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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 09, 2020, 12:42:17 am
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Hannah Bleau8 Jun 20201,946
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Democrat lawmakers, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), are facing overwhelming backlash after opting to wear Kente cloth during their nearly nine-minute moment of silence in a show against police brutality. Many users across social media questioned their motives and blasted them for missing the mark.
Pelosi and fellow Democrat lawmakers, including Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), took a knee on Monday for eight minutes and 46 seconds as a show of solidarity with Americans protesting police brutality and remembering those who have died, including George Floyd, Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin. Democrats could be seen kneeling in unison, with most wearing Kente cloth — a special fabric with deep and meaningful origins rooted in West Africa — in a seeming attempt to show further solidarity with the black community. Their attempt, however, appeared to many to fall flat.
“There is more Kente fabric in this picture than at a Ghanaian traditional wedding,†pro-life activist Obianuju Ekeocha said.
“The DC African-fabric shop is probably now sold out in order to meet the demand of this ridiculous tokenism by Democrat politicians. Dear Africans step aside! #CulturalAppropriation at its worst,†she continued, blasting Democrats for glossing over the importance of the fabric with the Ghanaian identity, specifically:
Obianuju Ekeocha
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@obianuju
I’m sure🤔someone told them that fabric represents black people but in truth a Nigerian like me cannot lay claim to this significant fabric which is very much a part of Ghanaian identity.
Dear democrats,these colors & patterns belong to ancient tribes and mean something to us.
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/outrage-at-democrats-wearing-kente-cloth-during-moment-of-silence-so-woke-it-actually-feels-racist/ (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/outrage-at-democrats-wearing-kente-cloth-during-moment-of-silence-so-woke-it-actually-feels-racist/)
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Glad to see the backlash. Chuck the Shmuck and Nancy the Ninny made complete fools out of themselves. I wonder who came up with the idea. :rolling:
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The BLM folks are laughing their asses off at all this.
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The BLM folks are laughing their asses off at all this.
I bet they are....with this display, all the kneeling and washing feet..they probably are in stitches.
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I bet they are....with this display, all the kneeling and washing feet..they probably are in stitches.
Washing feet?
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Washing feet?
@libertybele
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8397065/White-police-officers-community-members-wash-feet-black-faith-leaders-protest.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8397065/White-police-officers-community-members-wash-feet-black-faith-leaders-protest.html)
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Washing feet?
Yup. Cops and civilians are washing the feet of BLM people.
https://myheraldmagazine.com/white-cops-civilians-wash-black-protesters-feet-seek-forgiveness/
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The BLM folks are laughing their asses off at all this.
Well I have that in common with BLM, at least. The rats gotta be wondering what it is they gotta do to successfully pander to these folks.
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Yup. Cops and civilians are washing the feet of BLM people.
https://myheraldmagazine.com/white-cops-civilians-wash-black-protesters-feet-seek-forgiveness/
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888mouth My comments are better left not posted.
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Placating thugs never works, and the alligator will be hungry again soon after you feed everyone else to him.