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[seasoned vet]

aye these dudes are really going at each other.

 

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"Tactics Of White Supremacy"

Heading into the New Year, its time for us to REALLY gain an understanding as to what White Supremacy is.

WS is not 1 singular thing or a group of shady white men in a room somewhere. When people say "attacking white supremacy", they are not talking about 1 single tangible thing.

First off we have to think about White Supremacy like a pie chart

White supremacy is made up of many different tactics which affects not only the black physical being but also the mind and spirit.

To gain a better understanding of White Supremacy, you have to look backwards to the past. We all have heard the Harriet Tubman quote by now: "I freed 1000 slaves, I could've freed 1000 more if only they knew they were slaves". This mindset that some slaves had to not want to fight for their freedom was a direct result of mental conditioning:

Physicological Warfare is perhaps the most effective wing of White Supremacy. You gain control of the mind then you have little to worry about as far as uprisings. This is exactly why slaves could be punished by death if they were caught with books. Education is the #1 enemy of White Supremacy. A slave is only a slave because shackles have been placed on his or her MIND.

Fast forward today and many of us are still mentally shackled. The more and more I view the world, the more I realize this. We talk "White Supremacy" this, "White Supremacy" that, but the raw truth is that most of us have no idea what White Supremacy really is. Its a mere buzz word for most of you. Most of you have no idea that it's an all-encompassing and creative system that permeates itself into everything we can imagine including the things we take in as entertainment.

There are black people still labeling others as "conspiracy theorists" for merely pointing certain tactics out. There are black people who still find certain things far-fetched as far as the extent and creativity of White Supremacy is concerned. There are black people still ignorant about certain tactics of White Supremacy because they personally feel that its beyond the realm of possibility to be real.

Well this is an opportunity to come together and educate ourselves on all of the tactics used throughout history to intentionally impede the progress of blacks. No matter how far-fetched it may sound, come talk about it. No matter how "tin-foil hat" it sounds, talk about it.

Lets talk about scientific experiments that has been done on blacks(Tuskegee for example). Lets talk about specific laws that have been put in place aimed at blacks. Lets talk about how blacks have been discriminated against as far as loans and the effects its had on us. Lets talk about how our thriving communities has been destroyed throughout history. (We all know about Black Wall Street, lets mention others).
Lets talk about how even our food and water has been tampered with. Lets talk about how the Prison Industrial Complex is slavery reincarnated. Lets talk about the 13th Amendment. Lets recommend books and other study material for each other. Lets talk about what they are using to attack us mentally and spiritually. Lets talk about the effects slavery itself has had on the society we live in today.

We will never rise above White Supremacy if we don't even know what it is. We MUST know and be aware of what's attacking us first, before we can fight it.

Hopefully we can all take a break from the ******, set our differences aside and come in here and contribute and build with each other. This is all about educating ourselves and each other. Again, no matter how far-fetched something may seem, put it in here. White supremacy is an extremely creative and all-encompassing system, so when you call somebody a "conspiracy theorist", that's exactly what they want.

 

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Grave of Black Man Slain in 1983 Racist Killing Gets a Headstone After Crime is Finally Solved

Ramon, left, and Tyrone Coggins, brothers of Timothy Wayne Coggins, pose beside the new headstone on Timothy Coggins' grave in Zebulon, Georgia on December 30. Timothy Wayne was killed in 1983. His slaying remained unsolved for decades

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...man-finally-gets-headstone-decades-later.html

When a young black man was found slain outside Griffin, Georgia, in 1983, his family was too traumatized to put a headstone on his grave.

Not knowing who killed Timothy Wayne Coggins or if the killer might come back to vandalize a well-marked burial site, they held a hurried, fearful funeral and left his grave unadorned, his niece Heather Coggins said.

Now, 34 years later, after two white men have been charged in the racially-tinged cold-case, Timothy Coggins' grave has finally been marked with his name.

In October 2017, authorities charged two men with killing him. Prosecutors said the black victim was killed for socializing with a white female. The Coggins family dedicated the headstone - which was left unadorned due to fears about vandalism - on Saturday. Coggins is pictured in an undated photo

The Coggins family unveiled the new headstone Saturday at their home church in Zebulon, Georgia, about 50 miles south of Atlanta.

'This has been a very dark cloud on our family. But today we can see the sun will shine again,' said Tyrone Coggins, a brother of the slain man, during a rousing, 90-minute memorial service at Fuller's Chapel United Methodist Church.

Timothy Coggins' body was found by hunters in a field not far from a highway in the Sunny Side community a few miles north of Griffin.

The killing remained unsolved until last October when authorities announced the arrests of Frankie Gebhardt, 59, and Bill Moore Sr., 58.

Arrest warrants accuse them of stabbing and slicing Coggins to death and giving him 'seriously disfiguring' wounds.

At a hearing in November, a prosecutor said Coggins was also dragged through the woods behind a pickup truck.

Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Ben Coker said the 23-year-old Coggins was killed because he had been 'socializing with a white female'.

William Moore Sr (left), 58, and Frank Gebhardt (right), 59, are accused of murdering Timothy Coggins in 1983

Heather Coggins has said the family long suspected that his death was somehow linked to racism.

She said they were too afraid to mark her uncle's grave at the time he was killed, and as time went by it was just left unmarked.

But after suspects were charged in his slaying, she said relatives chipped in to buy the headstone.

The little country church was filled with members of the large, extended family, many of them wearing T-shirts adorned with Timothy Coggins' photo and the words 'At Last ... Resting in Peace'.

Many also wore purple ribbons - their slain relative's favorite color.

Many of those who knew Coggins have passed away - and the dozens of cousins, nieces and nephews who packed the church were mostly too young to have known Coggins.

Pictured is the site where police found Coggins's mutilated body in 1983

But they all grew up hearing stories about his death, said Jennifer Stevenson, 35, who was still a baby when her cousin was killed.

'As his legacy, we feel as though we were robbed,' she said.

They never got to meet the man who was known for his charming smile and smooth dance moves.

And Coggins himself never got to marry, settle down, have a career and know the generation that came after him.

'Our family is amazing, and we are confident he would have been proud of us,' Stevenson said during the service, which featured gospel music from a family choir and interpretive dance by some of the children.

Several speakers told how Timothy Coggins was known for faithfully walking his younger relatives home at night.

'He always wanted to make sure everyone got home safely,' said Tyrone Coggins. 'This is confirmation to the family that 34 years later, Tim made it home.'

 

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[Nouss]

Yo wtf...were they actually commanding orders to someone who was presumable dead?

Bruh the victims came to the door without any hesitation and didn't even have time to cause a disturbance. I literally watched moms( or grand-moms) walk out and within 10 seconds dude was shot. He came to door in a non threatening way.

I shouldn't be surprised but I refuse to normalize or become "immune" to this ****.

Man, I'm tired yo.

 

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Doug Jones Hires African-American Chief of Staff

Doug Jones (pictured) will be the only Senate Democrat to have an African-American chief of staff once Dana Gresham comes on board. | Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images

https://www.politico.com/story/2018...n-american-chief-of-staff-dana-gresham-320117

Sen.-elect Doug Jones (D-Ala.) has hired former transportation official and congressional aide Dana Gresham as his new chief of staff.

Jones will be the only Senate Democrat to have an African-American chief of staff once Gresham comes on board. Two Senate Republicans, Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Jerry Moran of Kansas, have black chiefs of staff.

Gresham previously served as assistant secretary for government affairs at the Department of Transportation, and before that was chief of staff to then-Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.). A graduate of Georgetown University, Gresham is an Alabama native: A tweet Tuesday by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) referred to him as "Birmingham's own stand out."

Jones has made hiring a diverse staff a priority since he staged an upset win over Republican Roy Moore in last month's special Senate election in Alabama.

Jones' office announced Gresham and a number of senior staff hires on Tuesday. Mark Libell, formerly an assistant congressional liaison for the Federal Reserve Board who also worked for Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and former Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), will be legislative director. Ann Berry, a deputy chief of staff to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), is transition advisor. Katie Campbell, another veteran congressional aide who served as an adviser to Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) and as policy director for the Blue Dog Coalition, will be deputy legislative director.

 

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[Nouss]

This is the non slick (while they think they're slick) crap that I've been talking about with my boys.

How did anyone, much less a large corporation like Newsweek, allow this to be published. It's disgusting and downright diminishes the intelligence of their readers.

Whether they thought they could slip one by or they genuinely didn't find anything wrong with the publication...

I don't give a damn.

Feeling real restless lately.

 

[illwill8710]

I like how homie set the tone by calling Meghan out as a half breed for her downplaying her African American background.

Great panel though the woman who looks like brand ambassador for the AKA sorority starter kit is very triggering.

 

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[illwill8710]

http://www.okayafrica.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-before-practicing-lucumi/

 

[definition of dopeness]

Essence Mag is now back being 100% black owned.

http://www.blackenterprise.com/essence-magazine-100-black-owned/

 

[Nouss]

Dope, I'm proud of all those ladies that made it happen.

 

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[layziegunts]

I scored a quintuple double one time

 

[Quincy McCall]

Glad that this young man has his head on but man that's a travesty

 

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