EYE am pi$$ed about so many things on this day that EYE don't know where to start. Warning, this rant is going to make some of you uncomfortable, and for that EYE offer no apologies. If the rant fits, deal with it. If it doesn't apply to you, shrug.
RedEyeRant #1 Outside Investigators say the shooting of Tamir Rice not criminal because police officer Tim Loehmann acted properly within the constraints of his training. You want to know how EYE know this is some straight up Bull Crap? Because Dylan Storm Roof… the suspected killer of the Charleston Nine… was apprehended safely, given a bullet proof vest, and flown back to South Carolina on a private jet. If law enforcement officers are trained to roll up on black men/women/children, shoot first and ask questions later that is a, strike that, the problem.
RedEyeRant #2 Cops Taser kneeling black councilman in Texas Town where Sandra Bland was arrested, and, it just happened to be the same cop that was involved in the arrest of Sandra Bland. Coincidence, or a pattern of behavior? See, this is what happens when you give some high school losers a gun, a badge, and some authority.
RedEyeRant #3 Here we go again. A Mississippi family wants answers after man dies in holding cell. EYE am sure they will get the answers they are looking for after the police investigate themselves. Snark
RedEyeRant #4 You didn't see it on TeeVee, or read about it in the mainstream press because it didn't involve a bunch of anti Obama, gun toting, Confederate Flag waving Tea Party people, or government issued, taxpayer funded military weapons, or Donald Trump, but Thousands of people peacefully assembled in Washington D.C. on the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March to demand #JusticeOrElse or #NotOneDime will we spend. This is what happens when we dare complain about
RedEyeRant #5 The white, male, dominated media is responsible for this sad, sorry, state of affairs. Yes, EYE said it. When they can't make us look bad they don't show us at all. They coddled, enabled, and mainstreamed the racism with their media driven racial stereotypes, now they are wringing their hands and trying to figure out how to put the Genie back into the bottle. It's the media that are cowards when it comes to discussions about race. IMHO it all started when the media forced President Obama to renounce, reject, and repudiate Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan. The white male dominated media refuses to allow to have an honest and open discussion about race because that would be too much like right. If the media were liberal we wouldn't be in this mess.
RedEye Rant Over and Out. For now.
Why are we still celebrating Columbus Day?
With Columbus Day upon us once again, we must ask the question: Why, exactly, are we still celebrating Columbus Day?
Seattle votes to celebrate 'Indigenous People Day" on Columbus Day
The resolution that passed unanimously Monday honors the
contributions and culture of Native Americans and the indigenous
community in Seattle. Indigenous Peoples’ Day will be celebrated on the
second Monday in October.
Tribal members and other supporters say the move recognizes the rich
history of people who have inhabited the area for centuries.
“This action will allow us to bring into current present day our
valuable and rich history, and it’s there for future generations to
learn,” said Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation on the
Olympic Peninsula, who is also president of the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians.
A darker side of Columbus emerges in US classrooms
Columbus’ stature in U.S. classrooms has declined somewhat through
the years, and many districts will not observe his namesake holiday on
Monday. Although lessons vary, many teachers are trying to present a
more balanced perspective of what happened after Columbus reached the
Caribbean and the suffering of indigenous populations.
“The whole terminology has changed,” said James Kracht, executive
associate dean for academic affairs in the Texas A&M College of
Education and Human Development. “You don’t hear people using the world
‘discovery’ anymore like they used to. ‘Columbus discovers America.’
Because how could he discover America if there were already people
living here?”
No post about guns and black people would be complete without this:
