#instead of working for Government Racism Company

[br1ghtestlight]

Any Sergeant bosco headcannons hmm?

THIS ASK SOUNDS SO PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE AND JUDGEY LMAO but yes i love bosco and think about him maybe too much considering he's a cop. he's genuinely one of my favorite bobs burgers characters

expanding upon the fact that he canonically has adult kids i think he and his wife were in a bad marriage but decided to stay together until their kids were adults to get divorced, but there was a lot of fighting and it probably would've been healthier for everyone if they just split up when the kids were younger. his kids resent him for their kinda shitty childhood so he doesn't talk to them very much and they moved far away to like new york city or whatever, he does love and care about him but he maybe isn't the best at showing them that or communicating (he also is probably not great with kids in general as shown by his interactions with the burger babies)

he didn't really ever WANT TO be a cop he's just a cop bcuz he figured that was an easy career and its what his parents encouraged but when he sees younger officers joining for the same reason he tries to convince them to quit and do what theyre actually passionate about i thimk he would've enjoyed music when he was younger

he and bob very occasionally get together and have a few drinks and just talk about shit after the restaurant is closed, neither of them would call each other friends but they are definitely friends they're just grumpy old men about it <3

he really respects louise and she's honestly his favorite belcher child and at one point louise asks him to come into her class and do a presentation on police work for like a celebrating heroes thing and he's actually very emotional bcuz his own kids never wanted him to come by their school for anything, louise just wanted to brag about how she knows an actual cop with a gun but she respects bosco too bcuz he doesn't treat her like a child and actually stands up to her bullshit

bosco is more fond of the belcher family than he would like to admit, like they're crazy and they make his life miserable sometimes but he does genuinely care about them and enjoys their shenanigans and they're probably some of the only people outside the police force who he's actual friends with and he does like linda and bob specifically, he's ambivalent towards gene and tina bcuz he doesn't really understand kids or get along with them

I WOULD ADD MORE BUT TUMBLR DOESNT LET YOU SAVE ASKS AS DRAFTS AND I HAVE TO GO NOW SOO goodbye

[tepkunset]

Marvel Studios is an American film and television production company. Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher.

As of the current date, the official BDS Movement has called for a Boycott of Marvel Studios upcoming Captain America film that features a zionist Israeli character who supports apartheid. There has been zero mention of Marvel Comics - or anything else Marvel - in either of their two statements I can currently find mentioning "Marvel" on their website, unless something is missing from that tag.

April 27, 2023: "Palestinians call for widespread boycotts of Marvel’s 2024 film, Captain America: New World Order, unless it drops Sabra/Ruth Bat-Seraph, its “superhero” that personifies the apartheid state of Israel. ... We encourage creative, peaceful protests to challenge Marvel Studios’ – and its owner Disney’s – complicity in anti-Palestinian racism, Israeli propaganda, and the glorification of settler-colonial violence against Indigenous people. ... We urge conscientious audiences worldwide to join us in boycotting Captain America: New World Order, and standing up for freedom, justice and equality."

November 23, 2023: "Marvel’s next Captain America film features Sabra/Ruth Bat-Seraph, a “superhero” personifying apartheid Israel. The character’s backstory includes working for the genocidal Israeli government and its occupation forces. By reviving this racist character in any form, Marvel is promoting Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. It is complicit in anti-Palestinian racism, Israeli propaganda, and glorifying settler-colonial violence. Tell Marvel you won’t buy its toys, clothes or accessories."

It is my understanding that the only way a boycott will work is if it's organized and targeted - thus the reason for BDS in the first place. The demand was that Marvel Studios remove the Israeli character from the film. Since the demand has not been met, then the boycott remains in place. But boycotting some random comic book writer's work and some comic book shop that makes pennies, with nothing to do with the MCU, is not what is being organized at this time.

The character in question hasn't even been featured in comics in 10 years - though of course she never should have been created in the first place. But Marvel Studios is choosing to pull her out of nowhere, when they have thousands and thousands of characters they could adapt instead. Please boycott Captain America: Brave New World (formerly titled New World Order) set to come out February, 2025, even if you're a Sam Wilson fan.

[decolonize-the-everything]

Is anyone still watching Florida? Did y'all see this? It's from may 2024 and it's straight up Nazi nonsense.

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to further strengthen Florida’s protections for consumers, teachers, and employees from being forced to adopt ideologies or reflect a preferred political behavior. With today’s actions, Governor DeSantis is bolstering protections for: • Consumers, by providing recourse for individuals who believe they have been de-banked for political reasons; • Teachers, by ensuring they are not subjected to trainings that teach an ideology of hate, but instead focus on achieving mastery of academic content; and • Employees, by taking steps to prevent ideological discrimination or harassment in the workplace.

Governor DeSantis signed HB 989 and HB 1291 into law. HB 989 does the following: • Increases protection for customers of financial institutions operating in Florida from unwarranted account cancellations and restrictions through a coordinated complaint and investigatory process within the Office of Financial Regulation. • Removes Florida’s exclusive preference of holding public funds with banks, particularly with out-of-state big banks, by allowing community-based credit unions to hold public funds. • Permits the Chief Financial Officer to have a dedicated consumer-liaison for assistance dealing with the Federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

HB 1291 does the following: • Prohibits teacher preparation programs from indoctrinating prospective teachers by teaching distorted versions of significant historical events; and • Prevents the infusion of identity politics in teaching methods and prohibits instructing that theories such as systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in America’s institutions.

Governor DeSantis is also working with the Attorney General’s office to bolster Florida’s protections from ideological discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Companies do not have a right to create a hostile work environment by forcing an employee to sit through trainings that tell that employee he or she is inherently racist or sexist. This includes efforts to mandate trainings meant to guilt employees or think less of themselves because of racial, religious, or social upbringing. “We reject a global elite trying to force their ideology on us by capturing major institutions,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “We are not going to allow big banks to discriminate based on someone’s political or religious beliefs, and we will continue to fight back against indoctrination in education and the workplace.” “For too long, credit unions were barred from participating in Florida’s Qualified Depositor program, which didn’t make sense,” said Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. “Government entities should have more tools in their toolbox for maximizing taxpayer returns, and by opening it up to credit unions, we’ll not only bolster competition, but give banks more incentive to drop the woke-nonsense and focus on returns. Thanks to Governor DeSantis, Florida is where woke goes to die, and we were proud to partner with him and his team in getting this important legislation over the finish line.

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That's systemic antisemitism, right, like this is what this bill is? These laws are to stop the "global elite" who control "big banks" from making Desantis do sensitivity training is antisemitic.

That's literally a dog whistle.

While many people might hear “international banks” quite literally, or maybe as an allusion to Clinton’s ties to foreign financial interests in general, anti-Semites hear something very different. After all, the supposed existence of a cabal of international Jewish bankers working to undermine US democracy is a recurring theme in American anti-Semitism, from Henry Ford’s The International Jew to Reddit troll-conventions. Trump’s choice of language serves as a signal that he is one of them.

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Hitler described Jews as “international elements” that “conduct their business everywhere,” thus harming and undermining good people who are “bound to their soil, to the Fatherland

[thrashkink-coven]

Happy Emancipation Day!

Here's a short write up I did about Emancipation Day for my local grassroots mutual aid collective. This will unfortunately be focused primarily on Canada because our area of influence is more local than international. Please be sure to educate yourself on what this day means in your region!

What is the Slave Abolition Act of 1833?

The Slave Abolition Act of 1833 was a British law that ended slavery in most British colonies, freeing over 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean, South Africa, and Canada. The law, approved on August 28, 1833, took effect on August 1, 1834. It did not immediately apply to territories controlled by the East India Company, Ceylon, or Saint Helena; these exceptions were removed in 1843.

Earlier, in 1793, John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (now Ontario), had passed an Act Against the importation of new slaves. This law promised freedom to children born to enslaved women at age twenty-five, but it did not free existing slaves. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 later replaced this law, ending slavery across most of the British Empire.

Did it really free the slaves?

The Slavery Abolition Act had its flaws. It only freed those enslaved under age six. Older individuals were classified as 'apprentices' and had to work 40 hours a week without pay as “compensation” to their former slave owners. Full emancipation was not achieved until July 31, 1838.

While Canada often expresses pride in its relatively lesser involvement in slavery when compared to other British colonies, it wasn't the first to end it. The Independent Republic of Vermont was the first in North America to abolish slavery with its 1777 constitution. This came 16 years before Upper Canada’s partial abolition in 1793. Vermont was quickly followed by states like Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and the U.S. Congress banned slavery in future Midwest territories in 1787.

What is Emancipation Day? What does it mean?

On March 1, 2021, the Canadian House of Commons unanimously declared August 1 as Emancipation Day. This date marks the beginning of the partial abolition of slavery across British colonies in various countries.

Why is Emancipation Day important? 

Neglecting acknowledgement of Emancipation Day allows Canada to evade its dark history and distort its legacy. We must hold governments accountable for the history of their crimes. It’s critical to confront the reality that slavery was a part of Canadian history and that its legacy continues to impact African Canadians today. While Canada often boasts about its role in the Underground Railroad and its “total” abolishment of slavery before the U.S, it must also face the uncomfortable truth of its own very real involvement in slavery. Emancipation Day is about confronting history with honesty. Acknowledging this day is essential for addressing past injustices and ensuring that future generations grasp the full, unfiltered truth of Canada's history, including the painful chapters that must not be forgotten or repeated. 

Emancipation did not end the oppression of Black people in this country. For those who suffered under centuries of slavery, emancipation should have signaled that Canada would become a place of respect and opportunity for their descendants. Instead, Black Canadians still face racism, discrimination, and prejudice in education, healthcare, housing, and the justice system.

The history of slavery and the stories of enslaved people and their descendants have historically been confined to Black communities. Recognition of this day on a national scale not only helps to validify the black experience, but also to clearly acknowledge our refusal to return to these oppressive norms. Integrating this crucial part of Canadian history into the education of all our children is vital for addressing anti-Black racism and its ongoing impact in our society to this day. A necessary step toward justice is issuing an official apology to the descendants of enslaved people, bringing this issue to the forefront of Canadian awareness and starting the path toward meaningful reparations.

Emancipation day allows us the opportunity to use the past to reflect upon the present. We must acknowledge the deep, ongoing trauma from slavery and segregation as the foundation of anti-Black racism that is still rampant in our justice system today. It is only through this acknowledgement that we can begin to form a dialogue which sees black people as an important, intrinsic part of Canadian history at all times, not just during black history month. 

[fancyhandsbakery]

No Buying May the Fourth Be With You Sales - Boycott Disney and Marvel

Since it’s coming up, I feel the need to remind everyone to not buy anything this upcoming May 4. I know we are all exited about cheaper Star Wars products, but Star Wars is owned by Disney and its comics are published under Marvel Comics, also owned by Disney. We are actively boycotting both of these corporations for their financial and public support of the illegal occupying force known as Israel, Zionism, and the genocide currently happening against the Palestinians.

Instead of giving money to fund genocide, donate that money to the hundreds of gofundme’s Palestinian families have set up to evacuate them from Gaza. Donate to a organizations like Amnesty International.

Why are we boycotting Disney?: (1st link)

“Disney made an official announcement that it will be pledging $2million and further initiatives to support Israel. Whilst the CEO explicitly condemned attacks on Jews in Israel, he made no mention of the Palestinian people who are being killed by the Israeli military.” -boycott.thewitness.news

Why are we boycotting Marvel Comics?: (2nd link)

There parent company is Disney and Palestinian film and arts organizations call for boycotts of Captain America: New World Order. Why? This movie co stars “Sabra AKA Ruth Bat-Seraph, who “personifies” apartheid Israel, from the 2024 film.” bdsmovement.net. Sabra actively works for Israel’s government and occupation forces. Also look into the actor who is going to play her. The actor makes propaganda for the Israeli government.

I recommend researching this further to be able to convince others not to see this movie. Her history as a character is a violent example of colonialism, racism and propaganda.

Please reblog this and share it in any and all Star Wars spaces.

[gacha-incels]

Thank you for being sane in a sea of insanity, every time i see these games discussed on the western web it's always about how it's fine because korean feminists are "different" and very "extreme" and name dropping how there's a huge feminist goddesses cult behind the government (????). And this information is always shared uncritically and taken as fact.

Thank you for cataloging these issues in english and summarizing controversies.

Thank you, yeah seeing this rampant and often patronizing misinformation is frustrating. The fact that it is said with such conviction is so shameless. I wanted to have a place where all contemporary feminist ideological verification information could be accessed so the reader could get a better understanding of who is attacking these women/feminism and why. I’m not arrogant enough to claim I understand everything just from reading and watching the evolution of this movement since around 2016, this is like absolutely nothing compared to actual residents obviously, and there is of course a salient conversation to be had regarding bigotry like trans/homophobia and racism within the movement but, especially for everything posted here, this is clearly not the reason these misogynist men attack women. We can literally see their thought process in real time for a lot of these cases. They see anything that resembles 🤏 (this part doesn’t even need to happen in some cases, simply the fact that a Korean woman worked on a product is enough like with the Genshin Impact character designer) ➡️ they look for any woman working for the company that makes this product ➡️ whether she has produced the “offending” content doesn’t matter, they target her and trawl through her social media (including private/deleted/old posts) looking for any mention of women’s rights ➡️ no matter how innocuous the post (campaigning for equal pay and enjoying the women’s day google doodle in the case of the Arknights artist) they throw a shitfit and claim this is misandry ➡️ most often the company will grovel, delete the “offending” content and write a simpering apology to their fanbase that frequently will specifically name feminism itself (and not any sort of bigotry) as some dividing force. The incels engaging in this behavior do it because they hate women. They are a group who are violently misogynistic, racist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, you name it. But instead of being censored, ideologically verified and referred to as a “dividing force” of the South Korean population, they are instead given rapt attention by businesses and have their whims catered to while the women they target lose their jobs, have the “feminist stigma” attached to them while looking for work, are often stalked and harassed and blamed for their own misfortune caused by others. We see this play out pretty much every time and yet there are always people on the western web posting things like “feminists are crazy over there vellmori was fired because she was in the feminist cult, this is normal since feminism is terrorism in Korea” because they read a twitter post or scrolled through namuwiki or whatever. People want to believe this so they do and make it their truth. In their minds these women deserve it. This is to say nothing of the condescension in believing you know the full story of a movement from half-remembering secondhand information or watching a video essay. It drives me crazy seeing this so often, so if this blog can be helpful then I’m happy. Thank you for your message

[fairuzfan]

I am learning more and more how deep american political support for israel runs, I'm not american so i had to research the history of american support for israel. I was surprised to see it was so strong even across party lines, israel gets bipartisan support. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if trump was in office at the moment instead of biden, i don't think that it would make any material difference. He would just be more overtly racist about it

Yes! Actually for every election cycle since I was old enough to understand how elections worked, my dad and I would discuss which candidate was funded by AIPAC as a litmus test for how anti-Palestinian they'll be in office. I think the only current people who are in office without AIPAC/CUFI backing are Tlaib (definitely without backing), Bush, Omar, and Andre Carson? Give or take a couple of them lol.

I'm a firm believer that Biden just knows how to be polite about his racism. He's just as bad as Trump, it's just that he knows how to keep quiet.

When a government is decided by how much money you pour into a candidate, either by lobbying groups or by private companies (like weapons manufacturers), then it's not a democracy! You have no choice in the matter especially if they can redistrict your areas to make a candidate more likely to win! What's the point in participating in a sham system where you have no voice unless you have money!

[weecherylita]

UK General Election and the Difference Between the Tories and Labour

I have read a lot of posts on here complaining that the difference between the Conservatives and the current Labour party are negligible, and that Labour are basically "Red Tories". And I can definitely see where people are coming from there; I have often felt frustrated with Keir Starmer for how bloody unwilling he is to stray too far from a lot of the core Tory positions and doctrines.

Which is why I was very interested in a political podcast I listened to this evening that discussed precisely this subject, following on from extensive analysis of the policies stated in the party manifestos. Much of the gist of the discussion supported the view that yes, there isn't a great deal of difference between the two main parties (at least not when it comes to their manifesto pledges - political experts still generally expect their instincts to be very different when in comes to things like taxing the rich in order to spend more on public services. Labour have notably not ruled out several avenues for tax rises in their manifesto - just the ones that are more likely to hit the average household).

Anyway, there were a few key policy differences mentioned in the podcast, most notably:

1) Labour are going to scrap the Rwanda policy (so they are not going to send people seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda instead)

2) Labour has much more enthusiasm for renewable energy and a plan to create a national energy company.

3) Labour is also planning to introduce a Race Equality Act and create more statutory duties within government to reduce inequality

For those unaware of what that means: a statutory duty places a legal responsibility on government departments across the board to try and work towards certain objectives when making new policy - or at the very least, keep them in mind. In this case, it sounds as though government policy makers in ALL departments will have to stop and think about the potential impact of every policy they develop on inequality (however that gets defined) making efforts to reduce it where possible. ON EVERY POLICY. That is potentially huge - even more so when compared to the Conservatives, who are currently attempting to make themselves as vehemently "anti-woke" as possible in competition with Reform.

I'd say that's a pretty big difference between Labour and the Conservatives.

(Not that Labour are perfect on race and equality, mind you. I think Labour does have a problem with racism. But I'll take some imperfect progress under Labour over the Conservatives any day).

[bluetimemachinesong]

How it all started (part 2)

The government started to announce that changes were going to be happening in the workforce and that these changes were necessary for our country, but I don't remember if they said it was going to be worldwide or not. But they told us all not to worry. Then the changes started.

One by one businesses were announcing that they were closing and laying off most all of their workers almost immediately, and keeping a few staff until they were able to close the doors permanently. Some businesses downsized but remained open and some began using agencies that only hired foreign workers instead of bringing back workers who were let go and struggling to feed their families. The People were getting angry. Not everyone lost their jobs immediately, but for those of us who didn't, the writing was on the wall. It was gonna happen one day, we just didn't know when.

At almost the same exact time as all this was going on, the news became flooded with stories of an invasion of our southern border with Mexico. "The Mexicans are invading our border and we can't stop them!" was being reported on every TV and radio station and in all the newspapers (prehistoric times before cellphones and social media). And the nation's leaders were all saying it too, "the Mexicans are invading our southern border and we can't stop them" and both parties were speaking like we were going into war with Mexico, but it never seemed to ever happen. And the talk got quieter each day as more and more "Mexicans" from every south and central American nation were crossing our borders. That's right, all the politicians and media called every latino coming in "Mexicans", every single one of them, regardless of of what country you came from. Mexico was the entry point. And immediately every business phone line gave you a choice to dial 1 for Spanish, 2 for English, which was quickly changed to dial 1 for English, 2 for Spanish after public uproar. Politicians were always accusing their opponents of hiring illegal immigrants for housekeeping, childcare, elder care, and landscaping, but that talk soon quieted down too after a few years. It became a must for businesses to hire illegal immigrants because they worked for a lot less than American citizens, then it started to become mandatory to hire Latino workers before citizens. And don't be fooled, black workers did not benefit from any of this. Companies would hire Latinos over both black and white workers, but favored whites over blacks still. The racism against black workers continued but the government used the minority base of "black and brown" to cover it up. And back when all this started there weren't many black foreigners allowed in the country.

[warningsine]

Africa’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, turns 80 on 28 May. I have had the privilege of meeting the Senegalese artist, learning from her, and interviewing her as part of my ongoing research into African contemporary dance.

This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to think differently about who they are, their bodies, their skin, and indeed the way they move.

In a continent plagued by legacies of colonisation, racism and patriarchy, Acogny has risen up as a female artist who has defied stereotypes around her Blackness, her femaleness and her long tall body, to become one of the world’s most revered dance makers.

Who is Germaine Acogny?

Born in 1944 in Porto Novo in Benin, Acogny moved with her family and settled in Senegal as a young girl. She is often referred to as Africa’s mother of contemporary dance, because of her long performing, teaching and choreographic career. She has built the legacy of a dance company, Jant-Bi, and her now globally recognised school and dance centre in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, called École des Sables (Place in the Sand).

As a young girl in Dakar, Acogny attended Catholic school. Feeling alienated from the language, the religion and the colonial rituals, she took refuge in sport. This eventually led to her attending the Simon Siegel School for dance and sport in Paris in 1962. She set out to become a physical training teacher.

Encountering western dance for the first time, and being the only Black (and African) student in her class, she was made to feel that she was not “right” and her shape was “wrong”. Instead of being defeated, Acogny began to invent movements that corresponded to her own body. She told me:

I have taken my flat feet, my big behind and African woman’s hips, my tall west African body, and made this the centre.

A meeting with African American dancer Katherine Dunham, who was trying to establish a dance school in Senegal, was the final impetus for Acogny in her journey to find a dance language that spoke to her. The Germaine Acogny technique is now celebrated as one the first codified systems for training African urban or contemporary dancers.

Acogny has received numerous awards, among them a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale and a Bessie Award in New York. She has been bestowed with multiple honours from the governments of both Senegal and France.

And she continues to tour the world with her work. While much of the running of her school now rests on her son Patrick Acogny, she also continues to teach and share her dance wisdom globally.

Contribution to contemporary dance

Understanding what Acogny has done for both dance training and performance leads to a reflection on the nature of contemporary dance. Difficult to define, contemporary dance is an open form with the intention to create new dance languages that engage the “contemporary” (the current moment).

In Africa this is a rich interplay between traditional dance forms, European and American modern dance histories and methodologies, and the ongoing search for authentic contemporary African voices that speak to ideas of culture, politics, self and identity.

South African dance writer Adrienne Sichel notes that this definition could further include contemporary dance’s “invention and reinvention of artistic and cultural forms and functions and its ability to disrupt, displace, connect and survive”.

Acogny was one of the first African dance makers to openly disrupt the European norm of a white, rail thin, weightless female dancing body. She actively sought ways to express her own Blackness and her own west African dance rhythms, and indeed her own gendered journey to finding a voice for herself. Her work often reflects on her own history and her embodied understanding that women’s bodies are often the greatest spoils of war, genocide and patriarchy.

Two great works

With her belief that we carry our histories in our bodies, two of Acogny’s dance works in particular stand out.

The first is a collaboration with Japanese dance maker Kota Yamakazi in 2004, with a work called Fagaala (Genocide). It journeys into the horrifying memory of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. This is a dance storytelling that offers a connection between the contemporary Japanese art form of Butoh (often called “the dance of death”) and Acogny’s own unique west African contemporary dance style.

In Fagaala, Acogny worked only with the male Senegalese dancers in her company and asked them to explore what it meant to be female and live through the Rwandan massacres. So, while the dancers were male, the work explored female stories. Male dancers had to physically and emotionally understand – and perform – the consequence of rape and torture, two tactics of the genocide. This means confronting the horror of men and war.

The second work is the deeply personal solo that Acogny created and performed in 2015 at the age of 71. Called Somewhere at the Beginning, this is Acogny’s journey back into her own maternal and paternal histories that criss-cross her dual west African heritages of Benin and Senegal.

She unearths the devastating visceral effects of colonial Christianity, while at the same time connecting with the suppressed power of her grandmother’s Yoruba spirituality. The work is a palimpsest of dance, video, text, and the layering of Black African female histories as she confronts loss and memory. Somewhere at the Beginning is significant not least for its unique feminist decolonial storytelling; it offers the audience the glorious, unprecedented body of an older African matriarch dancing truth to power.

As Acogny turns 80, this is an anthem of praise to the living legacy of a female dance maker who has helped shape Africa’s significant contribution to dance by rethinking bodies, histories and identity itself.

[mornington-the-crescent]

Sorry if you've answered this before, but can you elaborate on how minimum wage laws are based in racism?

It goes back to the early days of the 20th century. Construction companies in the north were predominantly staffed by whites, and were unionized; while construction companies in the south were predominantly staffed by blacks, and were non-unionized.

In competition for contracts, the black, non-union labor was willing to work for cheaper, meaning that they got more of the contracts. And this pissed off the unionized white workers in the north. Government contracts, after all, can be highly lucrative. So, they lobbied Congress, and this led to the Davis-Bacon Act, which said that workers on government construction contracts needed to be paid the "prevailing wage", which, in reality, meant the union wage. And in forcing them to all be paid the same, the black construction companies lost their main competitive edge in the marketplace: Their willingness to work for less money.

If a white worker demands a dollar an hour, and a black worker says that he'll work for 65 cents an hour, obviously you'd hire the black worker, if the quality of the work was going to be the same. Now, suppose that you're a racist. If you want to hire the white worker instead of the black worker, you have to pay a 35 cent an hour surcharge for the ability to be a racist. Discrimination in this case literally costs you money. But, when the white worker and the black worker are both required to get a dollar an hour, you can discriminate all you want, and it doesn't cost you a dime to do so.

Prior to the enactment of the minimum wage, the unemployment rate among black teenagers was actually slightly lower than it was among white teenagers. After the enactment of the minimum wage law, that number crept up higher, and has never really gone down again; it is always higher than the unemployment rate among white teenagers. IN fact, if you look at raises in the minimum wage, and the rate of black teenage unemployment side-by-side, every rise in the minimum wage is met with a corresponding rise in the unemployment rate among black teenagers.

Minimum wage laws are, and always have been, tools of discrimination against workers who might otherwise have not gotten a job in the first place. Crusaders think that it is morally preferable that someone not be paid a wage at all, than that he be paid less than what the crusaders think he should receive.

[thepurpleskeleton]

Autumn’s Backstory

Something you should know first is I have a headcanon that monsters are born asexually through their parent’s soul’s compassion. Autumn's mom didn't want a child but pretended she did and so he developed many issues growing up (extreme growth, magic is hard to control, late magic bloomer).

Another headcanon: Monsters are born with whatever gender or sexuality they want because their body is made based off the soul. Autumn was born as a girl because he was comfortable as that for most of his childhood up until middle school where he found he was most comfortable with masculinity. That is not uncommon for monsters. There isn’t a name for such a thing as changing genders in monster culture because it’s simply a normal thing one can go through. However, the humans of the city he lived in saw that is an “irregularity.” They are already discriminatory of transgender humans, a transgender monster would cause endless amount of cruelty for that monster.

Before Autumn was born after the barrier holding the monster species was broken by the Ambassador of Monsters. Back then, it seemed life was truly just beginning and hope arrived within the monster species. What they weren't expecting was the wave of discrimination and speciesism they were about to endure. When the human government discovered the existence of monster kind they decided to keep it from the public by holding the monsters in a sort of "camp."

During that time, complications happened and the human citizens slowly started to suspect something. Finally after about a year later the government announced monsters’ existence to the public. It came as a huge shock to many but it was already known that the government was hiding something. Due to their acknowledgment of the species, the government created new laws custom for monsters to do no harm. The first couple of weeks were horrible, monster segregation, targeted attacks, riots, and monsters weren't allowed to do anything without getting distinct permission. Within those first chaotic days, Autumn was born. At the time, Autumn’s father was working with the King in order for monsters to be able to own property of their own. Autumn’s mom was the caretaker. Monster schools weren’t legal yet and because of that Autumn was homeschooled by his mother for most of his childhood. Sadly, Autumn’s mother didn’t care much for him. She hardly paid attention to him other than when she was teaching. Since Autumn’s father was busy with his duties Autumn was usually alone and learned how to take care of himself. Autumn has always been a people pleaser, he’d do what he was told with no complaints. Three years passed by and monster rights were given. The monster community opened up, monster schools, monster owned shops, and the beginning of one of the biggest monster companies in town. During all that, Autumn’s mother had 2 twins, Autumn’s siblings. (unnamed) Things seemed to be looking up and Autumn was overjoyed with the company. But, as the days went by, Autumn realized his siblings took up every last bit of time he got to spend with his parents (which wasn’t a lot in the first place). It was like His family forgot he existed. Of course, he ignored that fact and smiled knowing (without him) his family was happy. When the twins were seven years old Autumn’s father enrolled Autumn in a private human middle school. The monster schools were very low budget and had low education so Autumn’s father thought it would be the best choice to enroll him in a human school instead. Although it’s been years since monster’s were released from the government “camps” the segregation and racism continues. You could imagine how a human private school would treat a monster in a timeline with those circumstances. Abuse and consent bullying occurred and Autumn didn’t have the heart to say anything about it. Everyday coming home with scrapes and bruises but no complaints or comments.

Autumn went home one night beaten and battered from human kids in his school to find smoke rising from the area where his house was. He dropped his things and sprinted as fast as he can to his house to find it burning to the ground. There are cries of his siblings within and Autumn rushes inside to attempt to save them. The only thing he can see are the dust of his siblings mixed with the ashes of the burnt house. Soon helped arrived but only Autumn survived with harsh burn scars scattered about his body. Because of this accident, he developed pyrophobia. Autumn's mother is a fire elemental so that makes him half fire elemental, half skeleton. His right eye (with the eye patch) displays his fire elemental side. During a bad episode, he bashed his own head in due to the fire from his socket that triggered him.

His father was not home because he was busy with his job. Autumn’s father worked with the King of Monsters to help monster kind gain more rights. Once the rights were actually gained Autumn’s father started a business to help his family financially.

When he found out about the fire, he soon retired from his job from sorrow and started drinking (TW: Suicide ahead) He became an alcoholic and attempted suicide many times. While this was happening, Autumn had gotten a ton of backlash. His father was famous for being one of the first and most successful monster-owned businesses in the city and in turn Autumn was also getting popular. When his house burnt, people stalked him and did research, outing him as a trans monster. They made ridiculous claims about it being his fault and he started the fire from revenge against his mother. His personal information was all over the internet. It got to the point he needed to leave, he inherited all his father's money because of his father's retirement but used it to pay for his father to get mental health help (He took him to a mental hospital). Although, that is the last thing is was able to spend his father’s money on. He would get caught as the son of a EX CEO of his father’s company. He didn’t want to experience that again so Autumn moved alone to the beat down and poor side of the area because there, no one knew who he was. He stayed at a run down apartment where he met Rue. They became neighbors and here begins present time.

[waheelawhisperer]

I feel like I’d be a lot more forgiving of the Faunus arc if they didn’t leave ghirah (how dare you fight back against that lynch mob) belladonna in charge and call it a day. Like we’re just supposed to accept that as a happy ending.

Ghira's pacifism has always rubbed me the wrong way, not gonna lie. Given the way he was willing to fight when the White Fang attacked his home and family, my interpretation of this aspect of his characterization (and it is only my interpretation; I'm well aware that this lies within the realm of headcanon/speculation; I certainly don't trust writers that already admitted that they flubbed the racism storyline and work for a company that called an employee coded slurs on camera to have offered anything this nuanced on purpose) is that Ghira is A) not a total pacifist, but someone who generally views violence as a last resort, and B) operating under the belief that employing violence here, in this specific situation, no matter how justified, will only give ammunition to those who view the Faunus as violent beasts - "Of course they're savage animals, did you hear what they did to those poor people (and never mind the fact that those 'poor people' were trying to kill them)!"

Ghira strikes me as having had a reaction common to large, imposing men who realize how dangerous and intimidating their size and strength can be to those around them - namely, I think he puts extra emphasis on being as nonthreatening as possible in order to avoid scaring people or making them uncomfortable, on appearing reassuring instead of frightening. I've known a number of guys like this - a couple of my friends served in the military and look like the Generic PMC or Government Black Ops Enemies in an action film and my buddy's uncle rides a Harley and looks like he served hard time in San Quentin, but all three of them are the biggest teddy bears you'll ever meet - and when you add the racial connotations that come with Ghira being a Faunus and compare it to the pressure men of color, especially black men, feel to be as nonthreatening as possible, I think it's very plausible that Ghira has made a conscious choice to avoid presenting himself as dangerous as best he can.

I think it's worth noting that on the occasion where Ghira does get violent, he's home in Menagerie, where there are no humans to see him and judge him. Of course, his family is in danger and peaceful men can easily be driven to violence when those they love are threatened, and of course I think that factors into things, but it does seem to me like the safety from prying eyes might've had some influence on his behavior. I suppose only time will tell what his leadership of the new White Fang is going to look like or what messages the writers will use it to send. Hopefully they handle the topic of racial discrimination better than they have at every other opportunity.

[cynthiaandsamus]

Racism controversy I don't know about but

Japan's had for a while, a lot of stuff encouraged by the government in media, promoting the idea of starting a family, and having kids more specifically. The workplace culture leaves a lot of people incredibly burned out and unable to do so, but the government can't just step in and yknow, fix that, so they instead tried to work with anime companies to promote the idea to young people.

The only genuine complaints I've seen about the new McDonald's ad are that it's possibly tied into that, which, I'm not sure if I believe but I can see why people would assume so? Worlds weird, man.

[ausetkmt]

A rusted fence surrounds a tombstones at the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Portsmouth, VA. Many Black Americans excluded from white-owned cemeteries built their own burial spaces, and their descendants are working to preserve the grounds.AP Photo/Steve Helber

The remains of 328 likely graves have been found from "relocated" Black cemeteries in Florida.

The graves were meant to be moved in the 1950s but were instead simply paved over.

The city of Clearwater is reckoning with its history of racism, CBS News reported.

The remains of 328 likely graves have been found paved over after bodies in supposedly "relocated" Black cemeteries in Florida were never actually moved, prompting the city of Clearwater to reckon with its history of racism and segregation.

Graves from two cemeteries were meant to be relocated in the 1950s to make way for the construction of a swimming pool and department store but were paved over instead, CBS reported. Ultimately, a school and office building were built atop some of the graves.

It wasn't until the 1980s that the cover-up began to be revealed. In 1984, O'Neal Larkin, now 82, watched as a construction crew dug through one of the "relocated" Black cemeteries — though any exhumation of the graves would not occur for nearly 40 more years.

"I remember the parking lot where the engineers — traffic engineer was cutting the lines through," O'Neal Larkin told 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, "and they cut through two coffins. That was my first knowledge of seeing it because I walked out there, and I seen it myself."

In 2019, reporting by the Tampa Bay Times about the history of paving over Black graveyards resulted in the city of Clearwater exhuming the two desecrated sites in town.

With help from an engineering services company called Cardno, CBS reported, the North Greenwood Cemetery and St Matthews Cemetery were identified using ground penetrating radar and mapped, and some of the graves were exhumed. Of the 550 graves listed in the cemetery records, 328 likely graves — many under the parking lot of an office building — were identified. Additional remains are likely underneath the office itself and beneath a school building where human remains were found.

"All of the information and the data that we collected does indicate that there are additional burials likely below the footprint of that school building," Erin McKendry, an archaeologist for Cardno, told 60 Minutes.

Representatives for the City of Clearwater and Cardno did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment about the project.

Though forgotten grave sites such as those in Clearwater are found across racial and socio-economic divides, experts have identified that cemetery desecration appears to occur more frequently and systematically in the sacred resting places of minority residents. Other such graves have been found of indigenous students who died at government-run boarding schools in the US and Canada.

"There are abandoned cemeteries across the board," anthropologist Antoinette Jackson, who leads the African American Burial Ground Project at the University of South Florida, told CBS. "There are cemeteries that are not only African American cemeteries or Black cemeteries that have been in some way desecrated, but the issue is more acute with Black cemeteries because of issues like slavery, segregation in which this particular community were legally and intentionally considered lesser than or marginalized by law."

The City of Clearwater remains undecided in how to navigate the exhumation of the bodies beneath the office, parking lot, and school building, though several residents have told CBS and the Tampa Bay Times they prefer to see the cemetery restored and memorialized.

"It is still a cemetery — period," Barbara Sorey-Love, a Clearwater resident who has no family buried in the desecrated graves but has friends who do, told the Tampa Bay Times. "That road should be closed. All the cemetery land should be treated like a memorial site."

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George Metcalfe and the Bombing of 1965

George Metcalfe

Credit: Courtesy of Ed Pincus Film Collection, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA

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By Roscoe Barnes III

Natchez, MS, USA / ListenUpYall.com

Aug 22, 2023 | 11:15 AM

He’s remembered for his courage and leadership

NATCHEZ, Miss. – The bombing of George Metcalfe’s car on Aug. 27, 1965, was meant to kill him and cripple with fear the Black community. Instead, it became a tragedy that galvanized the Black community and led to one of the most successful civil rights movements in the South.

“The bomb that shook the earth below Metcalfe’s Chevrolet shook the black community out of its dormancy,” said Jack E. Davis in his book, “Race Against Time” (Louisiana State University Press, 2001).

This week, on the 58th anniversary of Metcalfe’s bombing, local residents remember Metcalfe as a fearless leader who was bold and relentless in his fight for justice and equal opportunities for the Black community.

Denise Jackson Ford knew Metcalfe through her father, Wharlest Jackson Sr., who was a close friend of Metcalfe. Her father, who served as treasurer for the NAACP, was killed on Feb. 27, 1967, when his truck was bombed reportedly by members of the Klan.

"Mr. Metcalfe wanted equal rights for the citizens of Adams County and he stood up to the KKK’s and whites that thought differently" she said. "He wasn’t afraid to speak his mind and was willing to do whatever he could for our city.  Mr. Metcalfe shall be remembered for his courage, pleadings, and sacrifices for orchestrating and organizing the local NAACP here in Natchez."

‘Dangerous time’

As president of the Natchez branch of the NAACP, Metcalfe’s work had resulted in threats from the Ku Klux Klan. Metcalfe worked at the Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company. After completing his shift at noon on Friday, Aug. 27, 1965, he got into his car. When he placed his key in the ignition and turned the switch, the car exploded. Metcalfe suffered burns and a broken arm from the explosion. His right leg was shattered in three places. His right eye was permanently damaged. Although many believe the bomb was planted in the car by the KKK, no one was ever charged for the crime.

Former Natchez Mayor Phillip West said the 1960s were a dangerous time for Natchez. "Metcalfe and many like him made many contributions to Natchez’s civil rights history," he said. "They were living in a dangerous time when African Americans had few if any support from law enforcement and the local government. Natchez was a microcosm of the bigger and more wide-spread problem of racism."

Natchez Alderman Billie Joe Frazier said he was one among many teenagers who participated in the marches. He said Metcalfe played an important role in the Natchez Movement.

“He deserved all the credit for helping to get things started in Adams County,” he said. “It all started at the grassroots level. We were the young people then who took everything to the forefront.”

Impact of bombing

The impact of the bombing was immediate and clear as hundreds of Blacks held rallies and began to March in protest. The protests included boycotts of White businesses, picketing, and armed protection.

"When Klansmen bombed Metcalfe, they intended to kill him and as a consequence so terrify the Black community that the fight for civil rights and equality in Natchez would end," said Stanley Nelson, author of "Devils Walking" (Louisiana State University Press, 2016). "They failed on both goals. Not only did Metcalfe survive, but the attack on him inspired the Black community to fight harder and in a matter of weeks, the demands put forth by the NAACP for change in Natchez were approved by city officials."

Local historian Jeremy Houston said the bombing impacted Natchez in many ways. For one thing, he said, it brought national and local attention to the movement in Natchez.

"It also sparked a sort of revolutionary spirit through the black community in Natchez," he noted. "The bombing brought leaders like Charles Evers, Rev Al Sampson, Dorie Ladner, and William 'Bill' Ware to the forefront of the Natchez movement."

Houston said the bombing also led to the establishment of the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Natchez. The deacons provided armed protection for the civil rights activists and the black community.

"The black community came together socially, politically, and economically," Houston explained. "After the bombing, the black community of Natchez organized the greatest economic boycott or protest in the state of Mississippi. The black community at that time damn near hurt the white community economically by not shopping in their establishments."

In short, Black unity and organization towards a common goal showed that "white supremacy can be strangled and thrown in the Mississippi River," Houston said.

Metcalfe’s legacy

Neither the bombing nor his injuries dampened Metcalfe’s courage. He and others like him laid the foundation on which Natchez’s progress would be built and experienced for generations to come.

“I can say this wholeheartedly, if it wasn’t for George Metcalfe, Natchez would’ve been a different place for someone like me to grow up,” said Houston.

Houston said Natchez can do a better job of commemorating Metcalfe. He honored him regularly through his company, Miss Lou Heritage Group and Tours, from 2016 to 2020, he said. “I will continue to educate and tell everyone who I encounter in this life about how George Metcalfe stood up for equality for his people in Natchez, Mississippi. Without George Metcalfe there’s no new generation of Natchez leaders to lead us into the 21st century.”

Nelson was impressed by the bravery Metcalfe showed after his recovery. "When I think of Metcalfe, I think of his amazing courage. After a year of recovery from his wounds, he returned to work at Armstrong Tire," Nelson said. "This was where the attack on him was perpetrated, and this is where the Klan leader who ordered the attack worked. I believe very few of us would have the courage to do that. He didn't run and he didn't hide."