Thursday, June 20, 2013

George W. Bush's Ancestor's Were Slave Traders/Masters/Investors

Another racist story hit the media waves today but instead of it being about Paula Deen, this time it's about our 43rd president, George W. Bush.

A new three-page report in Slate provides explicable detail about Bush's ancestor Thomas "Beau" Walker, who was a notorious slave trader in the 18th century.

Slate investigated claims of two historians from Yale University who claimed Thomas Walker was involved in 11 slave voyages to West Africa, between 1784-1792.

The Bush family’s spokesman had no comment on the findings but Slate notes that in 2003, George W. Bush called slavery one of the “the greatest crimes of history.”

Now if George W. Bush really felt that slavery was "the greatest crimes of history", why was it so hard for him while he was president to offer a binding apology for the crime of slavery? Why did an apology only become popular after then Senator Obama, began running for the Oval office? 

Why was his "no child left behind" program a total sham and ended up leaving many children behind? 

Was Bush's aid to Africa really helping the population, or simply helping conservative made programs masked by the Africa AIDS agenda? I'm just saying, the proof is in the pudding. 

You know what Kanye West, I think you're on to something.

For FULL slave trader article click here.

2013 LA


Saturday, May 18, 2013

1957 Documentary On Race In America

Researching America's history I came across a documentary titled, 'A Series on Changing Neighborhoods' by Dynamic Films Inc. 

The video footage was taken back in 1957 in Levittown, Pennsylvania, which is midway between Philadelphia, PA and Trenton, NJ. The comment and analysis was done by Professor Dan W. Dodson, Director Center for Human Relations and Community Studies, School of Education, New York University.

I felt it was important to post this piece of history because it's indicative of the 21st century.

In the documentary it displayed a typical family friendly neighborhood that became extremely tense when new neighbors arrived. The new neighbors were the Myers, a college educated married couple with two children. What made the Myers stand out to their neighbors wasn't the fact that they were college educated and married, but instead the brown hue of their skin is what caused an uproar within the white middle class community.

Various neighbors were interviewed on the basis of their feelings, in regards to the Myers moving into the community. There were progressive neighbors and there were racist neighbors, which I felt the racist neighbors were simply misinformed and were raised to be prejudice. 

It was most interesting when one of the neighbors actually stated that a black family would "bring home property values down" if they were allowed to reside in the community!

Another neighbor came to the Myers' rescue stating that the "Myer's have nothing to do with property values increasing or decreasing, it's a white problem not a negro problem. The majority group will influence property value not the minority."

The narrator then goes on to say, "If a negro family can afford what you can afford, how do you justify your feelings of superiority?"

I see the elephant in the room do you? It's called superiority. That's the problem. A person shouldn't ever feel that they're superior over anybody, otherwise the racist cycle will continue. This video is way deep.

2013 LA

Saturday, May 11, 2013

'42' - Movie Review

'42' was written and directed by Brian Helgeland, and is a film that literally pulls on the heart strings of your most extreme emotions. This movie gives a riveting contrast of extreme love verses extreme hate, and forces you to embark into the dark past of American history.

Actor Chadwick Boseman played Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in Major League Baseball in American history. 

The film begins with young Robinson narrating his life story up until his present day of 1945, in which the storyline plays out and the plot thickens. 

Robinson received his first chance to play in the major leagues as a first base Brooklyn Dodger on April 15, 1947. Although the oppressive environment in which he lived could have easily deterred him, the extreme love he received from his wife played by Nicole Beharie, seemed to pull him through the roughest patch of extremely hateful moments thus proving that love indeed conquers all.

The story focuses mainly on the 1947 Brooklyn Dodger season and gives you a detailed view of why Jackie Robinson, was the best at what he did. 

My personal favorite moment was when Robinson would fake out the pitchers as a way of getting to the next base. I had never before seen a fake out like that in baseball!

It made me prideful that Robinson and his wife never bowed down to segregation and racism, but instead faced it head on and starred it straight in the eyes. Because of the Robinson's efforts, currently in the 21st century there are more minorities in Major League Baseball than ever before!

Actor Harrison Ford who played Branch Rickey, a Major League Baseball executive and manager who was responsible for signing Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, was unapologetic as he took on the controversy he had caused while reminding movie goers that it only takes one "good" person to break a barrier. 

This was an intense, highly emotional, but very informative film. Anyone who loves history and a great baseball story should go see this movie.

2013 LA


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Civil Rights Progression

Look how far we've come! Let's keep moving!

#PROGRESS

2013 LA

Happy 150th Anniversary to the Emancipation Proclamation


This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (seen above). This single document changed the course of history in our country, leading us past dark centuries of slavery and into freedom, reconstruction, and civil rights.

The Emancipation Proclamation above does read:

Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: 

"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all person's held as slaves within any State or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free; and the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom."

Slavery was officially abolished in 1865, however, it took one state almost 150 years to date to receive word on the dismantling of an era.  

On February 17, 2013, Mississippi, became the last state in the nation to ratify the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 

Wow.

2013 LA  

Black Activist, Actor, and Singer Paul Robeson On Racial Inequality

   Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee, June 12, 1956

"My father was a slave and my people died to build this country, and I'm going to stay right here and have a part of it, just like you. And no fascist-minded people like you will drive me from it. Is that clear?" ~ Paul Robeson 

2013 LA



Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Happy Birthday Mr. Bob Marley!


Bob Marley was born Nesta Robert Marley on February 6, 1945.

Mr. Marley was more than a Jamaican singer/song writer and musician, he was a proud activist of his homeland; forever bringing light to the horrid issues that long plagued his community through his music. The "Stir it up" singer spoke avidly about the atrocities of racism and why it shouldn't exist. He wanted so much for the white race and black race, to come together and unite as one for a greater good as he stated,

"Me, only have one ambition, y’know? I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together – black, white, Chinese, everyone – that’s all."


Speaking of freedom through his "redemption song" while screaming for all people to "Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights", made Marley an instant hit with an oppressed people. Due to his outreach through song and electrifying dance moves he touched people, he felt people, he nourished people, as a matter of fact one of Bob Marley's quotes was,

"My life don't mean nothing to me. My life is about people. If my life is just about me and my security, then me no want it." 

Those two quotes along with his picture quote seen above, was the true character of this man; unselfish, full of love, and all about helping people. Bob Marley understood that until mankind could live in peace with one another, that his job would never be done.

You are not physically here with us sir, but your words and music will live on forever within us. Thank you for your music, your efforts, and your love. 

We march on!

Happy Birthday Mr. Nesta Robert Marley, and may you continue to rest in peace.  

2013 LA 

Happy Birthday Ms. Rosa Parks!


Happy Birthday to "the mother of the freedom movement!" You are NEVER forgotten as we pay tribute to you during Black History month.

For more information on Ms. Rosa Parks, click here.

2013 LA

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

The Ku Klux Klan - A Secret History

For all KKK history videos click here.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Nazi Leader George Lincoln Rockwell: Our 21st Century Republican Party?

George Lincoln Rockwell (seen above-middle), leader of the American Nazi party (ANP) ran for the presidential election of 1964, as a write-in candidate receiving only 212 votes. 

In 1965, he ran unsuccessfully for governor in Virginia as an independent -- polling 5,730 votes or 1.02 percent of the total vote, and finishing fourth out of four candidates.

Mr. Rockwell's vision for America was viewed as extreme, almost as extreme as the views of the current Republican party candidates running for the oval office right now.

The difference between Mr. Rockwell, Mitt Romney, and Paul Ryan, is that Rockwell admitted his racist views to the American people and didn't try to cover them up with other terms such as; repealing entitlement programs, taking from the poor to give to the rich, leaving women with no right to choose, and banning education deeming it only worthy enough for the elite. 

Basically, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are Mr. Rockwell in the 21st century, because they're adamantly trying to revert America back to the 1950's and 60's, when Rockwell and like-minded individual's venomous ideas were large and in charge. 


Rockwell's racist video statements include: 

1. "Hitler didn't exterminate 6 million Jews."

2. "Hitler was the second coming of Christ and a gift from providence."

3. "Let Blacks self-deport" (Mitt Romney also said that Hispanics should self-deport).

4. "The White race is the master race."

5. "Favors violence towards Blacks."

6. "Negroes like to get a couple of wine bottles, heroin, and crawl all over each other."

7. "The average Negro is inferior swine."

8. "I'd rescue homosexuals from the life" and "I would gas a queer quicker than anybody else."

9. "Liberals are queer."

Mr. Rockwell referred to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as a "coon". Rockwell also stated that he, "has operatives in government and in congress."

Since Mr. Rockwell was a staunch racist it surprised me when he took part in a meeting held by Muslim leader, Elijah Muhammad. Moreover, the reason Mr. Rockwell was comfortable sitting in a room full of black people, was because their agenda was the same. 

Mr. Muhammad wished for his black brothers and sisters to be exported back to Africa, and Mr. Rockwell who stood behind the podium while admitting his strong disdain for black people -- concurred with Muhammad that a plan should be devised to ship blacks back to Africa as soon as possible. However, the black Muslims in the room did not agree with this stance, and booed Mr. Rockwell for his aggressive truth. 

Black Muslims sought to own half of America while whites, would own the other half since both races couldn't seem to co-exist with each other peacefully. This idea of course never made it to fruition, as more minority Americans fought for equality and freedom which ultimately forced the races to co-exist.

If Mr. Rockwell were still alive he'd be completely disturbed at the fact that there are so many interracial couples. How ironic that today we have a mixed President of the United States, exactly what Mr. Rockwell fought avidly against. 

In Mr. Rockwell's words,  

"Muhammad has gathered millions of the dirty, immoral, drunken, filthy-mouthed, lazy and repulsive people sneeringly called ‘niggers’ and inspired them to the point where they are clean, sober, honest, hard working, dignified, dedicated and admirable human beings in spite of their color."

"Muhammad knows that mixing is a Jewish fraud and leads only to aggravation of the problems that it is supposed to solve."

"I have talked to the Muslim leaders and am certain that a workable plan for separation of the races could be effected to the satisfaction of all concerned—except the communist-Jew agitators."

George Lincoln Rockwell was murdered by one of his own followers John Christ Patsalos who referred to Rockwell, as an "evil genius who must be stopped." 

In the end if you live by the sword you die by the sword, same for gun and same for violence in general. You can't expect to sow bad seeds and receive good seeds in return. In this case Rockwell sowed many, many, bad seeds, and one of his bad seeds came back with a vengeance. 

"You reap what you sow," isn't a statement that should be taken lightly. 

2012 LA


Footage of George Lincoln Rockwell's racist views

Saturday, July 14, 2012

America's Voting History

Oppressor: the exercise of ones authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.

The United States of America has been a divided country for centuries, so when listening to news correspondents speak about the history of this country I often hear, "this is not America" or "this isn't the Republican party of the Reagan years", and "we need to get back to the principles on which this country was founded." 

Really? The principles? What country have they been living in?

The United States of America that I've come to now know, has an extended history of assassinating our extraordinary leaders for extending a helping hand to the oppressed. 

Leaders like our 16th President Abraham Lincoln, our 35th President John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy's brother Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Civil Rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers; not to mention the countless lynchings and murders left untold. Yet America still has a reputation of being the best and most powerful country in the world.

"Of course he wants to vote for the Democratic ticket" "You're as free as air. ain't you?, say you are, or I'll blow yer black head off!" (Blacks seeking protection of the law from KKK efforts to keep African-Americans from voting in free elections.)  
~Harper's Weekly political cartoon, October 21, 1876 Politics, Government, Elections. 

This country couldn't have been much better in the past as some say, especially when so many people weren't factored into this "better" past history. 

Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in 1865, giving African Americans the right to vote; literacy tests, poll taxes, hiding the locations of the polls, economic pressures, threats of physical violence, and other strategies were conducted to suppress the African American vote. 

Thanks to the pressure of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., non-discrimination at the polls received public attention when the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 was written into law by our 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson. 

Women didn't earn the right to vote until the year 1920, and is now written into law as the 19th amendment. White women attained the right to vote first, and eventually African American women would also receive the same right. 

Asian Pacific Americans didn't vote in large numbers until 1965; Mexican Americans didn't receive the right to vote until 1975; Native Americans didn't truly become citizens until 1924, although they are the original founders (Indigenous people) of American soil. 

These race of people all have one important thing in common; when trying to exercise their right to vote they were often met with violence and intimidation and were even subjected to rules that not all men had to follow. 

As President Obama stated, "America is a place where if you work hard enough, you can make it." 

This I do believe however, it would be simpler to attain life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, if there were not a constant "oppressor" unjustly and cruelly working to demise the American people at every turn. 

So the next time a news correspondent speaks nonchalantly about the "good ole days", I can only hope that they clarify what days they're talking about because as you can see the "good ole days" weren't very good for many. We've come a long way indeed, but there is more work to be done.

Our ancestor's struggle to vote should propel us all to emulate their actions. Their sacrifices to make a better place for future generations, our generation, should never be taken lightly. 

We must make them proud by consistently exercising the one right that truly made them American citizens and what binds us altogether as Americans; the right to vote. Vote like your lives depend on it because guess what? It does!

2012 LA
 

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Friday, June 22, 2012

What Made Conservative Southern Democrats Become Republicans?

Conservative Southern Democrats resided in Americas deep South during the 18th and 19th century. This party was pro-slavery and opposed the anti-slavery views of the Republican and Northern Democratic parties. 

The mission of the Conservative Southern Democrats was to dismantle the Republican agenda that supported the freeing of slaves, in which they wanted to coerce Northern Democrats and White Southerners, to not work hand in hand with the freed labor. 

The Republican party pressed for national civil rights, political rights, and equal protection under the laws for newly freed slaves; laws of the 13th amendment, the 14th amendment, and the 15th amendment.

During the Reconstruction Era, which was put in place by Washington Northern Republicans to reconstruct the Southern states and society as a whole; many educated blacks returned to the South for Reconstruction and even held positions of political power. 
White Southerners however detested this new way of life and decided to take power into their own hands, which gave way to the rise of secret white supremacy groups such as the White League, the Red Shirts, and the Ku Klux Klan (seen above). These vigilante groups wanted the South to totally secede from Northern America as a whole.

Slavery was abolished in 1865 after the Civil War took place, and by the early 1870's the Ku Klux Klan (who often uses religious views to justify their violent actions) intimidated, terrorized, and even assassinated Republicans, Yankees (Northern liberals), and freed slaves in order to suppress the vote. 

This violence spread throughout the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina, with Conservative Southern Democrats fiercely trying to regain what they felt Washington took away from them -- their livelihood. 

President Abraham Lincoln who originally abolished slavery and set-out to give all freed slaves their own land as an investment opportunity, was met with death threats until his assassination on Good Friday, April 14, 1865.

During the Presidential election of 1876 Samuel J. Tilden, Democratic Governor of New York, was basically ousted out of the election due to a corrupt bargain that Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican Governor of Ohio, was willing to accept. 

Reportedly, Hayes garnered enough votes to become the new president but he would only receive those votes, if he agreed to remove all federal troops from the remaining Southern states that were still held under power by Washington; Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida. 

These states were important to Conservative Southern Democrats, because it would allow them to exercise their fear tactics on civilians in order to reclaim the South. 

Radical Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, won the presidency by exerting corrupt actions on behalf of the Conservative Southern Democrats, and the Reconstruction Era came to an abrupt end with the Ku Klux Klan members burning down black owned businesses, black owned homes, and disrupting what blacks thought was the new beginning of freedom. Southern whites succeeded in winning their bout in making black people second class citizens once again.

The more political officials in Washington were willing to work with Conservative Southern Democrats, the more radical Congress grew until extreme radicals began to attain more power and control over certain states and policies. 

So we have Conservative Southern Democrats who considered themselves 'The Ruling Elite', Northern Democrats who were more liberal, radical Republicans who considered themselves 'Men of free enterprise and industrialization', and liberal Republicans who also believed in free enterprise -- but was staunchly opposed to governmental corruption. 

The last Democratic president to ever attain 100 percent of the white vote was, Lyndon B. Johnson. After President Johnson worked with Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed most forms of racial segregation, the Conservative Southern Democrats left the Democratic party and moved over to the radical Republican party. 

President Johnson achieved what President John F. Kennedy tried to carry out during his presidency, which was to pass the Civil Rights Act. Unfortunately, President Kennedy was assassinated before the Civil Rights bill made it through passage. 

President Johnson also passed the Voting Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination in voting. After Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he anticipated violent attacks from the radical right would ensue. He was right; and after the murder took place of civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo, Johnson announced on television the arrests of four Ku Klux Klansmen who carried out the crime.  

He denounced the Klan as a "hooded society of bigots" and warned them to "return to a decent society before it's to late."

Radical Republican President Richard Nixon secured the presidency after Lyndon B. Johnson; then came Democratic President Jimmy Carter who was succeeded by Republican President Ronald Reagan; then came Republican President George H.W. Bush who was succeeded by Democratic President William Clinton; then came George W. Bush who catapulted America into a second great depression and who was succeeded by our nation's first black President, Barack Hussein Obama.

In 2012 the Democratic party is geared towards 100 percent of Americans, the Republican party is geared towards the wealthiest 2% of Americans, and the Independent party is more in line with democratic values. (click chart above to see current 2012 wealth gap)

Over the decades the tug of war battle for money and power between the parties have resulted in tremendous prosperity for 2 percent of Americans, which now leaves a huge wealth gap between the middle class, the poor, and the uber rich. 

The middle class and the poor are currently fighting for equality, human rights, and civil rights all over again.  

Radical Republicans seem to have a history of using brutal force and cruel actions to get what they want from The White House, and after amassing so much wealth and power over the previous decades; the use of bullying tactics to control the American people is nothing short of Southern politics. 

Is this why our current president has been disrespected more than any president in presidential history? Is this why Attorney General Holder, is being held in contempt by Republicans because he's protecting the American vote? And is this why the war on women's reproductive rights and the war on the poor, is being exercised at such an extreme measure? 

It would indeed appear that all of this is being carried out by the radical right wing, as an outrageous attempt to stop the reelection of President Obama. 

Fact: The term liberal came from supporters of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 'New Deal', which under his administration tripled the number of African Americans working for the federal government. In 2012, Liberals are now considered Democrats.

Fact: The term conservative came from those opposed to President Roosevelt's 'New Deal', which were primarily Conservative Southern Democrats that are now in 2012, considered Republicans.

For more information on FDR's 'New Deal' click here 

2012 LA

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

World Leaders Predict Bank Plutocracy



*"I have two great enemies, the southern army in front of me and the financial institutions, in the rear. Of the two, the one in the rear is the greatest enemy..... I see in the future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of the war."  ~ 16th President Abraham Lincoln ~ written in reference to the passage of the National Banking Act of 1863 less than five months before he was assassinated in a letter to one Col. William F. Elkins, referenced in Emanuel Hertz's 1931 book, Abraham Lincoln: A New Portrait.

*"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation then by deflation, the banks and the corporations will grow up around them, will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." ~ 3rd President Thomas Jefferson ~ The Debate Over The Recharter Of The Bank Bill, (1809)

*"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies." ~ 3rd President Thomas Jefferson ~

*"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce." ~ 20th President James A. Garfield ~ (1831-1881)

*"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes... Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ 1815

*"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws." ~ Mayer Amschel Rothschild ~ 1790

*"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear, and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create deposits." ~ Sir Josiah Stamp ~ President of the Bank of England in the 1920's, the second richest man in Britain.

*"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance." ~ 4th President James Madison ~

*"You are a den of vipers and thieves and I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out. If Congress has the right to issue paper money, it was given them to be used by themselves, and not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.." ~ 17th  President  Andrew Johnson ~ Address to Congress 1829

*"The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of Europe. These bankers were afraid that the US, if they remained as one block, and as one nation, would attain economic and financial independence which would upset their financial domination over the world." ~ Otto von Bismark ~ Chancellor of Germany 1876

Don't these quotes describe our current economic situation? 

Historical leaders voiced major opposition towards the banking institutions, and after enduring our present day last several years of bank fraud and corporate corruption, I'd say it makes sense to take heed to history. 
2012 LA


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Malcolm X Videos: American History Back Then

Malcolm X: "Our History Was Destroyed By Slavery"


Malcolm X: "My Father Was Killed By The Ku Klux Klan"


Malcolm X: "Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?" (May 5, 1962, Los Angeles)


MALCOLM X: "22 Million Black People Don't Know The History of Their Ancestors"


MALCOLM X: "We Condemn People For Their Deeds Not Their Skin"


MALCOLM X: "The Ku Klux Klan are Cowards"


MALCOLM X: "ON THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS"


MALCOLM X: "OXFORD UNION DEBATE" (December 3, 1964)


MALCOLM X: "We are Africans who were kidnapped and brought to America"


MALCOLM X: "THE HOUSE NEGRO AND THE FIELD NEGRO"

Martin Luther King Jr. "I HAVE A DREAM" Speech

Friday, January 13, 2012

Ohio Landlord Puts Up "WHITE ONLY" Sign


Cincinnati landlord Jamie Hein's, violated Ohio's anti-discrimination laws after she hung a "white only" sign outside her swimming pool. 

The swim pool owner lost her appeal with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission this past Thursday, as she proclaimed that the sign was simply a "decorative antique."

Former tenant Michael Gunn brought his bi-racial daughter to a Memorial Day weekend pool party, which was also attended by twenty other guests. Gunn commented that Hein later questioned him about the "chemicals" used in his daughter's hair, while she proceeded to blame his daughter (the only non-Caucasian at the party) for making the pool water "cloudy."

Later on in the week the tenant took his daughter back to the pool, only to see a sign that read "white only" hanging on the gate. 

As part of the commissions investigation, Gunn produced copies of texts that Hein had sent to his fiancé shortly after the family moved out, blaming "grease" in his daughters hair for the cloudy condition of the pool.

After an investigation into the allegations and "informal efforts to resolve the case", the Civil Rights Commission ruled in September that Hein had violated the law. Although Hein requested an appeal after the initial findings neither she nor her attorney, showed up to the hearing on Thursday.

Jaime Heins' sign of "White Only", clearly discriminated against more than just the Black race but all races that clearly do not have white skin -- which is a lot of people.

Does this news of racism surprise you? Do you think that historical events have anything to do with the way Republicans treat President Obama? Do you think it's coincidence that the majority of Republican candidates running for president -- have had a flip flop with the race card?

For Example: 

1. Ron Paul and his defense of racist newsletters.

2. Michelle Bachman commented that,  "Black kids had it better during slavery times?"

3. Newt Gingrich wants, "poor children to become janitors."

4. Rick Perrys' secluded West Texas hunting camp coincidently titled, "Nigger head camp". 

5. Rick Santorum slipped up during a town hall meeting saying he doesn't want to make, “Black people’s lives better by giving them someone else's money."

6. Hermain Cain actually is black, so not sure if he plans to do an "uncle Tom" move? 


As of lately, Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney have yet to slip up with the race card; do you thnk they will?

When there's a constant outcry of inequality, racism, prejudice, discrimination and racial profiling -- these cries are for real. It isn't a joke and it isn't make believe. There are real people in this world that go through this kind of degradation on a daily basis; much worse during slavery but it still lurks beneath the surfaces.

If we are ever going to attain closure to this matter, America has to have a firm discussion on race relations. We need to call out the elephant in-the-room no matter how uncomfortable the climate.

2012 LA