Slavery, the value of chastity, and laws that favored men all made it difficult for women to find justice during the chaos of war.
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Author: Oppression Monitor
Psychosis of People Like Michael Dunn
Angry Giraffe
Some people have a skill for finding ways to justify their insanity.
Here are six things that people like Michael Dunn do to get themselves into trouble and to justify their racist behavior.
- Demean other people’s culture
Michael Dunn’s first response to hearing hip-hop music at the gas station was to say “I hate that rap crap.” - Use their privilege to hassle those with different cultures or lifestyles
Michael Dunn could have parked away from the music. Instead he parked next to the music and used his able bodied, white privilege to confront the teens, asking them to turn down the volume. - Blame the victim
Michael Dunn, after shooting three bullets into Jordan Davis and 6 more bullets into the Durango then tells his fiance that he was the victim. - Don’t learn about the failings and oppressiveness of White culture. Always feel superior.
If Michael Dunn had ever taken an African American history class, he might know that White people have been pushing Black people around since the first enslaved Africans were human trafficked to the Americas in 1526. - See phantom weapons. Cell phones and wallets as guns.
If Michael Dunn would have studied implicit bias, or systemic racism – he may have known that he should second guess his own fears and biases and not jump to conclusions. - Acting as if in a war zone
If Michael Dunn was level headed, he would only show his gun to scare away what he perceived as a threat. Apparently he thought he was in a war zone. He shot first and asked questions later.
photo credit: Adam Foster | Codefor via photopin cc
Burning Tulsa: The Legacy of Black Dispossession
The term “race riot” does not adequately describe the events of May 31 – June 1, 1921 in Greenwood, a black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The historical record documents a sustained and murderous assault on black lives and property.
“I want you to think about wealth in this country. Who has it? Who doesn’t? A study by the Pew Research Center found that, on average, whites have 20 times the wealth of blacks. Why is that? When there’s a question that puzzles you, you must investigate.”
“It’s a nontraditional curriculum for a language arts teacher, but I aim to teach students to connect the dots about big ideas that matter in their lives — and I use both history and literature to explore injustice.”
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“Forgetting about what happened and burying it without dealing with it is why we still have problems today.”
Community Village‘s insight:
Did you learn about this in high school, or college?
See on www.huffingtonpost.com
Walker’s “Appeal”
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““Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in particular, and very expressly, to those of the United States of America”(1829) by David Walker, a free Black American, was a forceful condemnation of slavery and racism. In America it was a guiding light for Blacks. It radicalized Whites. It was banned in the South.”
Community Village‘s insight:
I grew up going to majority White churches.
I never heard a mumbling word about racism or oppression.
@getgln
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“It was kind of like slavery”
“Backbreaking labor, vicious beatings, unmarked graves, childhoods lost—five men return to the scene of their nightmares.
Dozier was unforgiving whatever your skin color. But the white kids were given vocational work while the blacks did grunt labor. (The school profited from both.) “It was brutal work,” Huntly says. “We were out there in the cold cutting cane and planting peas and pulling corn. I was admitted to the third grade when I was there, and I spent two years and about four months there, and the day I left I was still in the third grade. So that’s the kind of education I got.”
Community Village‘s insight:
Archaeologists have found 55 burials – 24 more than previously documented.
See on www.motherjones.com
The Destruction of Black Wall Street
“Greenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, was the type of community that African Americans are still, today, attempting to reclaim and rebuild. It was modern, majestic, sophisticated and unapologetically…”
Linda Christenson writes the following:
“The term “race riot” does not adequately describe the events of May 31—June 1, 1921 in Greenwood… In fact, the term itself implies that both blacks and whites might be equally to blame for the lawlessness and violence. The historical record documents a sustained and murderous assault on black lives and property. This assault was met by a brave but unsuccessful armed defense of their community by some black World War I veterans and others.
During the night and day of the riot, deputized whites killed more than 300 African Americans. They looted and burned to the ground 40 square blocks of 1,265 African American homes, including hospitals, schools, and churches, and destroyed 150 businesses. White deputies and members of the National Guard arrested and detained 6,000 black Tulsans who were released only upon being vouched for by a white employer or other white citizen. Nine thousand African Americans were left homeless and lived in tents well into the winter of 1921.
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Michael Dunn tries to explain to police what happened
Police tell Dunn that Jordan Davis was unarmed during shooting.
Michael Dunn Interview
In the video below you will see Michael Dunn’s cooked up story that he had all night to think about.
Dunn did not call 911 after the shooting.
He went to his hotel with his fiance, ordered pizza for his distraught fiance and he let the dog out to go potty.
You will hear Dunn say that Jordan Davis had a shotgun, or a stick.
Jordan Davis had a cell phone.
Michael Dunn’s Shocking Admission Exposed
Michael David Dunn’s first letter from jail to Rhonda
Michael Dunn’s handgun used to murder 17 year old Jordan Davis
Hat tip to BlackButterfly7 for the link to the letters.
Michael Dunn is the man who murdered 17 year old Jordan Davis by shooting him three times through the back door of a red Durango.
The altercation started over loud music, which was turned down. Then Jordan Davis said ‘fuck you’ to Mr. Dunn.
Mr. Dunn reached into his glove box, cocked back his handgun and immediately started firing. In all, Mr. Dunn put nine bullet holes into the Durango.
Three bullets stopped inside the front door panel. One bullet shot into the back of the Durango hit the driver’s sun visor and then the inside of the windshield.
In the first letter from Dunn to Rhonda:
On page 2 he says
“The more time I am exposed to these people, the more prejudiced against them I become.”
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“I sure am looking forward to moving out of the South and away from the scourge of this country.”
Mr. Dunn’s middle name is David. That’s why the letter is signed “Michael David”.
Section of first letter, page 2, from jail from Michael Dunn to Rhonda.
U.S. School Meal Programs
Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program
The Black Panther Party began giving FREE breakfast to children as early as 1969.
Free breakfast was one of over 60 community services provided by the Black Panther Party.
Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program
The U.S. government began a pilot breakfast program in 1966, expanded the program in 1971, and further expanded in 1975. Federal funding varied by the family income of the participating child.
U.S. government lunch programs began as early as 1853 with The Children’s Aid Society of New York. In 1894 Philadelphia began serving ‘penny lunches’. Boston began a lunch program in 1908. Federal aid started in 1933.
The government run program requires children to qualify for free meals or pay for the meals. If the children don’t qualify, the school will bill the children for their food. Schools have been found not treating children with dignity, courtesy and respect.
Utah was caught throwing children’s lunches in the trash when their accounts ran low on money.
A New Jersey mother says her son’s school replaced his hot lunch with a cheese sandwich when money ran low in his account.
A principal in Colorado was fired after speaking out about her school’s lunch program that had a policy of stamping children’s hands who didn’t have lunch money, shaming the students in the process.
CNN’s coverage of school meal fiascoes.
Best Friend of Jordan Davis describes confrontation
Leland Brunson, best friend of Jordan Davis
Best Friend of Jordan Davis,
Leland Brunson describes confrontation between Jordan Davis and Michael Dunn.
Jordan Davis had a cell phone in his right hand during the confrontation with Michael Dunn.
Jordan Davis NEVER said “I’m gonna kill you”. Mr. Davis said ‘F. You” to Michael Dunn.
Michael Dunn may have murdered all four teens if if Tommie Stornes hadn’t backed up the Durango.
Michael Dunn didn’t call 911 to tell the police what happened. Michael Dunn called for pizza and cooked up a story. The police were up all night searching for Michael Dunn.
Michael Dunn admitted that he calls rap music ‘rap crap’.