Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

KKK plans official Super Bowl protest rally at nearby Confederate memorial A group of White nationalists will hold a rally at Stone Mountain in Georgia on the Saturday before the Super Bowl in Atlanta, t h e J o u r n a l - C o n s t i t u t i o n r e p o r t s . The group of “white nationalists and white supremacists” includes the Ku Klux Klan and other groups, according to the paper. Organizers had their application for a “pro-white” event rejected but will push forward anyway. “To hell with their permit. The Constitution is our permit,” white nationalist Michael Weaver said of the February 2 rally. “We move forward. We aren’t going to be discriminated against because you don’t like our views.” The organizing group had previously staged a “white power” rally at the Stone Mountain site, which is the “Confederate Mount Rushmore.” About two dozen white power activists showed up and were met by hundreds of counter-demonstrators who ended up clashing with police.

Everyone needs to see this video. This is yet another example of how much they’ve been lying to you. #martinlutherkingjr

The Most Prominent Athletes Who Have Taken a Knee Many athletes have taken a knee since Colin Kaepernick helped start the movement in 2016 — will it continue at Super Bowl LIII? The Most Prominent Athletes Who Have Taken a Knee PEOPLE.com-4 hours ago Eric Reid, 27 — then of the San Francisco 49ers — joined C o l i n K a e p e r n i c k in protest before their game against the Los Angeles Rams on ... https://people.com/sports/athletes-take-a-knee-movement/

Elite LAPD unit disproportionately stopped black drivers An LA Times analysis found that nearly half the drivers stopped by LAPD Metro officers are black, which helped drive up the share of African Americans stopped by the LAPD overall from 21% to 28%, in a city that is 9% black.

Florida’s GOP Secretary of State resigns after photo appears of him mocking Hurricane Katrina victim with blackface Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Secretary of State has resigned after a photo emerged of him in blackface pantomiming a Hurricane Katrina victim, reports T h e T a l l a h a s s e e D e m o c r a t .   The photo, taken at a private event 14 years ago, shows Michael Ertel with fake breasts and black paint on his face, presumably to mock a black woman struggling in the aftermath of the Hurricane. Approximately 1,833 lost their lives during Hurricane Katrina, with a large majority being people of color. The delayed response is widely seen as one of the biggest failures of the Bush administration.

Housing market racism persists despite ‘fair housing’ laws In the US, where home ownership speaks to class, African Americans are being denied mortgages at rates much higher than their white peers `As a new year begins and the 2020 presidential election looms closer, our political focus will start to narrow around the issues thought to be most urgent and likely to mobilize voters. One issue surely to be glossed over, if not completely ignored, is the persistence of racial segregation. Even writing it feels off-topic, like referring to an anachronism. We have become so habituated to the ingrained treads of our racial geography that they are unremarkable. When segregation is remarked upon, it is almost always in reference to the h i s t o r i e s of public policy and private action that were necessary to the invention of “black neighborhoods” or “white suburbs”. In other words, residential segregation and discrimination in the American housing market are considered historical

“In that moment, he’s looking at you – you’re looking at him – what’s going through your mind?” - “I wanted the situation to die down. And I just wish he would’ve walked away.” -Nick Sandmann #areyounotentertained