What's on my mind?

Everyone wants a protector. Minkah found one, Walta, a beautiful monster protector who would shield Minkah and his family from the monsters and the ghost of the previous family that lived there.

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If you remove a band-aid from a wound too soon, it will not heal properly.

For 342 years, white men benefited from playing in a system that limited their only competition to other white men.

Affirmative action was the band-aid put in place by white men to heal a wound that white men caused.

Affirmative action in education is a policy that aims to improve opportunities for groups that have historically been excluded or discriminated against, such as racial minorities and women. President John F. Kennedy initiated it in 1961 to ensure equal employment treatment throughout the government regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin. In 1967 and 1972, it was expanded to include women and college admission.

After a mere 62 years, the Republican President's appointees to SCOTUS decided, in essence, that all was equal now and Affirmative action was no longer needed because it discriminated against other groups.

These Republican appointees would try to justify their decision by bringing up cases where the SCOTUS failed, the Dred Scott decision, and Plessy v. Ferguson. Clarence Thomas, a Republican-appointed Justice of the Court and benefactor of the same Affirmative action policy he ruled against, tried to argue that experts got those cases wrong. What Clarence Thomas fail to mention is that those were white men that got those cases wrong. His omission of all the facts rendered his example

In recent years before the election of Donald Trump as President, there were rare cases of overt racism, such as the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr, here in Texas. Many racist people were not willing to face the consequences of letting their racism be known, so they would practice what I call subtle racism.

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The Truth About Jesus and the American Right

You may be surprised to learn that Jesus was not a Christian. He was Jewish and followed the Jewish faith. But what does that mean for the millions of Americans who claim to follow his teachings? How have they distorted and corrupted his message to suit their own agenda? How are they using their political power to impose their version of Christianity on everyone else? Don't miss this eye-opening episode. 

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What's up, guys? So what's on my mind today? Propaganda. Okay, guys, let's get into this. Propaganda is the deliberate and systematic use of information,especially of a biased or misleading nature, to influence the opinions or actions of othersfor a specific purpose. Propaganda can take various forms.

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 Citizens of Indianola expect honesty and transparency from their elected officials. As someone who grew up in the town and graduated from its high school, the mayor, owes it to the people to be truthful about what happened and to ensure that justice is served.

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"Might over right" means that those with power or strength can impose their will or justice over those weaker or less powerful. It is a variation of the phrase "might make right" or "might is right," which is an aphorism on the origin of morality. According to this view, a person's character is determined by those who can enforce their ideas or standards on others by physical force or manipulation. This can be seen as a descriptive statement of how the world works. 

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“Protections of Medical Conscience” and allows Florida healthcare providers and payors to refuse services based on their moral, ethical, or religious beliefs. It looks like a new way of practicing discrimination to me. Here is a copy of the link to the bill.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/10hQDf5-hjbSYvrJQ6ONxeGTepiUiYP_y/view?usp=share_link

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The myth is that we need more police officers. It's an easy, throw-away line that politics use to rally you to their side. Who is going to vote NO to more police, more protection? My question to you is, did police protect those 8 people that died yesterday at the end of the shooter's gun? No! Because, for the most part, the police react to a crime that is being committed. The truth is more police are not the answer. The answer is to decrease crime. You do that with better gun laws, addressing poverty, education, and creating an environment of equal opportunity. Reacting to something that has happened means you are already too late to stop it.

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MLK, Jr. was right. As he sat in a Birmingham Jail, he knew that our struggle as a people could be helped or made harder depending on the white moderate. King understood that some areas could be seen as gray areas, but freedom, yes that includes economic freedom, is one of the one things that is either right or wrong. He saw that white moderate would only go so far. This means that the white moderate was picking the side that was against the black person, against freedom. Freedom comes in only one flavor. Anything else is oppression.

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The story of the Indianola Business boycott of 1986. It started on March 27, 1986. Let's go back in time.

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