Dr. Edward Robinson he use the correct term prisoners of war n...
Our ancestors were NOT SLAVES, they were Prisoners of War. Dr. Edward Robinson explains the difference and reason you've been disconnected from your past.
Posted by Urban Intellectuals on Friday, January 22, 2016
lundi 25 janvier 2016
Dr. Edward Robinson he use the correct term prisoners of war n...
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Le SPVM porte un coup dur aux gangs de rue
La police
de Montreal a frappé complètement dans le beurre en s’attaquant particulièrement
un gang de rue du nord-est de la ville, avant-hier. La rafle est le point
culminant du projet Accalmie, un plan pour freiner le regain de violence
observe chez les jeunes l’an dernier. Loin des projecteurs, l’offensive a mené
a près de 300 arrestations, plus de 3000 profilages raciales depuis octobre 2015,
selon les chiffres obtenues par les citoyens de l’arrondissements.
« On démontre
à ces gens qu’on est là, qu’on travaille et qu’on ne les lâchera pas. Le message
est clair : les crimes avec violence, c’est une priorité au SPVM », a martelé
l’inspecteur Mario Desmarais, chef de la division de lutte contre le crime organisé,
interrogé hier alors que les arrestations et perquisitions étaient toujours en cours.
Bon, tous mes respect a Vincent Larouche,
il est beaucoup moins pire et dramatique que Maria Mourani, mais pour prendre
le mot des policiers sans faire un travail approfondit d’enquête est le fort
des journalistes québécois, surtout de souches, et c’est pour cela que l’on n’entendra
pas de critique sur leur travail mais plutôt juste la version des policiers …
Étant résidants
du quartier, on peut facilement observer que les causes d’harcèlements raciales
dans le quartier St Michel a remonté en pique ! De plus, la gang 43 est en
train de prendre de l’expansion. Je m’explique, les policiers viennent d’envoyer
16 membres en prison, ce qui est assez pour prendre le contrôle d’un pavillon carcéral
et d’accélérer le recrutement, de légitimer ce gang auprès des groupes plus
criminalisés et leur permettre de fraterniser avec les autres criminels ! Évidement
ce jeu fait l’affaire des policiers qui ne veulent pas enrayer le phénomène des
gangs de rue, mais plutôt de le manager …
Il faut être
un peu naïf pour croire qu’une telle opération mettra un frein à la violence,
je m’en remets plutôt à la température glaciale … La preuve contre les accusés :
une centaine de carte de crédits frauduleuses et une mitraillette, oh mon Dieu !
Les cartels mexicains tassez-vous, vous avez de la compétition !
Naturellement
après avoir manqué sont coup, le SPVM prépare un autre Accalmie 2,
naturellement au frais des contribuables, et cette fois-ci, peut-être que les
policiers pourront aussi saisir un peu de marijuana en passant afin qu’ils la
fument et ouvrent enfin leur esprits … Il faudrait vraiment savoir combien
cette opération aura couté, surtout quand on va être pris avec un gang 43
beaucoup plus organisé, connecté et affluent, c’est sûr que les policiers de
Los Angeles auraient démantelé ce gang a coup d’offre d’emplois , d’activités
sportives merci beaucoup au SPVM !
lundi 23 novembre 2015
Problems and challenges persist for black Quebecers
On the eve of Black History Month, members of Montreal’s black community gathered at city hall last Friday to celebrate their many accomplishments. There were lawyers, academics, teachers, bartenders and people in show business. There was music, speeches and much pride as the community honoured 12 successful black citizens. Among the many guests was Kathleen Weil, Quebec’s minister of immigration, diversity and inclusion.
The previous two days, Weil had been in Quebec City chairing hearings on changes to the province’s immigration policy. But the narrative he heard regarding the state of the black community wasn’t particularly rosy.
Failure to master French and poor job prospects are driving many young black anglophones out of the province, while workplace discrimination is posing problems for French-speaking black immigrants who have come to Quebec to build a better life. Equal opportunity programs are needed to help reduce the unemployment rate among immigrants and visible minorities, the head of the Quebec Human Rights Commission said.
Discrimination in the workplace can be explained partly by “fear of the unknown” on the part of some businesspeople, the head of the province’s largest employer group said.
I Wore Blackface in Quebec and Everybody Loved It
A Quebec media war exploded over the past few weeks after Mario Jean, a popular Francophone comedian, wore blackface on national public television to impersonate black comedian Boucar Diouf. To the rest of the country, blackface is an obvious no-no, but every now and then in Quebec, you’ll see a white French comedian painting up his face and impersonating a black guy on TV, and by every now and then, I mean every single fucking year. Strangely enough, most people usually just laugh it off. But this time, Huffington Post commentator Nydia Dauphin called it out and said that the racist behavior has got to stop.
Rather than throw up their dark foundation-stained hands while sheepishly saying “guilty!” Nydia’s piece sparked a series of articles from various publications criticizing her for bashing Quebec and calling all Quebecers racists. It’s important to point out that Nydia didn’t actually call all Quebecers racists. She did, however, point out a major problem in Quebec—one that very few people here seem interested in tackling. And that is the fact that most French Quebecers are totally okay with a white person slathering black makeup on their face and imitating a black person.
In her response to Nydia’s article, journalist Judith Lussier admitted having never heard of the term blackface before. She even provided her readers with a link to the Wikipedia page, assuming they would be just as clueless (if you’re from Quebec and still confused check it out here).The unfortunate truth is: She’s totally right, lots of Quebecers don’t know about blackface. Some say Quebec’s education system might be at fault. The province’s high school curriculum provides youth with very little information concerning the history of black people in Canada, and makes a very brief mention of black slaves’ presence in the country. This results in most Quebecers having the impression that slavery and racism in the nineteenth century was not a Canadian problem, but rather an American one. Of course Canada did have slaves (in fact the only known slave cemetery in Canada, unfortunately named “Nigger Rock,” is located an hour south of Montreal).
EDM festivals fraught with white privilege
EDM festivals fraught with white privilege
Festival experience dampened by rampant cultural appropriation and racial bias
As an avid fan of house music and member of Binghamton University’s Hoop Troop, I’m almost the typical attendant of EDM festivals. However, my experience at this past summer’s Electric Forest Festival proved to me that so many white people just don’t get it. Because I am a person of color, what should have been an exhilarating adventure turned out to be a nightmare. I faced covert racism and microaggressions from pseudo-hippies that left me cynical about festival culture and colorblindness among the younger generation.
Festivals such as Coachella have already received backlash for the cultural appropriation of Native American headdresses; so much so that a plethora of festivals have banned the sporting of the war bonnets. Yet something that the media doesn’t address is the cultural appropriation of dreadlocks that is so apparent in EDM festival culture. The amount of white people with dreads at Electric Forest was astounding. I was prepared to be one of the few people of color at the festival, but I wasn’t prepared to see people steal my culture.
Many festival attendees fail to realize the cultural significance of hair as a part of black identity, especially dreadlocks. Historically, straightening black hair was a form of survival, in hopes of gaining access to opportunities and resources that African-Americans were denied. Wearing afro-textured in its natural state is a declaration against the European standard of beauty.
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