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Confirmed: Stop Asian Hate was a Farce
The FBI released hate crime statistics for 2020 and it shows how much of a farce Stop Asian Hate was.
The 2020 data submitted to the FBI by more than 15,000 law enforcement agencies across the country, identified 7,759 hate crimes in 2020, a 6 percent increase over 2019 and the highest tally since 2008, according to the report on Monday.
The FBI data showed the number of offences targeting Black people rose to 2,755 from 1,930 and incidents against Asians jumped to 274 from 158.
www.aljazeera.com
So Joe Biden makes an executive order and Congress passed a bill because of this? That shows it was propaganda to boost their buffer class.
@Geoff @Mastamind @Invincible1914 @Caprice @HennyPapi
The 2020 data submitted to the FBI by more than 15,000 law enforcement agencies across the country, identified 7,759 hate crimes in 2020, a 6 percent increase over 2019 and the highest tally since 2008, according to the report on Monday.
The FBI data showed the number of offences targeting Black people rose to 2,755 from 1,930 and incidents against Asians jumped to 274 from 158.
| 2019 | 2020 | |
Black | 1,930 | 2,755 |
Asian | 158 | 274 |
Hate crimes in US hit 12-year high in 2020: FBI report
Data show the number of offences targeting Black people and people of Asian decent increased rose 6 percent from 2019.
So Joe Biden makes an executive order and Congress passed a bill because of this? That shows it was propaganda to boost their buffer class.
@Geoff @Mastamind @Invincible1914 @Caprice @HennyPapi
Redefine Your Blackness…or Die
- By Jay
- The Cookout
- 2 Replies
Here's the first in a series of articles I'm writing.
By J. Marcase
Is “Black” a race, a skin tone, a nationality, or a way of thinking? Like all arbitrary terms, each answer could be true or false depending on who you ask. More insidious, is what this word can mean to one on a subconscious level. To some, the word Black is synonymous with deficiency, debauchery, salaciousness, and impulsiveness which become the bookends that confine their personal growth and development.
I would like for you to re-examine your Black identity and decouple it from a particular activity or state of being and instead view it as an ideology. An ideology where you cooperate with, advocate for, and prioritize like-minded Black people (from here forth referred to as “the code”). What is the benefit of this you may ask? Well to get to that answer, let’s examine the pitfalls of our old way of defining Blackness.
Defining Blackness by Activities
“Brothas, don’t jet ski”, “Sistas don’t be doing yoga”, “Black people don’t eat organic” and etc are all self-limiting phrases that are spoken by those who define blackness by activities. The danger in this, is that Blackness becomes dogmatic and confined to a socially acceptable group of activities. Now what happens if the group of activities the community has aligned around are self-destructive, unproductive, and/or salacious?”. It creates a cycle where the community participates in and perpetuates self-destructive behaviors and shuns everything that can break the cycle saying, “that’s what those other folk do”. To make this tangible, we have:
Marcus: Smokes, drinks, listens to rap, gang bangs, and curses.
Jason: Well-dressed, doesn’t drink or smoke, listens to rock, and dirt bikes every weekend.
When blackness is defined by activities, Marcus can present as more authentically black due to increased participation in activities deemed socially acceptable. The limitations of this frame of thought are that it does not consider if any of these individuals abide by “The Code”. Marcus may have a higher social participation than Jason, but Marcus is staunchly against cooperating with, advocating for, and prioritizing like-minded Black people thus making him an enemy to progress. Individuals like Marcus make the best government informants/agents as they have street credibility but no allegiance to the greater group.
Defining Blackness by State of Being
“Man you ain’t from the hood”, “you ain’t ever struggled”, “you don’t be in the hood” these are phrases we hear uttered by those who define blackness by a State of Being. These individuals view their blackness based on where they live, who they associate with, and their economic status which at face value does not appear to be problematic; but what if the socially accepted state of being is one of disrepair, disorder, and deprivation? Well, it results in individuals who perpetuate a cycle of poverty because the very thought of success, comfort, and abundance is an affront to their identity. This thought process knows no economic bounds and manifests itself in different ways. Let’s identify 3 different personas in the Black community and see how this mind state could potentially impact them:
Defining Blackness as a state of being can lead to the entire community, regardless of economics, perpetuating and reinforcing a mind state of poverty. Once again, this does not consider a person’s allegiance to the community, therefore, the people deemed most “Black” can also be one of the most dysfunctional and detrimental to the community.
So, what’s the solution you must ask? To take from earlier in the piece, the solution is to view your Blackness as an ideology. An ideology where you cooperate with, advocate for, and prioritize like-minded Black people. An ideology where you look at life, politics, white supremacy, etc. through the eyes of a Black person and always promote Black self-interest.
For far too long, our elders have instructed us to be America’s moral compass but that’s a thankless role that ends in nothing structurally changing. We need to be fierce advocates of our own self-interest at all costs, and it starts by changing how we see ourselves.
For articles like this and more visit www.6zeros.net
Your Definition of Blackness is Impeding Your Success
By J. Marcase
Is “Black” a race, a skin tone, a nationality, or a way of thinking? Like all arbitrary terms, each answer could be true or false depending on who you ask. More insidious, is what this word can mean to one on a subconscious level. To some, the word Black is synonymous with deficiency, debauchery, salaciousness, and impulsiveness which become the bookends that confine their personal growth and development.
I would like for you to re-examine your Black identity and decouple it from a particular activity or state of being and instead view it as an ideology. An ideology where you cooperate with, advocate for, and prioritize like-minded Black people (from here forth referred to as “the code”). What is the benefit of this you may ask? Well to get to that answer, let’s examine the pitfalls of our old way of defining Blackness.
Defining Blackness by Activities
“Brothas, don’t jet ski”, “Sistas don’t be doing yoga”, “Black people don’t eat organic” and etc are all self-limiting phrases that are spoken by those who define blackness by activities. The danger in this, is that Blackness becomes dogmatic and confined to a socially acceptable group of activities. Now what happens if the group of activities the community has aligned around are self-destructive, unproductive, and/or salacious?”. It creates a cycle where the community participates in and perpetuates self-destructive behaviors and shuns everything that can break the cycle saying, “that’s what those other folk do”. To make this tangible, we have:
Marcus: Smokes, drinks, listens to rap, gang bangs, and curses.
Jason: Well-dressed, doesn’t drink or smoke, listens to rock, and dirt bikes every weekend.
When blackness is defined by activities, Marcus can present as more authentically black due to increased participation in activities deemed socially acceptable. The limitations of this frame of thought are that it does not consider if any of these individuals abide by “The Code”. Marcus may have a higher social participation than Jason, but Marcus is staunchly against cooperating with, advocating for, and prioritizing like-minded Black people thus making him an enemy to progress. Individuals like Marcus make the best government informants/agents as they have street credibility but no allegiance to the greater group.
Defining Blackness by State of Being
“Man you ain’t from the hood”, “you ain’t ever struggled”, “you don’t be in the hood” these are phrases we hear uttered by those who define blackness by a State of Being. These individuals view their blackness based on where they live, who they associate with, and their economic status which at face value does not appear to be problematic; but what if the socially accepted state of being is one of disrepair, disorder, and deprivation? Well, it results in individuals who perpetuate a cycle of poverty because the very thought of success, comfort, and abundance is an affront to their identity. This thought process knows no economic bounds and manifests itself in different ways. Let’s identify 3 different personas in the Black community and see how this mind state could potentially impact them:
- Marcus: Born in poverty and still impoverished — Individuals of this persona are typically conditioned to view a life of lacking as how things are supposed to be. Any Black person living a life of abundance or comfort is typically viewed as an affront to their world view and spurns jealously and contempt. To rationalize success, these individuals typically assume a negative action was required to obtain said success e.g selling out to the white man, Illuminati sacrifices, etc. This allows them to dismiss success as a failure of moral character rather than said success serving as a spotlight on their own personal failure.
- Tyson: Born in poverty but improved economic status — Although these individuals have left the hood, they still feel as if they must maintain relationships and respectability in the hood to protect their Blackness. Instead of serving as a beacon of light to individuals like Marcus, they place Marcus on a pedestal and constantly seek his acceptance. This is commonly seen in rappers who have moved on to a life of abundance but constantly jeopardize their livelihood by hanging around individuals like Marcus and attempting to present themselves as one.
- Jason: Never in Poverty — Typically the progeny of a person like Tyson and are taught that people like Marcus is where their Blackness resides. Individuals like Jason can suffer from an identity crisis as the group they are seeking ideological acceptance from is against everything that provides them comfort and abundance. In other words, to be fully accepted as Black by Marcus, Jason must forgo everything that provides him a life of comfort. This fork in the road is typically where an individual sacrifices it all or pulls away from the ideology entirely and seeks understanding elsewhere.
Defining Blackness as a state of being can lead to the entire community, regardless of economics, perpetuating and reinforcing a mind state of poverty. Once again, this does not consider a person’s allegiance to the community, therefore, the people deemed most “Black” can also be one of the most dysfunctional and detrimental to the community.
So, what’s the solution you must ask? To take from earlier in the piece, the solution is to view your Blackness as an ideology. An ideology where you cooperate with, advocate for, and prioritize like-minded Black people. An ideology where you look at life, politics, white supremacy, etc. through the eyes of a Black person and always promote Black self-interest.
For far too long, our elders have instructed us to be America’s moral compass but that’s a thankless role that ends in nothing structurally changing. We need to be fierce advocates of our own self-interest at all costs, and it starts by changing how we see ourselves.
For articles like this and more visit www.6zeros.net
Acrylics/Fake Nails - Classy or Trashy?
- By sourgrapes
- The Cookout
- 17 Replies
My opinion on fake nails is mixed. I feel like they can look nice and really add a nice feminine touch to a woman's style but some of the nails I see women rocking are just awful. Like when you get them done and have them longer than a certain length, it just screams "trashy" to me. I have had mine done and I do enjoy it but I don't go overboard with it. This is a case where less is more and if you get more, it just looks terrible. It doesn't help I got an RN degree and know about the germs those long nails harbor either.
This looks nice:
This DOES NOT:
I want the opinions of both men and women here though. Like do you think they are classy or trashy?
This looks nice:
This DOES NOT:
I want the opinions of both men and women here though. Like do you think they are classy or trashy?
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