of the same.

Here is the article about racism and anti semitism on college campuses. "Winbush and others, like Dr. Joe R. Feagin, the Ella C. McFadden Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University, point to a recent rash of racial incidents, including racially offensive theme parties, as evidence that racism on campus is still alive and well."

Here is a piece from the LA times that poses the question,
"How have people who oppose illegal immigration allowed themselves to be painted as both anti-immigration and, more absurdly, "anti-immigrant?""

Here is another article from the LA Times about allegations of racist behavior of the LAPD. "The LAPD clearly has as part of its heritage a racial animus unbefitting police officers entrusted with defending the law and the Constitution, so such allegations are not mere fantasies."


Every day for the next few days I'm going to put up another part of several part series of Jordan Maxwell's called "Who Controls the World?" Here is part five.

Similar to this is a film of his called the "The Matrix of Power" If you like what you have seen so far, watch the last few parts of this series "Who Controls the World?" and then look up the " Matrix of Power." I think I've shown plenty of it here, so that is the last of it here on Epidermic.

Your either part of the solution or part of the problem

Race relations. "To delve into the thicket that is the question of race relations in America is always a dangerous undertaking. It’s a loaded topic that cuts to the core of who a person is and how he perceives he fits in American society - or doesn’t."

Race relations is beginning to be a topic of discussion in Canada. "There is this idea that racism is a U.S. problem. That it doesn't happen here. It does. We are just more polite about it," explains Darren Lund, an education professor at the University of Calgary."

This article is calling out an op-ed article from the LA Times, which they claim contradictory. "One of the problems with the way racism is discussed in this country is that saying that it's still a problem sounds reactionary, and saying that it isn't still a problem sounds naive. The Los Angeles Times has found a novel solution to this conundrum: Publish an op-ed that makes both claims at the same time, wrap it all up in a few meaningless platitudes, and call it a day."

This article is about a Jazz club in Oakland California which put out a "a 10th anniversary CD with no African American musicians." "Jazz is the great cultural achievement of America where blacks took a leading role as creators and practitioners, and where blacks and whites and eventually Asians, Latinos, and well, everyone, performed and listened in harmony (literally and figuratively). That era ended yesterday, thanks to the forward-thinking "progressives" of the San Francisco Bay Area. Race is now more important than music, according to authoritative local commentators and practitioners."

Here is the article from the SF Chronicle referenced in the above article. Despite the CD, "Williams said race and ethnicity are "things that I just never think about when I'm booking the club. It always comes out that we have a great mix. I'm very comfortable with what we've done.""

Every day for the next few days I'm going to put up another part of several part series of Jordan Maxwell's called "Who Controls the World?" Here is part four.

We must learn to live together as brothers ore perish together as fools.

Here Is some information about the history of christianity and its role in racism and slavery. This page gives quotes from the Bible and shows how the text have been interpreted to justify hate and racism. "Maybe that means that using the Bible isn't a valid defense of an idea? Could be..."

This is a piece from the BBC about child slavery in Haiti. I want make the point that in the US Cuban's are permitted to come into the US as political prisoners of Communism. Right next door in the country of Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haitians are literally prisoners to a nearly non existent lawless government. Haiti has been plagued with ruthless dictators and bands of gangs and some of the most serious poverty the world has seen. The one Democratically elected president they had was removed by the US military when a conflict between him and bands of guerilla armies arose. Rather than give military support to the president the US removed him and let Haiti pick up the pieces. I make this point because in general the US policy for dealing with Haiti is not to deal with Haiti. Haitians are sent back from the US upon arriving and Cubans are welcomed with open arms practically. Many claim this to be a racist decision of the United States government because haitians are black and cubans generally are not. Whle the conditions are not great in Cuba (especially for the once rich upper class in Cuba) by comparison to Haiti, Cuba is like a five star resort. Either the US wants to see Haiti fail or it has serious blinders on.

Every day for the next few days I'm going to put up another part of several part series of Jordan Maxwell's called "Who Controls the World?" Here is part three.

Human History becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Ultimate Fighting champion can't fight in Canada. He claims racism is the reason. I didn't know until recently how alive and kicking racism was in Canada until recently, but now that I have heard a few things I wouldn't be so surprised if his claims are true.

Speaking of Canada, I found this article about... well its about a lot of things, but "stop snitching" is the big part. I just wanted to pull this quote because this relates to my Rap vs Hip Hop blog a few days ago. Here is another journalist sighting a few mass marketed rappers from TV and radio and declaring them black culture. In a sense this writer is saying black people are violent, misogynistic, and sexually aggressive, and they are saying that because TV proves it to be true to them. "It's impolite to say so, but these pathologies are in a sense cultural. Just listen to the lyrics of 50 Cent, Cam'ron -- also known as "Killa Cam" -- or any other big-name rapper, where violence, misogyny and sexual aggression are celebrated. Too many urban black youth believe that respect and status are obtained only with a gun. (By contrast, there are other visible minority groups -- Sikhs, Koreans, Chinese -- that also face poverty and racism, yet for whom status is measured by, say, education and family unity." And I continue my fight to stop the big market music industry from destroying the world.

Every day for the next few days I'm going to put up another part of several part series of Jordan Maxwell's called "Who Controls the World?" Here is part two.