California Bill Would Give Black Applicants an Edge in Getting Occupational Licenses.

Supporters say the bill addresses historical injustices and is no more discriminatory than giving preferences to veterans.
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would give preference to African American applicants seeking occupational licenses, for such professions as teaching, nursing, counseling, electrical work and others, especially those who are descendants of slaves.
Assemblyman Mike Gipson, author of AB 2862, said the state’s licensing process poses barriers for African Americans seeking employment, particularly in terms of wage disparities and access to leadership or managerial positions.
“There has been historical longstanding deficiencies and internal barriers … [for] African Americans seeking professional work, and by prioritizing their applications, we are bridging the gap of professional inequities of under representation and under compensation,” Mr. Gipson said in a bill analysis.
Under current law, only veterans are eligible for such prioritization.
Mr. Gipson argued in the analysis that if such priority can be granted to veterans, similar standards should be applicable to African-American applicants.
“If expediting licensure for veterans does not discriminate, then perhaps prioritizing African American applicants also is not discriminatory,” his statement reads. “Nor would a preference for African American applicants violate the equal protection clause of the California Constitution any more than the existing preference for veterans.”
Supporters of the bill, including the Greater Sacramento Urban League and the California African American Chamber of Commerce, said the legislation addresses historical injustices and “promotes equity and provides opportunities for economic advancement within our community.”
However, opponents say it is “unconstitutional” and lacks legal backing.
The Pacific Legal Foundation, a public interest law firm, argues in a statement that both the U.S. and California Constitutions guarantee citizens equal protection under the law, prohibiting the government from treating citizens differently based on race, ancestry, or other protected categories.
The law firm suggested if the bill were to become law, it would probably not hold up against legal challenges, referencing the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard last summer. The court deemed the consideration of an applicant’s race as a factor in admissions decisions unconstitutional.
They argued that while the constitution allows the government to use race to remedy instances of past discrimination, the bill doesn’t cite any specific California laws that exclude African Americans or that were drafted with the intention of excluding workers needing redress.
Additionally, they said that introducing race as a factor in the licensing process would exacerbate barriers for many Californians seeking to enter the workforce, particularly low-income workers, who already face numerous challenges.
The law firm also pointed out that the representation of minority groups within industries often varies, suggesting that prioritizing one group over others would fail to address the root of the problem.
They argued that if the state were to do so, it should reduce barriers to licensure for all Californians.
The bill, which will now be heard in the Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, passed the Assembly’s Business and Professions Committee on a 13–2 vote last week.
If ultimately passed, it would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2029.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/california-bill-would-give-black-applicants-an-edge-in-getting-occupational-licenses-5642691?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge

‘Heavily intoxicated’: Bail set for DUI suspect in Nevada trooper deaths.
A 46-year-old man charged in the deaths of two Nevada Highway Patrol troopers had his bail set at $500,000 on Friday.

During a brief court appearance, Chief Deputy District Attorney Shanon Clowers said the driver, Jemarcus Williams, was “heavily intoxicated” at the Palms casino shortly before the crash. Security officers followed him out of the casino around 3 a.m. Thursday, and told Williams they would call the police if he got into his vehicle, she said.
Williams walked toward a sidewalk and hid behind a tree until security officers left the area, Clowers told Hearing Master Daniel Westmeyer, referencing an arrest report that had not been released by the Metropolitan Police Department as of Friday morning.
Clowers had asked for Williams to be held on a $1 million bail.
“Clearly he’s a flight risk,” she said. “He has the wherewithal even while intoxicated to hide from security so that he can get into his vehicle and endanger this entire community.”
Westmeyer instead set bail for Williams at $500,000. If Williams makes bail, Westmeyer said he would be placed on high-level electronic monitoring, drug and alcohol monitoring, and he would not be allowed to drive.
Authorities said Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Michael Abbate and trooper Alberto Felix were struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early Thursday while assisting another motorist on northbound Interstate 15 near D street.

 

 

Williams faces two counts each of reckless driving resulting in death, DUI resulting in death and failing to stop at the scene of a crash.
The troopers had stopped on the highway at 3:23 a.m. to check on a motorist who appeared to be asleep at the wheel when another vehicle struck the troopers and drove away, according to Metro Deputy Chief Branden Clarkson.
One trooper died at the scene, Clarkson said, while the other was pronounced dead at University Medical Center.
A search for the suspect’s vehicle, described as a white Chevrolet HHR, led authorities to an apartment complex near J Street and Monroe Avenue, where Williams was taken into custody.
Clowers said that when police first spoke to Williams, the first thing he said was, “I didn’t kill him, you should be out there figuring out who did.”
Williams claimed that his friend was driving the vehicle, but he later admitted he was behind the wheel, Clowers said.
“He ultimately finally states, ‘It’s me, I f——- up, I was driving,’ ” she said.
Williams was charged with DUI in 2007 in Las Vegas, and pleaded no contest to the charge, court records show. Clowers said Friday that in the prior case, a police officer had to swerve off the road to avoid being hit by Williams.
“I understand the age of that prior, but the similarities are very poignant,” Clowers said.
Deputy Public Defender Marissa Pensabene had asked for Williams to either be released on high-level electronic monitoring or held on a $20,000 bail, which he could afford. She said Williams has lived in Las Vegas his entire life and has worked as a valet for 13 years.
Multiple family members attended court on Friday to support Williams. They declined to speak with reporters following the hearing.
Williams was scheduled to appear in court again on Monday.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/heavily-intoxicated-bail-set-for-dui-suspect-in-nevada-trooper-deaths-2957362

Dove partnered with YUGE BLM activist to promote ‘fat liberation.’

Zyanha Bryant, a community organizer and student activist studying at the University of Virginia, made the announcement she was a “Dove ambassador” on her Instagram page at the end of August, as she spoke about her goal of ending the stigma of being overweight.
And the reaction on the internet has been severe. These are just two of the memes I saved.

 

 

https://nypost.com/2023/09/14/dove-partners-with-blm-activist-zyanha-bryant-to-promote-fat-liberation/

 Proud purple to angry red: These Florida residents feel unwelcome in 'new' Florida.

(This is a hilarious article. It wasn’t intended to be. First of all, it’s on ‘yahoo!news’ and that should give you a good idea of the political slant … can we still say ‘slant’? Anyway I just saved the pictures from the article because it’s a long tear-jerking diatribe of how Florida is hard on those who prefer an environment that caters to entitlement policies and that will confirm your ideas about the liberal politics of the article.)
(PS … Somebody should let all these whiny bitches, a.k.a. perpetual victims, know that there are JUST AS MANY ROADS HEADING OUT OF FLORIDA AS THERE ARE COMING IN. Don’t let the door hit you in your sensitive asses.)

https://news.yahoo.com/proud-purple-angry-red-florida-091713931.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=0_00

 Social Media Erupts After Skittles’ ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ Packaging Goes Viral.

Skittles is facing backlash after images of its “Pride” packaging, featuring pro-trans statements, went viral on social media Friday.
The candy packaging that Skittles advertises on its website features slogans such as “Joy Is Resistance” and “Black Trans Lives Matter.” Skittles, which is owned by Mars, partnered with GLAAD, a media monitoring organization that espouses radical gender theory, to reveal the packaging for Pride Month earlier this year.
This past June was the fourth year Skittles partnered with GLAAD “to support the LGBTQ+ community by amplifying and celebrating their stories,” according to its website. Skittles said it will “donate $1 for every Skittles Pride pack sold to GLAAD in support of their ongoing efforts to work through media to combat anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.”
On its website, Skittles also promoted a podcast called “Queery” hosted by Cameron Esposito, who focuses on LGBTQ topics and activism.
“Stay tuned for a special Pride-themed miniseries of Queery where we dive deeper into queer storytelling and the artists that designed this year’s SKITTLES Pride Packs,” the candy brand says.
For a short time in 2020, Skittles “gave up” the rainbow that famously dons its colorful packaging for a black and white package to “give the rainbow back” to the LGBTQ community for Pride Month.
Conservatives ripped Skittles after images of packaging went viral on social media, saying the candy brand is targeting children with a pro-trans agenda. Skittles is a favorite brand among children and young adults, with over 75% of Gen Z adults holding a favorable impression of the brand, according to a Morning Consult survey released last year. 

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1690186615585652736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1690186615585652736%7Ctwgr%5Eb8563cf9681b2007b1fa6ddcba522615b17591c4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fsocial-media-erupts-after-skittles-black-trans-lives-matter-packaging-goes-viral

“[Skittles] is trying to turn your kids into BLM & LGBTQ+ activists,” popular account Libs of TikTok wrote on X. “Their packaging also features a drag queen. Skittles have gone completely woke.”
“WTH? Skittles is Now Marketing Woke Idiocy To Children On Their Candy Wrappers!” another person said. “This isn’t an Adult Beverage, Like Bud Light They Warned us They Were Coming After Our Kids- Let’s Make Sure They Hear Our Response Loud and Clear On This One Skittles- And Share.”
Others said Mars, Skittles’ parent company, will get “the Bud Light treatment” after pushing radical gender theory on its customers. Bud Light’s maker Anheuser-Busch lost billions in market value after partnering with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney, who showcased a can with his face on it in a viral video.
Mars isn’t the first candy company to face backlash this year for pushing radical gender theory. In March, Hershey’s faced a boycott after featuring Fae Johnstone, a man who identifies as transgender, as part of its International Women’s Day promotion. In response, Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing launched Jeremy’s Chocolate, featuring He/Him and She/Her chocolate bars.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-media-erupts-after-skittles-black-trans-lives-matter-packaging-goes-viral

Well ... if she wasn't racist before, the criminals and the judge have now given the little girl a DAMN GOOD reason to be racist ... IMHO.

 

In an outrageous statement from the bench, Louisville Judge Olu Stevens attacked the tiny white toddler and her parents for their “racism” calling the little girl’s statement “disturbing” while at the same time excusing the actions of the criminals who traumatized her. That’s right, this judge was more upset at a little girl for being scared by armed robbers than he was at the armed robbers.
At the sentencing trial of one of the robbers, a victim’s impact statement written by the little girl’s mother was entered into evidence. The statement read in part, “Whenever we are running errands, if we come across a black male, she holds me tight and begs me to leave. It has affected her friendships at school and our relationships with African-American friends.”
Then the judge outrageously attacked the little girl saying her statement disgusted him…

But when Wallace was brought up for sentencing Feb. 4 in Jefferson Circuit Court, it was the parents, not Wallace, who suffered Judge Olu Stevens’ wrath.
“I am offended. … I am deeply offended that they would be victimized by an individual and express some kind of fear of all black men,” he said.
“This little girl certainly has been victimized, and she can’t help the way she feels,” he said. “My exception is more with her parents and their accepting that kind of mentality and fostering those type of stereotypes.”
The Grays were not in court as Stevens denounced their statements and granted probation to Wallace, whom he said deserved the opportunity to redeem himself.

https://rightwingnews.com/democrats/black-judges-gives-armed-robbers-light-sentence-saying-three-year-old-white-victim-is-racist/

California Reparations Task Force calls for elimination of child support debt for black residents because ‘nation's laws have torn African American families apart.’

California's controversial Reparations Task Force has called on the state legislature to end child support debt for black residents claiming that the nation's laws have hindered their growth and have torn African American families apart.
The task force released their final report last week that laid out a series of calculations that could amount to hundreds of billions of dollars in payment.
The 1,100-page document revealed that the state's black residents represent a larger percentage of those who owe child support debt than their proportion of the state's population.  
The task force alleged that 'discriminatory' laws 'have torn African American families apart,' and that one effect of that is the 'harms' caused by 'the disproportionate amount of African Americans who are burdened with child support debt.'
The report claims that the 10 percent interest that the state charges on back child support has hampered black residents to find employment, maintain a home, and further their education due to the legal consequences of not paying such debt.
The report cited a 2003 California Department of Child Support Services study, which estimated 27 percent of owed child support in the state was unpaid interest.
It also highlighted that those who did owe child support had lower incomes than 'the typical California worker' and that such interest required a larger portion of their income to actually pay the debt,' The New York Post reported.
Some of the recommendations the task force cited included the termination of all interest accrued on back child support. This move, they said, would require only the payment of the principal owed. 
'At a minimum, the proposal recommends that the Legislature eliminate the prospective accrual of interest on child support debt for low-income parents,' the report said.
'The Task Force further recommends that the Legislature amend Family Code section 17560, the 'offers in compromise' provision, to allow for offers in compromise and forgiveness of child support debt based solely on a parent's financial (sic) circumstances and ability to pay,' it added.
The report is a culmination of two years of research done by the task force into what it says is the historical discrimination faced by black Californians and their ancestors in the state.
It also offers a broad account of the ways it accuses the state of wronging descendants of black slaves.
The state legislature will now determine what aspects of the report, including monetary compensation for black residents, it will approve or deny.

More at the link:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12263021/California-Reparations-Task-Force-calls-elimination-child-support-debt-black-residents.html

Reparations Payments Are Underway

Plans to pay blacks gargantuan sums of public money explicitly for being black are so insane that people probably assume not even Democrats would go through with them. But nothing is too insane for liberals to go through with:
A Chicago suburb has become the first city in the nation to begin disbursing reparations payments to black residents over discrimination and limited access to housing, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Approximately 140 residents in Evanston, Illinois, will receive $25,000 from the city by the end of the year, according to the outlet.
In 2019, the city of roughly 75,000 residents approved a $10 million reparations package to be distributed over 10 years. So far, the city has already disbursed reparations payments to sixteen qualified residents, the Evanston Round Table reported.
With government, what starts small expands rapidly to monstrous proportions.
Justin Hansford, the head of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University, said he sees the city’s reparations plan as “a test run for the whole country.”
No doubt Howard University alumnus Kamala “Heartbeat Away” Harris concurs. We can expect her to deliver some enlighteningly esoteric thoughts on the matter, as soon as she feels we have properly digested her revelations about culture.
Already official reparations recommendations have reached $5 million per sacred black person in San Francisco. Thanks to reparations math, the number will soon climb high enough to require new currency with extra zeroes, as in Zimbabwe.
Will they be happy when we bankrupt the country to hand them free money for being black directly instead of through the welfare state? No:
Resident and civil rights activist Bennett Johnson … argued that black residents were still being “discriminated” against and “hurt,” the Evanston Round Table reported. He also contended that the payments were not enough.
“I believe that [Evanston is] doing the same thing that we’ve done in the past, downgrading the ability of black people to do things for themselves,” Johnson stated. “We could realize that if we don’t let black people control this, we [are] still doing the same thing that we’ve done in the past.”

https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-suburb-starts-disbursing-10-million-reparations-package-to-black-residents

 Commentary: SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision Ignores Elephant in the Room.
by Kendall Qualls

 
Growing up in the Jim Crow South, my parents grew up dreaming of a world where they didn’t have to use “colored-only” restrooms, sit in the back of the bus, attend segregated schools, and could sit in restaurants together with other Americans – regardless of their race, creed, or nationality.
They dreamed of equality for all. Yet, almost 70 years after the Supreme Court struck down “separate but equal,” the recent decision to strike down affirmative action makes it clear that many black progressives like Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson – who benefited from the Brown v. Board of Education decision – still view the issues of race and equality through rose-colored glasses.
As Justices Clarence Thomas and Jackson traded their arguments in the pages of the majority opinion and dissent, one thing became clear: The concepts of equality vs. equity rule the reasoning. However, while Justice Jackson makes her case for equity by stating, “The takeaway is that those who demand that no one think about race (a classic pink-elephant paradox) refuse to see, much less solve for, the elephant in the room – the race-linked disparities that continue to impede achievement of our great Nation’s full potential,” she fails to address the pink-elephant in the room – the very elephant responsible for the disparities we see prevalent today.
Anyone who examines the condition of black Americans objectively will see what I see – a culture that has departed from its roots of faith, family, and education. Since the 1960s, we have gone from 80% of black children being born into two-parent homes to 80% of black children being born to single mothers in 2017. Affirmative action programs cannot and will not make up for the decline of two-parent families over the last 50 years and its effects on generations of black children.
Research reveals that children from two-parent families, regardless of race, experience high levels of academic success compared to children from fatherless homes. A 2021 study from The Institute for Family Studies found that “Black children in single-parent homes were 3.5 times more likely to live in poverty.” The same study found that black children raised by two parents had a 70% higher chance of graduating from college, while those raised by single parents were “twice as likely to be incarcerated by their late 20s.”
It’s an issue that progressives ignore outright. The steep decline of the two-parent black family began after government policies started financially incentivizing women to have children outside the bonds of marriage. The programs were heavily marketed in black communities during the LBJ administration in the 1960s. As a result, we’re experiencing a social tragedy that is the byproduct of generations of government-dependent black children who come from fatherless homes.
Justice Jackson called on us to “stare at racial disparity unblinkingly, and then do what evidence and experts tell us is required to level the playing field and march forward together.” Yet, Justice Jackson ignores the left’s own expert, Dr. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In 1965, Moynihan, a member of LBJ’s administration, argued that the root cause of disparities was the breakdown of marriage in the black community. “The fundamental problem,” he determined, “is that of family structure.” In his report, Moynihan called for a national effort to strengthen the black family in America.
Progressives, like Justice Jackson, who choose to embrace the left’s rose-colored version of race and equality, have oddly enough traded the discrimination black Americans have faced throughout American history for one of their own in their arguments in favor of affirmative action, where employers and schools get to pick winners and losers based on the color of their skin.
Instead, we should focus on the fundamentals of faith, family, and education. If we shift our focus from band-aid fixes to real solutions and incorporate the fundamentals that prioritize black families and their children, we will see our community reach the levels of success achieved by other ethnic groups. The evidence is clear: When we prioritize tried and tested values over government handouts, the black community will thrive as it had in the 100 years prior to LBJ’s “government aid” initiative.

 

https://tennesseestar.com/justice/commentary-scotus-affirmative-action-decision-ignores-elephant-in-the-room/admin/2023/07/08/

Paul Joseph Watson
What Happened in Nottingham?
Cultural enrichment.
All we have so far regarding a motive for the Nottingham attack is “mental health problems.”
Conveniently avoiding discussion of the elephant in the room yet again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCTbgzsJJl8&t=102s

 Privileged Go Around and Out the Revolving Door

The reason Jordan Neely was running loose, terrorizing subway passengers after 42 arrests in the past 10 years, is that we have a revolving door system of justice. At least it works that way for those with preferred characteristics, like Florida’s Frederick Howard:
Since 1986, the 58-year-old has spent nearly 36 years in and out of prison for various crimes including aggravated assault, armed robbery, battery on a first responder and more.
His latest charge is attempted sexual battery at the Stayable Suites along Orange Blossom Trail. Investigators said that’s where he tried to rape an 18-year-old in her hotel room on Monday.
Howard was released from jail a week ago after he spent 33 days in jail for a carjacking but was released because the Orange County State Attorney failed to file formal charges in the case. …
By law, if the State Attorney doesn’t file charges 30 days after an arrest, that person is entitled to be released.
The State Attorney in question is Monique Worrell, a young Woman of Color who took power with help from George Soros — like Alvin Bragg (New York) George Gascon (Los Angeles), Kim Foxx (Chicago), Larry Krasner (Philadelphia), Chesa Boudin (San Francisco), Kim Gardner (St Louis), Marilyn Mosby (Baltimore), et al.
Any questions on why charges weren’t filed?
It isn’t a revolving door for everybody. Hero Marine Daniel Penny, who was indicted for being white, won’t get loose from the jaws of the System soon.
The liberals who have been methodically destroying American civilization often bark about “privilege.” Here’s what privilege actually looks like in what’s left of our society:

https://moonbattery.com/privileged-go-around-and-out-the-revolving-door/

Paid $11.25 Million for Being Late 47 Times
Racist oppression works great: show up late for work 47 times, get fired, collect $11.25 million. Thanks to the politicization of the judicial system, the looting spree known as “racial justice” has no limits:
High-end gym chain Equinox has been ordered to pay $11.25 million to one of their former trainers after her lawyers convinced a New York jury that her firing was racially motivated and not because she showed up for work late 47 times.
Robynn Europe lives near Coney Island. Eventually, she showed up for work at a gym on the Upper East Side. She does not deny frequently being late. Nonetheless:
The jury found that Europe, a former professional bodybuilder, had been subjected to a hostile work environment and unlawfully fired her on the basis of both her race and gender.
What do you expect? These people chose Eric Adams to be their mayor.
Europe claims that a subordinate made racist and sexist remarks. Also, a manager at Equinox allegedly obliged a customer’s request for a white trainer. This manager had already been fired.
Sorry, Caucasian readers. There is no way for you to attain the precious privilege of racial oppression for yourselves. The same activist lawyers, liberal judges, and urban Democrat juries that pick the winners pick you for the losers.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12129061/Former-Equinox-trainer-Robynn-Europe-wins-11-25-million-former-employer-lawsuit.html