Black Farmers Targeted By Racists

 This is such a sad story, and a truly distressing video. It reminds me of some of the events my family encountered when growing up in a rural area. My father was a black farmer, with a variety of livestock; including cows, pigs, and chickens. One day, for no good reason, white people who were associated with the Klan, complained about my father's pigs not having an "electrified" fence around them. Well, guess what? No one in our county had electrified fences around their hogs! They deliberately targeted him to hurt his business. The authorities and city sided with the racist instigators (being racist themselves), and my dad had to get rid of his pigs, which had proven profitable to our family for years. Those white people could not stand to see a black man doing well. Not that our family was ever wealthy, not even middle class, but we had food, shelter, and what racists truly hate--we had property with livestock.

This video, from the "Black Discoveries" Youtube channel is a truly an example of how racism is alive and well in the United States. Note how the authorities turned a deaf ear to the black farmers featured in it as they did to my family almost 50 years ago. Now take a look to our Department of Justice today--Pam Bondi is a character from the Batman series, amidst of all the other Gotham City characters. Given the Trump Administration, blacks cannot expect any help from DOJ. No group of color can expect help from the DOJ. I suggest for victims of racism where local authorities are not doing their jobs, to contact the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for advice, and to also aid their efforts in charting hate crimes. And hopefully, doing so will grant further exposure as to the many ways blacks are targeted in this country.

Byron Donalds, Hatred Goes To Town Hall

 Bryon Donalds, who will be running for governor, recently presented himself to a town hall meeting with his white face on, yet somehow he leaves it black. Doubting afterwards, he thinks to himself, is this blackness ever going to come off me?

So far, MAGA bleaching creams have not worked, and self-hatred exercises have strengthened him tremendously. Oh well. All in a days work. Yet, he lays to sleep, knowing in the morning when he shaves, a black face will reflect back in the mirror. And like Richard Kimble, he finds himself on the run forever.

Wake Up Black America

I am tired of hearing and reading suggestions from black U.S. citizens advising black people to "sit out", to do nothing, "let white people handle it" regarding the second Trump Administration. In my opinion, those touting this worthless strategy cannot be bothered, yet they enjoy the privileges of blacks who fought hard to gain rights so many black Americans have become accustomed to. The second camp of thought offers a more "legitimate" reason-- fear of martial law. Marital law is going to come anyway, because history is repeating itself before our very eyes with lightening speed. Nazi Germany is here, in America. The white nationalist agenda is being executed by the Trump Administration with great speed.

We are in trouble as a people, whether you know it or not. Black people, you cannot afford to sit in your homes, complacent and content to block everything out in the news.I am absolutely convinced, along with some others, that the white supremacist sitting in our presidential office and his hate crazed minions will do everything in their power to destroy us, including executing deportations. Yes, I do recognize these hate mongers are using fear tactics, but their tactics have manifested into real physical actions which are growing in momentum by the day. The white nationalist's goal is to replace our democracy with a new form of government, controlled by wealthy whites (as if wealthy whites were not already controlling our former democratic state) and to replace our democracy with a new authoritarian government with deliberate intention. Project 2025 demonstrates the shaping of this new form o government, save the complete disregard of the rule of law, yet was ignored and dismissed by millions of Americans.

The Trump Administration upon taking office in 2025 has operated like a weapon of mass destruction upon minorities, the economy; and it immediately set out to destroy international relationships: Canada, Mexico, Ukraine, and more.  Reckless tariffs have been implemented against other countries, worldwide, save Russia. The economy is significantly worse.

This week we have seen the erosion of the Supreme Court on display as Trump rejects its ruling directing the retrieval an innocent man deported by ICE, who was sent to an El Salvadorian prison. Now, some white people, including lawyers, even a doctor, have been getting threatening email messages from the Department of Homeland Security demanding they leave the country immediately! These emails are not hoaxes--these are actually government emails. Black people too may eventually receive a such emails, demanding us to leave. Read on.

Note this past week, the Trump Administration has again directed its focus towards the contrived white supremacist issue of "birthright citizenship". A lot of blacks ignore this, thinking this concerns only immigrants. It is a "Pandora's box", as the Trump agenda will eventually seek to make this issue applicable to descendants of slaves.  There are some white supremacists hissing black Americans are not really citizens, because their descendants were considered property own by white slave owners, therefore blacks in our country should not be classified as United States citizens. I do advise my people, to carry around a notarized copy of a birth certificate or passport, for the day is fast approaching we may likely need to produce it to ICE when they come to harass us. And sadly, it may not prove to be sufficient.

People are being deported without due process to an El Salvadorian prison by the Department of Homeland Security through ICE. A few months ago, I watched a video of a black man jogging down a street, when ICE suddenly approaches him asserting he was an illegal immigrant and attempted to take him into custody. There are people who have produced documents demonstrating citizenship, yet ICE dismissed their documentation and proceeded to arrest the person. Trump and his goon squad (Gestapo) are disregarding the rule of law in this country, and this is happening every day in the United States.

We must connect as a people, we must organize, and brace ourselves for what is coming. Bullsh*t like sitting at home and ignoring everything is not going to help you when the Trump squads come busting through your door in the middle of the night. This is happening now, and it is reminiscent of Nazi Germany. I am convinced one of the goals of the Trump Administration and his white nationalist oligarchs is to "purge" this country of the "undesirables", that is people of color and the frail--which they consider dispensable and a liability. It is the same contemptuous spirit which infested the Nazis. 

If you remain complacent, if you remain ignorant of what is happening in this country, you are going to get blindsided. Whether you choose to resist now or not resist, will not keep Trump from misusing his executive powers or prevent his forces to come after us based on our race. Therefore, is not the logical course of action to resist? If we form a collective, if the masses unite, we will prevail. It is going to be a long battle ahead. This is truly an "all hands on deck" moment in black America.  Prepare yourselves. Inform yourselves. Unite. Take action. 

Will Our Laws Be Enforced?

 Since Donald Trump's second administration, a litany of rogue executive orders have emerged--one after another. Most of these orders are unconstitutional because they are devoid of Congressional approval. Indeed, Trump has defied federal judges and even a recent Supreme Court decision to return back a man known as Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. No efforts have been made to return this innocent man back to the United States. But, after all, he is not white, and we are dealing with a racist president and his very racist administration.

After Elon Musk, under guise of the non-governmental entity known as DOGE gained access to the Treasury department; Democratic leaders including Maxine Waters protested outside the Department of Treasury Building. On February 4, 2025. Maxine Waters attempted to enter the Treasury Building and was prevented by one of Musk's goon bodyguards. Musk's bodyguard man had no legal authority to prevent her from entering this building. Where the hell is law enforcement? Besides, the marshalls Trump has appointed to protect Donald Trump at taxpayers expense. 

Congressional leaders on that day should had called local authorities and removed Musk's precious bodyguards who had NO legal authority whatsoever to prevent Congress members from entering the building. The scenario reminds me of some similar instances, where various law enforcement divisions collide amongst each other regarding jurisdiction. Elon Musk and his goons where actually trespassers. Where comes the idea if Trump issues an illegal decree if must be obeyed? Trump bestowed his "blessing" to an unqualified, unelected non-government, unvetted person to confiscate private Social Security data of U.S. citizens so Elon Musk can twist a convoluted narrative proclaiming fraud in the Social Security system. 

Yet, the Trump administration gets by with illegal activity all the time. Who is going to hold Donald Trump and Elon Musk accountable to our laws?  Trump has become a law all until himself. We now have federal laws which are not being enforced by law enforcement, as well as local laws. We clearly witnessed a trespasser named Elon Musk enter the federal Treasury building and hack into the private data on millions of Americans, only to get by with criminal activity.

When are these people going to be arrested for violating the law? It is absolutely imperative for Congress to put their foot down and declared to our felon president he is not above the law, nor can he operate solely through the executive branch. As president, Trump SHOULD be subjected to our Constitutional system of checks and balances, which require joint operation between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. THIS HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING! One of the roads to establishing a dictatorship is invoking chaos. And this has been a major strategy of Trump's administration from day one. It is all part of his goal to establish complete control of our government. 

The enforcement of our local, state and federal laws must be executed towards Trump, Musk-- just as it is enforced to us mere mortals. But the Supreme Court made our dictator virtually untouchable. The administration and its privileged counterparts constitute an oligarchy which has gotten free reign to violate all the laws their evil hearts desire. Local law enforcement should had prevented Musk and his goons from entering the Department of Treasury building. And most certainly, the bodyguard preventing Maxine Waters should had been arrested. Indeed, Musk and his entire crew should had been arrested.

If Trump violates the Supreme Court order to return Mr. Garcia back to the United States, erroneously charged because of his skin color in the first place, what will happen next? Ironically, the very same judicial institution spearheaded by Trump champion, Chief Justice John Roberts, is the very institution which rescued the 34 count felon president declaring he could run in the presidential election of 2024. It is the very same institution which gave Donald Trump blanket immunity from prosecution of criminal acts on July 1, 2024. Trump by all indications is defying the Supreme Courts decision that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned to the United States.

All of these people (judicial and legislative) are out of jobs-- they just do not know it yet. The Supreme Court, the legislative branch, and federal and local judicial branches are becoming symbolic figures and abstract concepts. Why? Because we no longer have a democracy, but an authoritarian government.

If we give this evident oligarchy free reign, our system will continue to erode into further decay. So, when is this nation going to stop giving this rogue administration free reign? It is truly up to the American people to stop this dictatorship. The Republican Party should stand up for America and call for impeachment of this president; but they will turn a blind eye to Trump's defiance to the Supreme Court. Our democratic system has died.

Bus Eight

 

I grew up in a small southern town. In the 1960's, as a child in grade school I rode a school bus every morning from home and every afternoon, my siblings and I were dropped off near my home. My black bus driver was a rather "distant" bus driver, one who didn't prefer to interact with kids. Although schools had become recently integrated, my country route school bus was segregated into two factions: white children in the front, black children in the back. It was an unspoken rule, neither groups by race questioned it. 

Racial tension and friction between the riders were a mainstay, with disputes and physical fighting occurring almost daily. The bus driver, although aloof and a bit mean, allowed "certain" fights to occur. Typically, white children would raise up windows on purpose--sneering and snickering while gazing at us, and the air, sometimes quite cold, would harshly hit the children (almost all black) in the back of the bus. My siblings and I, along with other riders (black children who were are also neighbors) would generally have a self-appointed volunteer go up to the instigator and immediately confront the kid. Racial slurs such as "nigger" were common. Once such language flew out of the mouth of a white child, the game was over as a fight would ensue. 

Upon arrival at various schools, all the kids would get off the bus as if nothing happened and proceed to their classroom destinations. The bus carried kids from grade school to high school aged children. We black children were a camaraderie, yet all the black children were receptive to allowing certain white children, we deemed "cool" to sit with us. On the flip side, certain "black" children, once they befriended a white child, were allowed to sit in the front seats, although the black child was still subjected to racial attacks at times by hostile white kids.

Living in an integrated rural area with houses spread far apart, my siblings and I had white neighborhood children we played with all the time. These children turned to be some of out best friends growing up. We did not care what color they were, so I grew up color blind regarding friendships. Yet, at the same time, the school bus environment which would dictate terms, and when the morning bus came along weekdays, we would enter the bus again and adapt right back into a racial charged atmosphere. Our neighborhood white friends did not ride the bus however, and were transported by their parents to school.

I have to laugh at this, because I doubt white people can understand it--but most black people know a racist person before they even open up their mouth. We have an inner radar. We can encounter a bad attitude waitress at a diner saying snarky words which we determine to simply be a rude person, but another waitress elsewhere can utter the exact same words--yet our inner being immediately realizes we are dealing with a racist person. So its an erroneous assumption, to think black people are calling all whites racist. Yet, no one appreciates gaslighting, as we see the number of whites who supported our racist president, Donald Trump. Only black people who hate themselves and their blackness, believe otherwise. Self hatred.

What I find distressing, and believe me, I do not wear rose colored glasses, is that so many young black people are now tasting what we tasted--'celebrated' racism. Openly, unapologetic racism fueled by a white nationalist dictator has made racism acceptable, and even segregation again. 

Many people got arrested, gave up their lives to stop such oppression, and those gains are being reversed by the Trump Administration and his white nationalist supporters. Yet, and I will post more on this, I rode a bus to my grade school, and even I stood up to racist kids. I see and hear so many black people saying "I am not going to do anything", let "them" fight it out, yet all of these black enjoyed the fruits of other people's labors the past generations. Only to sit on their apathetic asses, or become so embittered they cannot see straight. We got to fight our black causes, but we also got to fight for our democratic causes as well. 

The Errors Of Black Disengagement

I just watched a video from the Defiant Lawyers Network regarding black disengagement, and it said all I had been intending to post about proposed strategies by some blacks advocating not to participate in protests.  Oh my, this is so good--this video just nails it!

We cannot sit idly by during these times. It is critical we organize and be visible. We cannot let our emotions over rule us to be punitive because majorities in certain racial groups voted for our white supremacist president. Keep in mind, as the video points out, black voter participation was weak in the 2024 election, therefore this also played a role in Trump being elected. Resignation and apathy will get black people nowhere.

We are in a fight for our survival here! It is imperative we resist this authoritarian government with all we got. History shows that whites have played a significant role in helping blacks, from the early abolitionists stance against slavery, the Civil Rights movements, and even until now. We must strategize and not separate, and tap into the power of utilizing numbers of citizens against the regime! Please, people, watch this video. I intend to post more on this subject in the future, but I surely will not handle this topic with the eloquence and temperament as Rev. Augustus Corbett. 

U.S. Tariffs Will Drive Up Prices

Everything has gone up in prices since MAGA's white nationalist 34 count felon president has once again, taken up residency in the White House. The eggs so cherished by MAGA, which vicariously "shielded" in closet racists for their white nationalist perspectives, has skyrocketed into a prices never before seen in U.S. history. It is only going to get worse.

Trump has been slapping tariffs on everything, and destroying "sacred" relationships between our allies on a daily basis. Last week, aluminum foil rose up at Dollar Tree from $1.25 to 1.75 due to tariffs place on aluminum a few weeks ago. Dollar Tree has a lot of imports from China, to the point the store should change its name. I doubt this store will stay in business, as it is loaded with Chinese imports. Canadians import fuel and a lot other goods to the United States, all which is resulting in higher prices for American consumers.

In response to the so called "Liberation Day", China retaliated the Trump tariffs imposed on its country, by imposing a 34% tariff on all imports from the United States, set to start on  April 10. It is being reported the only country spared a raise on tariffs imposed by the United States is Russia. Axios recently reported in a published Axios article "Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios Wednesday that Russia was left off because U.S. sanctions already "preclude any meaningful trade." However, the U.S. still trades more with Russia than with countries like Mauritius or Brunei that did make Trump's tariffs list."  Very interesting.  

Trump tariffs are being slapped on imported cars resulting simply in more bad news for American buyers. Keep in mind, Trump is proclaiming these tariffs will "direct" U.S. consumers to purchase American made cars, such as General Motors and Ford. However, keep in mind, so many of the parts in American made cars are produced in other countries, all facing outlandish tariffs put on by the Trump administration. The end result--higher prices for American made cars as well. 

Trump is destroying the American economy with the blessing of the Republican Party. And just as quickly, he is harming long standing relationships with our allied countries. On purpose. 

To what end is this? I have been contemplating this the past few weeks, and it makes little sense to run our country into the ground. One objective is clear: for the Trump administration to be NOT accountable to anything, not to the people nor to our laws. It is like he is deliberately trying to destroy this nation, to prop up a new form of government--which is already emerging thorough constant illegal abuse of his executive powers. Our system of check and balances is no good without enforcement from law and legal authorities.

The first couple of weeks in office, it was clear Trump and the Republican Party's Project 2025 mandate was prioritized to attack programs directed towards diversity. Hatred is their driving force, and their main priority is to diminish the power of people of color in the this country. After quickly destroying programs which help marginalized communities, the Trump administration turn to yield tariffs like a nut waving a reckless machete.  The stock market has been going crazy, with all time record lows. Food prices are at the highest then I have ever witnessed in my years of life. 

Americans, all prices are going to go up. Clothing, food, steel, construction materials, EVERYTHING. Trumps economic theorizing that raises tariffs will increase manufacturing and production in Uniteds States is faulty, and reckless--and is even dismissed by some conservative economists. American corporations learned long ago to exploit labor and production by utilizing workers overseas, where they could pay meager wages, with little or no benefits, enhancing maximization of their greedy profits. Consumers, particularly those in the poor, working, and lower middles classes will pull back from buying, simply because they have no choice. Food produced and cultivated here will also go up in price, mainly because of the same driving corporate greed we witnessed after Covid numbers dropped. Such food corporations will not miss to appear impacted by tariffs, even if they are relatively unscathed. Yet, some food costs will simply go up due to utilizing certain modes of packaging or materials used in production. 

Inevitably, the United States will have a greater gap between the "haves" and "have nots".

Is racial hate and white fear more important than democracy and having basic needs met such as food and shelter? Evidently, for many, it is more important than buying eggs, bread and having enough food for their families. The America of the past several decades is forever gone. Keep in mind, the rich will suffer no worry, including the wealthy Republican politicians so many MAGA voted for and revere. All they ever cared about was to get their votes from the electorate, yet some of these blind fools know this, yet continue to support such politicians. Hate is a powerful force.