#Anti-Black Racism

[edenfenixblogs]

Kinda crazy how any post I make about my experience of antisemitism — whether or not it mentions Israel — immediately becomes inundated with comments about Palestinian pain and suffering. Do you really not see how inappropriate that is, people?

When Black People post about their experience of racism, it’s not OK to come in to that space and talk about, idk, war in Sudan.

When Asian People talk about their experience of racism, it’s not appropriate to come into that space and start talking about China’s treatment of Uyghur people or North Korean aggression.

When Muslim people talk about their experience of Islamophobia, it’s not OK to come into that space and start talking about all the horrible things Isis or Al Qaeda have done.

When a trans person starts talking about their experience of transphobia, it’s not OK to come into that space and start talking about the latest horrible thing Caitlyn Jenner said.

Why are you able to understand this when it comes to every other group, but posts about Jewish pain are always filled with arguments about Palestine that blatantly imply that actually—my group, Jews—actually deserve the hatred we receive?

Spoiler alert: It’s because you’re antisemitic and will double down on your beliefs 100000 times to prove to yourself that you’re not, because actually confronting that you have hateful beliefs is too scary for you.

I’m sorry if it messes with your sense of self righteous inherent goodness, but you have and perpetuate systemic antisemitism just like you have all other forms of systemic bigotry. And if you don’t address it, that makes you a bigot on purpose. Deal with your hatred and stop being horrible to Jews.

[kropotkindersurprise]

July 2024 - A racist looking for a fight on a train in London, UK, picked the wrong guy to harass. [video]

[newsfromstolenland]

WARNING: This story contains references to sensitive matters including violence, racism, self-harm and harassment

A government-funded report released to CTV News highlights 'systemic racism' against dozens of Black executives within the federal public service, including allegations of abuse, violence and harassment that, in some instances, led to suicide.

The internal report titled 'A Study on the Black Executive Community in the Federal Public Service,' published by Dr. Rachel Zellars for the federal Black Executives Network and released Nov. 4, interviewed 73 current and former Black employees working in the senior ranks of the federal government between October 2023 and February 2024.

It found the interviews "reveal patterns of anti-Black discrimination marked by differential treatment, abuse, cruelty, refusal, and subjugation."

Several Black executives interviewed in the study spoke of 'complaints and threats' used to punish them for their mistakes, including one person "witnessing racial harassment that led to the suicide of a Black colleague."

[...]

"One former executive shared how a white colleague raised a chair at him and threatened to “beat the [N-word] out of him” during a meeting with other participants,' reads the report.

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I know this comes across as a "water is wet" type of study, but it's useful in proving to people that systemic racism is a real and current problem.

It will also provide leverage for Black federal employees when they take action against systemic racism in their workplace.

Having a professional study on systemic racism makes it possible for people to prove that their personal experiences with anti-Black racism in the workplace are part of a larger pattern rather than being isolated incidents.

People are always trying to argue that workplace racism happens because of a few bad people instead of systemic problems. Studies like this provide proof that racism, and especially anti-Blackness, is ingrained in our culture and systems. And enacting meaningful change requires addressing systemic racism.

There's actually an example of a situation where this kind of study is useful that's mentioned in the above article:

The report is released as an advocacy group representing roughly 45,000 present and former Black public servants -- dating back to 1970 -- are laying the groundwork for a potential class-action lawsuit against the federal government.

A Federal Court hearing taking place in early November is looking to gain clearance to move ahead with the lawsuit, seeking $2.5-billion dollars in compensation -- as well as, a diversity plan to ensure the public ervice is representative of Black Canadians at all government levels and a Black equity commissioner to oversee the implementation of diversity measures.

This study can be used to help support that lawsuit! This is important work.

Read more about the lawsuit here

Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Supreme Court of Canada is being accused of engaging in anti-Black and anti-Palestinian racism. Three Black delegates were invited to the Supreme Court as a part of a delegation presenting to clerks of the court about the 2022 Halifax Declaration for the Eradication of Racial Discrimination and anti-Black racism in the justice system. The delegation had been organized by former governor general Michaëlle Jean. Three members of the delegation, El Jones, Derico Symonds and Benazir Erdimi were told only hours before the meeting that they would no longer be allowed to attend. The reason given by Supreme Court Registrar Chantel Charbonneau was because of “controversial” social media posts made by these three members of the delegation.

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[weemietime]

https://www.tumblr.com/weemietime/767057500199682049/i-just-lost-a-close-friend-to-antisemitism-and-im?source=share

WARNING! VERY Long ask ahead. I’m very very sorry. You can delete this lol.

thank you so much for your kind words. Honestly, the most shocking part was that this all happened at seven in the morning.

Yes, they dm-ed me all the racist nonsense at 7 AM. To be fair, I made all of my IG story posts the night before, but still. Seven is quite a bit too early to exhibit racism and xenophobia (I’m also an African immigrant and he had much to say about that lol). I think he was triggered by my posts about the Amsterdam pogrom (and the following antisemitic incidents in Amsterdam and Paris that have occurred after the football match incident, I don’t know if that can all collectively be counted as one massive pogrom spanning days or just multiple antisemitic attacks continuously occurring??? Idk) because the perpetrators of the acts of violence at the football match happened to include Muslims and Arabs (not all of them, but quite a lot) and he himself is a Lebanese American, so I guess I can see why he would automatically be triggered by them, but I never singled out Arabs or Muslims.

The posts simply pointed out antisemitic rhetoric and that what happened was indeed a pogrom, even if nobody passed on. They said nothing about Arabs or Muslims really. Maybe the post by rootsmetals giving a timeline of the current conflict (7 Oct and further back in time), but nothing blaming anyone.

These are the posts in shared in no particular order.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DA8_KvxSntl/?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCGkT9rtuaj/?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCGCgoHyygI/?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C89bXG_tmBg/?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCKpAdBNM7l/?

He got upset at the post stating that (not word for word) people (leftists mainly) are more comfortable eagerly calling out racism when it comes to every other group that isn’t Jewish people as well.

He tried to rebut by saying that we learn about the holocaust in schools, so therefore we learn more about Jews that anyone else (even though when schools teach the holocaust, they don’t exactly focus on the victims of it, they mainly talk about the Nazis and their methods so… he’s still wrong lol. I also told him that in the US we mainly learn about the holocaust because the US was directly involved with WW2, so you really mainly get taught about it because it’s US history… not because the school system cares about Jewish people lol)

He then proceeded to say to me, a black African, in no particular order:

“you’re just as bad as the colonisers you hate”

(in reference to the post by that_semite, I suppose he was triggered by the mention of “free Palestine” in that post). I tend to talk a lot about the effects of colonialism on the African continent when discussing politics with my friends so this text from a “friend” was interesting to wake up to first thing in the morning.

“It’s crazy being from *insert African country* and using a domesticated mindset”

(‘domesticated’ is a particularly interesting term to use, as if I’m a dog. Also, why am I being put into a box because I’m African? Am I not allowed to be a free thinker or am I only allowed to think certain things due to where I’m from?)

“you are letting European viewpoints overcome”

Again, how is calling out antisemitism a European viewpoint? Am I supposed to shut up about it?

“you’re blaming antisemitism on the Palestinian movement”

I never did that. Ever. Calling out antisemitism that’s in the movement is not blaming antisemitism on that movement.

called me a “racist and a coloniser/genocide sympathiser”

not once in our conversation did I even mention Israelis, the people he is calling colonisers. I do not personally think Israelis are colonisers, but even then. Am I supposed to ignore that they were attacked after the football match? I also never said anything about Arabs, I don’t know how calling out antisemitic makes me a racist.

said that I was “over victimising Jews to push an agenda”

No comment. Deep sigh.

said that I was “attacking Palestinian resistance by pretending that it was a pogrom”

No comment. Deeper sigh. He actually spelled it “program” though, which was quite funny.

couldn’t respond when I asked him to name any other antisemitic attack/event or events other than the holocaust. Are we surprised?

Said that I was “using Jewish hate to spawn hate on other groups”

No comment. Deepest sigh.

Tried to demean me by calling me “girly” in the middle of argument. I’m not in the mood to explain why calling a black person “girl” or “boy” or any variation of that to demean them is racist, but yeah. I’ll leave this here though. https://www.wlrn.org/news/2017-05-15/black-women-on-being-called-girl-in-the-workplace

Half of the people in our friend group unfollowed me after my IG story posts. I’m expecting the rest to unfollow me when they go online.

Am I surprised that he turned out to be racist? No. I had an inkling about it, I just wasn’t expecting to actually be right.

And all of this happened at seven in the morning. That’s the worst part, I think.

WOOF that's a Whole Fucking Lot to unpack at any time of day, let alone when you just wake up.

Sad to say from what you've shared it sounds like this dude has been fully radicalized into a lot of xenophobic gibberish, and he spares no time throwing as many people under the bus as humanly possible on his way to run over Jews.

It sucks immensely that you wound up taking the brunt of it, but I hope you do take some solace from 1) at least this moron showed his true colors so you can take out the trash, and 2) being able to say you stuck to your ideals and spoke up against harmful rhetoric.

No matter what your opinion of Israel and Palestine, an ethnic conflict spanning literal centuries with a high degree of confusion and nuance throughout that lends to further complexity, "it's wrong for a grown man to beat up up a 14 year old for being Jewish" should not be an extremist sentiment.

Our political atmosphere today has gotten absolutely bat shit when it comes to polarizing views, but it says a lot about that guy that he clearly does not view others around him as fully fledged human beings. The dehumanizing shit he levied at you in particular is fucking berserk, and I'm sorry your other "friends" didn't see any problem with it, either.

[shoujoboy-restart]

Maybe is just me, but is probably easier to admit you have racist biases that need addressing instead of basically directly or indirectly participating in a bizarre moral indignation crusade were you pretend to be of a ethnicity or speak in place of a ethnicity using translators in attempt to make it as if everyone does sin fact have your exact same racist biases.

[positively--speculative]

Lindsay Graham saying he doesn't know if Voodoo is legal in New York and calling Trump's indictment "legal Voodoo" is a perfect illustration of ingrained anti-Black racism in the US.

[lacewise]

I just saw, with my own two eyes, a non-Black person straight up using a slur that only Black people are allowed to say. Completely uncensored. Unironically. I will not say which one, just that that concept as a whole is super complicated in the Black space and a lot of people have been pushing to move past it, as outdated in general. If you guys are going to have those intracommunity conversations, just… leave Black people out of it unless you have actually talked to some Black elders.

I also saw non-Black people saying “Uncle Tom” with complete sincerity.

If you’re not Black… don’t do this. Just don’t. It’s racist. I don’t care who you are.

If this is you, delete it. No one else needs to be jump scared by other people’s biases. At least tag it as a slur. There’s a racial slur tag. Just, right there.

Why do I have to say this? Is Tumblr really so white someone thought that discussing Black language without Black people present would be fine? With information meant for the community only and decades out of date? Pull it together.

Stop using anti-Black slurs. Why are they in your vocabulary in the first place?

[queersatanic]

The Satanic Temple's co-owner "Lucien Greaves" makes his case for fascism

Via The.Satanic.Wiki

On Sept. 11, 2003, future co-owner of The Satanic Temple Doug “Lucien Greaves” Misicko, his friend and collaborator Shane Bugbee, and Shane Bugbee’s wife Amy Stocky hosted a 24-hour Internet radio stream with guests and callers to mark the release of their new edition of the proto-fascist manifesto Might Is Right. The following year, Doug Misicko continued to appear on Internet radio streams with Shane and Amy. “The ABCs of the Alphabet” was one such program. This is an excerpt from one of those recordings.

CW: anti-Black racism, n-word slur, white nationalist symbolism, fascism

Full transcript:

12:01 Doug Misicko

Well, I gotta tell you, the f-word still has 'em all beat. (Shane Bugbee: What?) F-word still has 'em all beat internationally. I go to other countries, I still see "fuck" on the wall. I never see "[n-slur]" written on a wall.

12:13 Shane Bugbee

Interesting.

12:14 Doug Misicko

When I was in Italy, I didn’t see "[n-slur]" anywhere.

12:17 Shane Bugbee

But you went to the fascist leader’s house. (Doug Misicko: Actually, I was in a fascist-) The guy who started the fascist-

12:21 Doug Misicko

I was in a fascist neighborhood, right outside the Vatican, and it was a real nice, clean area, but you would see swastikas spraypainted. You know, like the crosshairs. I don’t know what you call that, you know, but it was a fascist symbol. A circle with just the crosshairs in it. With… little fascist logos or anything else. It was a clean area, nice area. If you went to the shitty side of town on the wrong side of the tracks in Rome, saw little hammers and sickles painted on the walls and shit like that. That was the difference.

12:54 Amy Bugbee

Wow, that’s crazy.

12:56 Doug Misicko

Well, I think it says a lot, and I think it stands to reason...

13:01 Amy Bugbee

And you bought that T-shirt. What did your T-shirt say?

13:04 Doug Misicko

Uh, in Italian it says “you’re with us, or you’re against us.” And it was- it’s a- It’s a fascist shirt. It was a fascist logo on it. I actually got it at a little fascist kiosk outside of Gabriele D’Annunzio’s palace.

13:19 Shane Bugbee

And who is that again?

13:21 Doug Misicko

He was a- y’know- he was like the first fascist. He was the godfather of fascism. Italian World War One hero that occupied the promised territories, after the First World War. With the Blackshirts. One of those- One of those hidden heroes. People should look him up. Look him up on the internet... Good deal.

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Freaky Facts: King Kong (1933)

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[edenfenixblogs]

What are you doing to help black people?

Several things! (A Note on My Personal Limitations: I am not black. I am unable to protest for health reasons. I do not have much money at all)

I elevate black voices whenever I can

I joined an anti-racism book club where I can learn how to be a better ally and unlearn as much systemic prejudice as I can

I do not tolerate anti-black racism from anyone in my life for any reason. I call it out every time, publicly.

I donate (when financially possible) to several causes devoted to both long term and immediate aid to to black people including: various bail funds in my current state and my home state, the southern poverty law center, the Homeless Black Trans Women gofundme, the ACLU, and others.

I consistently educate people in my life about the goals of BLM — including defunding the police — in order to reduce their knee jerk reactions and foster better understanding.

I shut the eff up unless I can help. I’m no savior; I know this. I don’t break into conversations that don’t involve me. I just listen. Most of my public advocacy is amplifying black voices on issues that affect the black community without adding my irrelevant opinions as white-passing person.

Privately, I have and continue to reach out to the several black people in my life to let them know I support them and that I am listening. I listen to them vent to me about their pain and suffering. I let them tell me if I’ve fucked up somehow without getting defensive. Then I apologize sincerely and onboard the new information and don’t do whatever the offending action was again. I have not had anyone tell me I’ve fucked up in that way in over a decade, though. I did, however, realize (during my continuing journey of learning how to be anti-racist) that I’d held problematic opinions as a teenager (nothing crazy. Just ignorant teen bullshit borne from growing up as a liberal in a red state and thinking I was more progressive than I actually was at the time) and proactively reached out to the black friend I’ve known since my teenage years to say that I know I was an idiot back then and I’ve learned a lot since then and I will continue to learn and to apologize.

My work involves public communications. In my role, I continually advocate for anti-racist, black-affirming language in our company guidelines and publicly disseminated materials, even when that means confronting my boss—who is a white man.

I vote in every election in which I am able, researching every politician and bill thoroughly from multiple sources and voting as leftist as possible and educating people in my life about these bills details and the politicians platforms and records.

I am not perfect and don’t claim to be. I only claim to try my best to continually improve.

I don’t make a habit of sharing private communique and am only doing so now because this post asks for receipts. Here are some excerpts from conversations had during 2020 when tensions were a little higher. I decline to share receipts from more recently, as those conversations include more private and more identifying information. The pictured conversations involve friends I’ve had since pre-school, high school, and college. Again, this is not something I would normally share, because saying “I have black friends” is tacky and gross. But I am trying to respect your request for my commitment to the black community, which does of course include my friends. It feels wrong not to mention them in this context, even though I feel awkward saying it at all. Im also sharing only the start of longer conversations, as my friends’ pain and concerns are not for public consumption.

Idk if replying to your question alerts you, so tagging you just in case. @phantomdiebe

[yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666]

Interesting passage from an article about blacks who fled Oklahoma for Alberta, Canada.

They became alarmed when more than one hundred black settlers arrived.

[newsfromstolenland]

A $2.5 million lawsuit alleges Ottawa police wiretapped and surveilled five of its own Black, Somali officers, hasn't told them why and accuses the service of being an institution "rife with racism and discrimination that over-polices the racialized communities it has pledged to protect."

The civil action was filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by constables Liban Farah, Mohamed Islam, Abdullahi Ahmed, AhmedKhador Ali and Feisal Bila Houssein in 2023 against the Ottawa Police Services Board and three unnamed members of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS). In addition to the five officers, there are three civilian plaintiffs who are family members of two of the officers.

As first reported by CBC, the lawsuit alleges three wiretaps and a general warrant which included video surveillance were obtained "based on racist and stereotypical assumptions about Black persons of Somali origin." They don't know why the wiretap authorizations and general warrant were approved by a judge because they're sealed.

[...]

The Plaintiffs "believe that they were the subject of wiretaps for ulterior motives in breach of their Charter rights: retaliation for their complaints about racism within the OPS, their attempts to improve the OPS and stereotypes about their kinship and familial relationships," the lawsuit states.

Full article

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[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Montreal-area mother is expressing rage and horror about an alleged racially motivated attack against her 18-year-old daughter and three other young women.

Lyndia Barthold says the four women were sitting in a parked car in Terrebonne, north of Montreal, when a man started swinging an axe at a closed window and screaming racial slurs.

She claims Terrebonne police initially did not take the case seriously because the victims are black.

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[historyhermann]

The Family Circumstances of the Imbalanced Witch Review

The Family Circumstances of the Imbalanced Witch, also known as Dekoboko Majo no Oyako Jijō, is a fantasy comedy and family-friendly anime based on Piroya’s manga of the same name. Series director Masahiro Takata and writer Gyro Knuckle were joined by A-Real Studio, an anime production company. This review has spoilers. Content warning for discussion of racism, fatphobia, and incest in this…

[mimeparadox]

Some thoughts about Amelia, Zayto, and Red Rangers

So some of the discussion I’ve seen elsewhere (Twitter) about the news that Amelia would be Red Ranger in Cosmic Fury has centered on the assertion that this represents a demotion of sorts for Zayto, who was the Red Ranger in Dino Fury and will now be the...grey?-colored Zenith Ranger. Additional people have claimed that this is in line with historic mistreatment of Black Red Rangers by the series. While there’s an off-chance that at least some of these people are making these arguments in bad faith, there’s also enough to the arguments, I feel, that they can’t just be dismissed. And some here I my thoughts about the whole thing. 

First, a list of some things that I think can be taken as givens:

1) The Red Ranger role has historically been one of particular visibility. Even in series where all rangers have been roughly equal in importance, the Red Ranger acts as first among equals—the one that’s front and center—and is almost always leader by default (even when the Red Ranger is not the most experienced ranger—more than once, the Red Ranger has been the least experienced team member).

Given this, the fact that in thirty years we’ve only had female Red Rangers in exceptional occasions—a baddie, strictly temporary rangers, comic-book-only characters—is understandably disappointing to a lot of people.   

2) While Red Rangers are often first among equals, there have been plenty of instances where Red Rangers are outright protagonists—the most important person in the story. The classic cases are probably Andros from Power Rangers in Space and Wes from Time Force, whose stories and specific relationships form the foundation for their respective series.

3) There have also been a fair number of instances where a series’ protagonist—or the closest thing to it—has not been the Red Ranger. Examples include Dino Thunder (where Trent is arguably the most important single character), RPM (where Dillon has the best claim, followed by, oddly enough, non-Ranger Dr. K) and the original MMPR after Tommy came along and especially after Jason left.

4) While there have been a fair amount of series starring a Black Red Ranger (Turbo Part 2, S.P.D., R.P.M., Beast Morphers, Dino Fury) one can persuasively argue that none of these feature the Red Ranger as the unequivocal protagonist the way other series have.

5) One can also persuasively argue that series in which someone besides the Red Ranger has been the protagonist have never had a Black character in that role.

6) It is also true that Black Red Rangers have, more than once, been subject to plot developments that result in them no longer being the Red Ranger, in what could be considered to be demotions. TJ was made Blue Ranger in In Space. Jack quits by the end of S.P.D.

 (These are not the only characters this has happened to. Most famously, Rocky, like TJ, went from Red to Blue, although given that at the time Tommy was leader both as White and Red Rangers, it’s a lateral move in a way TJ’s wasn’t.)

And now Zayto is no longer Red Ranger, for as-of-yet-unknown reasons. Could this also be considered a demotion? Possibly, although his new color, name,costume (a cape!), and story (he was brought back to life for a mission!) all seem to suggest a role akin to Sixth Ranger, which is often just as if not more important than the Red Ranger role. And again, there is precedent for a series’ focus character not being the Red Ranger.

On the other hand, we also know that Amelia will also be taking on the role of team leader, which leaves Zayto’s position up in the air, and raises questions. If he remains a full-time team member as he was in Dino Fury, why isn’t he still leader? Is it just because Red is traditionally the leader? He could be the behind-the-scenes boss like Doggie Cruger or Kendall Morgan, which would technically be a promotion, but could in reality not act as one. He could, alternatively, be off doing stuff on his own for some or most of the time, which could translate into importance--Eric and Merrick get a shitload of screen-time in Time Force and Wild Force respectively--but with only ten episodes, I can see why one might not be exactly optimistic that that will be the case. 

Or maybe there is cause for optimism? This cast, after all, has given us plenty of firsts, and Dino Fury was, all in all, a damn pleasing series. While one might not want to give the people behind the show the benefit of the doubt, I can also understand why people might think they’ve earned it. 

I’m still super-excited for Red Cosmic Fury Ranger Amelia, though.