Today in BIPOC Privilege
8th April 2023
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson rebukes ‘large corporations’ for poverty, violence in the city (Fox) So all those black gang-bangers killing people were sent there by large corporations. I see.
Injustice in Nashville (Dan Rather) Still a partisan hack.
Memphians Talk Pearson Ousting: Pearson Confirms Re-Election Plans They’ll just kick him out again. They can do that as many times as the race-hustlers in Memphis re-select him.
The ‘Tennessee 3’ saga highlights the GOP retreat into Fortress MAGA (Washington Post) Greg Sargent continues pushing the Narrative–that is, after all, his job.
‘It’s Racism!’: Don Lemon On the Expulsion of Tennessee Dem Representatives How unexpected.
Outrage at G.O.P. Could Propel Expelled Democrats Right Back to House (N.Y.Times) Rules are for thee but not for me.
No One Should Be That Shocked by What’s Happening in Tennessee (Politico)
The Latest Front in World War Hair “From the New York Times news section: America needs more Korean immigrants to open black hair care product stores in New Hampshire.”
NBC Tees Up Expelled-Rep. To Label GOP Racists
Tennessee Silencing Black Politicians Is Not New for the South (Daily Beast) And telling lies is not new for the Daily Beast–no black politician was ‘silenced’; two were expelled for violating the rules that they had sworn to obey, but they can be as noisy as they want to be … outside.