Salute to these White Folk out here seeking justice for George Floyd and other victims of police & promising to change their ways

@Camille

I'm getting a bad feeling

These white folk looking HARD for a get out of jail free card

These delicate flowers aint built for this.

I'm not pessimistic yet. My fam thinks Trump is going to get four more years, but I don't think so. I'm not seeing the narrative shift to be anti protester outside right wing/conservative sources and news outlets are still distinguishing between protesters and agitators. It wasn't just black folks on the receiving end of police violence. The thing is we have to get them to channel this anger into change and get them to vote and not listen to all these folks telling black people and young people not to vote. Those folks don't want to see black folks advance, they have other agenda's or fantasies involving black folks being an self enclosed community with no white people that is not going to happen.

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I'm not pessimistic yet. My fam thinks Trump is going to get four more years, but I don't think so. I'm not seeing the narrative shift to be anti protester outside right wing/conservative sources and news outlets are still distinguishing between protesters and agitators. It wasn't just black folks on the receiving end of police violence. The thing is we have to get them to channel this anger into change and get them to vote and not listen to all these folks telling black people and young people not to vote. Those folks don't want to see black folks advance, they have other agenda's or fantasies involving black folks being an self enclosed community with no white people that is not going to happen.

Also see this ad:



 
I'm not pessimistic yet. My fam thinks Trump is going to get four more years, but I don't think so. I'm not seeing the narrative shift to be anti protester outside right wing/conservative sources and news outlets are still distinguishing between protesters and agitators. It wasn't just black folks on the receiving end of police violence. The thing is we have to get them to channel this anger into change and get them to vote and not listen to all these folks telling black people and young people not to vote. Those folks don't want to see black folks advance, they have other agenda's or fantasies involving black folks being an self enclosed community with no white people that is not going to happen.

Also see this ad:



Sadly I listen to a whole lot of sports radio

Thats how i correctly predicted the last election

That his base that who votes that the group who thinks because they wear a jersey of a black player

They not racist.

One all white station tried there best to completely ignore it.

ESPN radio covered it heavy

But if you heard the callers?

The ones who think they allies?

Woo boy we in trouble

They trying their best to wiggle out of this mess ALREADY

Just wait till sports comes back, they PRAYING for an excuse NOT to care or get involved.

I think THAT is the key

If the nfl and nba continue to protest

And in my wildest dreams?

Nhl nfl and mlb?!?!?

THEN I BELIEVE IT.
 

The fuck!!!?

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Gregg Popovich unleashes fiery statement on Trump: 'What we have is a fool in place of a president'



San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich doesn’t pull his punches. You may not like what he has to say, but he’ll always tell you exactly what’s on his mind. And after nationwide protests against racial injustice and police brutality over the weekend, he had quite a lot on his mind.

Popovich spoke to The Nation’s Dave Zirin on Sunday, and he touched on several topics that are currently in the news. He began by talking about racism and police violence in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody, and how things continue to stay the same.

“The thing that strikes me is that we all see this police violence and racism and we’ve seen it all before but nothing changes. That’s why these protests have been so explosive. But without leadership and an understanding of what the problem is, there will never be change. And white Americans have avoided reckoning with this problem forever because it’s been our privilege to be able to avoid it. That also has to change.”
Then he moved on to leadership, lamenting the current resident of the White House, President Donald Trump.

“It’s unbelievable. If Trump had a brain, even if it was 99 percent cynical, he would come out and say something to unify people. But he doesn’t care about bringing people together. Even now. That’s how deranged he is. It’s all about him. It’s all about what benefits him personally. It’s never about the greater good. And that’s all he’s ever been.”

Popovich has spoken about Trump before, but given everything that’s happened over the past week, this time he really went in.

“It’s so clear what needs to be done. We need a president to come out and say simply that ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Just say those three words. But he won’t and he can’t. He can’t because it’s more important to him to mollify the small group of followers who validate his insanity. But it’s more than just Trump. The system has to change. I’ll do whatever I can do to help because that’s what leaders do. But he can’t do anything to put us on a positive path because he’s not a leader.
“It’s like what Lindsay Graham and Ted Cruz used to say when they had the courage to say it: He’s unfit. But they have chosen instead to be invisible and obsequious in the face of this carnage. In the end what we have is a fool in place of a president, while the person who really runs the country, Senator Mitch McConnell, destroys the United States for generations to come. McConnell has destroyed and degraded our judicial system. He has tried to destroy heath care. He’s destroyed the environment. He’s the master and Trump’s the stooge, and what’s funny is that Trump doesn’t even know it. Trump’s always wanted to be part of the in-group, but McConnell is an in-group of one and Trump plays the fool.
“He’s not just divisive. He’s a destroyer. To be in his presence makes you die. He will eat you alive for his own purposes. I’m appalled that we have a leader who can’t say ‘Black Lives Matter.’ That’s why he hides in the White House basement. He is a coward. He creates a situation and runs away like a grade-schooler. Actually, I think it’s best to ignore him. There is nothing he can do to make this better because of who he is: a deranged idiot.”
As far as the protests that have sprung up across the country (and the world) since the death of George Floyd in police custody, Popovich let up on the gas pedal a little. He gave the protesters advice that he hopes will help them.

“[The protests] are very necessary, but they need to be organized better. It’s frustrating. When Dr. King did a protest, you knew when to show, when to come back the next day. But if you’re just organizing protests and everyone is coming and going in every direction, it doesn’t work that way. If it was nonviolent, they knew to be nonviolent, but this is muddled. More leadership would be very welcome so these incredible mass demonstrations can’t be used by people for other means. We can limit the bad, but only if things are organized better.”
Popovich has never shied away from making political statements and standing up for what he believes in. It’s comforting that even though the NBA is currently suspended due to COVID-19, Popovich hasn’t changed one bit.
 
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