Jeffrey Sachs says “Belgium created a slave colony for 30 years” to serve American multinational companies

These companies gained astronomical profits from slave labor

The people of Belgium tried to stop it by electing a new leader

The CIA assisted the new elected leader

#antiImperialism #colonialism #fascism #whitesupremacy #tiktok #africa #cdnpoli #france #belgium #brussels #eu #china #russia #democracy #blackmastodon
@blackmastodon
@BLKNewsNow
@blackvoices
#racism #systemicracism

#RESIST! #NAACP Sues #DepartmentOfEducation Over #DEI Rollbacks: Here's What To Know

The nation's oldest #CivilRights group says the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity and inclusion programs is unconstitutional and disproportionately harms #BlackStudents.

April 19, 2025

"The NAACP is suing the U.S. Department of Education over recent efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools. In a federal complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the organization alleges that the Department of Education’s recent directives are unconstitutional and discriminatory—particularly for Black students.

"The complaint faults the administration for targeting programs that offer '#truthful, #inclusive curricula,' as well as policies that expand access to selective educational opportunities for #BlackAmericans and foster belonging while addressing #racism in schools.

"The NAACP argues that the Department’s recent actions 'advance a misinterpretation' of federal civil rights laws and Supreme Court precedent—actions that, according to the group, violate its members’ rights to equal protection and to be free from viewpoint discrimination under the #USConstitution.

"NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the move, stating that the administration is 'effectively sanctioning' the very discrimination that U.S. civil rights laws were designed to prevent

" 'The Department of Education, tasked with a responsibility to protect the civil rights of all children, has instead claimed #SystemicRacism doesn’t exist — effectively sanctioning the very discrimination that our civil rights laws were designed to prevent while children of color consistently attend #segregated, chronically underfunded schools where they receive less educational opportunities and more discipline,' said Johnson."

Read more:
https://www.essence.com/news/naacp-sues-department-of-education-over-dei/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police to File More Charges Without Review

In a predominantly Black area of Chicago, police can now directly file gun charges without a prosecutor’s approval. The new program rolls back a process that serves to check misconduct.

https://boltsmag.org/cook-county-initiative-to-bypass-felony-review-chicago/

The exhibit is a collection of artwork created after Chicago artists watched the body camera footage of the wrongful police raid at Anjanette Young’s home.
via #thetribe on #bluesky

https://thetriibe.com/2025/03/anjanette-youngs-new-exhibit-at-the-dusable-museum-showcases-the-trauma-of-black-women-victimized-by-police/

The nationalistic fervor I'm seeing in Canada creeps me out. The Canadian flag is not the great balm for the soul so many settlers think it is. It is a symbol of colonial oppression for Indigenous folks. It wasn't so long ago that those hidden graves at residential schools were discovered. More continue to be found at the sites of former residential schools, and genocide deniers have been taking over the narrative.

Indigenous communities still remain without drinking water despite political promises even while Nestle plunders nearby water sources.

A large percentage of calls to action for Truth and Reconciliation remain unmet.

I see the jingoistic flag-waving disturbing and alienating. I've already had people laughing at my alienation.

Do not alienate Indigenous people. As Jeff Doctor says over on BlueSky, "Remember who taught you about maple trees, about the food from these lands, the ways to keep safe and warm. Some of your ancestors have already resisted Americans alongside ours, learn from the true histories, not the nationalist versions."
https://bsky.app/profile/jeff.doctor/post/3liaarncgwf2x
#Canada #CanadianFlag #MapleLeafFlag #215Children #ResidentialSchool #Jingoism #TruthAndReconciliation #SystemicRacism #Genocide

#Harvard #SystemicRacism #HarvardSlaveryRemembranceProgram

"Don't find too many" as guidance for people looking for descendants of enslaved people owned by their founders and university affiliates, is something else, innit.

People fired with no warning, midday Thursday, research assigned to an external "non profit"

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/1/24/harvard-disbands-slavery-remembrance-program/

[thread 2/x] British Columbia political sewer
parent https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113041505115856942

#Canada #BritishColumbia #CanPol #BCpol
#BCconservatives #ConservativePartyBC #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #AishaEstey
#Trumpism #MCGA #MAGA #MakeCanadaGreatAgain #protofascism
#Poilievre #CPC #ConservativeParty #populism #duplicity
#whiteSupremacism #racism #FarRight #xenophobia #SystemicRacism #antiIndigenous
#ChristianRight #antiLGBT #transphobia #ParentalRightsMovement
#Christofascism #Catholicism #transgenocide

~ Amazon has quietly removed "Equity" protections for Black and LGBTQ+ Workers from its company policies ~
https://www.advocate.com/news/amazon-lgbtq-black-protections-removed #lgbtqrights #SystemicRacism

In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames #diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires - #DEI #Racism #SystemicRacism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/los-angeles-wildfires-diversity?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

If you’re white and European you’re an ‘expat’… meanwhile everyone else is a migrant

White supremacy makes it a crime to be Black in America.

The #RCMP did this to a #FirstNations Chief.

Imagine what they do to #Indigenous people on a daily basis, year after year after year, that we never hear about or see in the news.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-police-watchdog-says-excessive-force-not-used-in-arrest-of/
#ChiefAllanAdam #PoliceBrutality #SystemicRacism

What we’re discussing: is it okay to murder a CEO for causing mass suffering and death?

What we should be discussing: why does Brian Thompson get a manhunt while Jordan Neely is denied even the most basic justice?

The protection of wealthy whiteness is what should be on trial. Brian’s life was no more important than Joran’s. This is important.