I Hope This Lawsuit Really Brings The KKK Down!

Warning! There is some profanity & racially offensive language in this video. It shows a KKK member spewing ignorance & hatred. If you think that everything's good for blacks now because Barack Obama got elected, look at this video. Racism did not magically evaporate when Americans checked the box for Obama. I think that this country is moving towards ending racism. But, you have hate-filled people who find this new reality to be unfathomable. They feel that it is their duty as white men to preserve "white power."

I expressed disbelief that slavery was still around in my last posting. It is equally unbelievable that the KKK is still a major organization that is constantly recruiting people. I'm sure you've heard on the news about the Oklahoma woman who went to Louisiana to be initiated into the KKK. I guess she changed her mind & wound up getting killed as a result.Follow this link for more on that story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/klan.slaying/index.html

Why is the KKK still an issue in America? If you want to stop racism, you can't allow these groups to indoctrinate little children with hatred. We know that racism is passed down from generation to generation. When I was a little girl, I played with all types of races. Little kids are not hung up on the color of one's skin. They just want to have fun. It's the parents who discourage these friendships & put these discriminatory views in their children's heads. How can you fight that? That's why these attitudes still persist in American society. Now that we have a black president, maybe some of them will wake up & realize just how narrow their small minds are. This article I read is about a lawsuit that has the potential to bankrupt the KKK. I hope that they put these bitches out of business!Here's an excerpt:

"The lawsuit alleges that Edwards, the supremacist group's founder, uses money from Klan dues, contributions and merchandise sales "as his own personal funds."

He lives in a trailer on the Klan's heavily guarded, gated compound in rural Dawson Springs, Kentucky. The compound is the site of the Klan's annual white power rally and music festival, know as "Nordic Fest," according to the suit.

It was at the compound, the suit alleges, that the Klan incited its members to use violence against minorities.

The center is seeking to win a judgment that would allow it to seize up to $6 million in assets.

"We want to win justice for Jordan to compensate him for his injuries and put this group out of business," said center spokesman Booth Gunter. "We've won a number of these suits in the past."

In 2000, for example, the center won a $6.3 million jury verdict that forced Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler to give up the group's Idaho compound. In 1987, a $7 million verdict in Mobile, Alabama, targeted the United Klans of America.

Richard Cohen, the law center's president, said, "The Imperial Klans of America is one of the largest Klan organizations in the country. It promotes violence and intimidation against racial and ethnic minorities, homosexuals and so-called 'race traitors.' While on a recruiting mission, members of this organization targeted and viciously beat our client solely because he has brown skin." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the entire article here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/klan.sued/index.html

How Is It That Slavery Still Exists In The 21st Century?

We live in a very modern advanced society. Women are powerful entities who are in control of their own destinies. The days of subservience & obedience seem to be of a bygone era. Unfortunately for some, it is not. There are some females who are being sold into slavery as we speak. Here is an excerpt from Economist:

"BORN into slavery in Niger, Hadijatou Mani was just 12 years old when she was sold for the equivalent of $400 to a wealthy Muslim businessman with four wives. At 13, she was raped for the first time by her new master, going on to bear him three children, two of whom survived. Both were taken from her. For almost nine years, she had to work long hours in the fields and in his home without pay. If she did anything wrong or tried to escape, she was beaten. But after she fled and married a man of her own choice, she was charged with bigamy and sentenced to six months in jail. “No woman”, she says, “should suffer the way I did.”(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12517060

Black Civil War Veterans Finally Get Some Respect Paid To Them!

On Veterans Day, I always tend to think of the soldiers who fought in recent wars. But what about those who were never acknowledged for the risking their lives in wars long past? Well, I found an interesting article that covers the story of a black civil war soldier who finally gets honored with a tombstone by the National Parks Service in South Carolina. Here's the link to that story :
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051107/NEWS/511070334/1004
This video is also about a man's quest to honor the black civil war veterans who are in unmarked graves with tombstones.