He darn sure wasn’t white

Derek Chauvin, police officer sworn to protect and serve, pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, betrayed the public trust, and helped ignite a global reckoning on police brutality. He was sentenced to 22 years. Karmelo Anthony, a Black teenager, involved in a confrontation that ended in tragedy was sentenced to 35 years. Whether you agree with every aspect of either case is not the point. The question is why America reserves its harshest punishments for Black defendants while extending greater grace, understanding, and leniency to white ones. Justice cannot be blind if race continues to shape who is viewed as a threat, who is viewed as redeemable, and whose life is considered worthy of empathy. The disparity speaks for itself.

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The hypocrisy is as blatant as it is predictable. A Black teenager attends an event he has every right to attend, legally possesses a knife, is confronted, and suddenly the chorus becomes: “Why did he have a knife?” “He should have walked away.” “He shouldn’t have defended himself.” A white teenager travels to a city where he doesn’t live, inserts himself into a volatile protest, carries an AR-15 he was too young to possess, claims he is there to protect property he does not own, shoots two people, and the very same voices instantly declare: “That was self-defense.” So which is it? The answer is painfully obvious. In America, self-defense is not a principle. It is a racial privilege. A privilege extended to white people and denied to Black people.

Self-defense is a racial privilege reserved when nonmelanated people murder Black people. It is denied to Black people when defending themselves against white aggressors. Chikei Rick Chow had the complexion for the protection. Karmelo Anthony had the pigmentation for the condemnation. Amerikkka.

Well well well, looks like @stephenasmith done upset Mr. Candy. All that shucking and jiving for what? What is we gon do now Stephen?

Amerikkan Justice in Black and White Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer, murdered Botham Jean, a 26-year-old unarmed accountant after walking into his apartment, thinking it was hers. She was convicted and sentenced to TEN YEARS. Jason Van Dyke, a Chicago police officer, murdered Laquan McDonald by shooting him 16 times in the back as he walked away. He was convicted and sentenced to SIX YEARS AND NINE MONTHS. He served three years and was released. Shaun Lucas, a Wolfe City, TX police officer, was charged with murdering Jonathan Price, who was unarmed. He shot him four times outside a convenience store. HE WAS ACQUITTED BY AN ALL WHITE JURY. Karmelo Anthony killed Austin Metcalf in self-defense after fearing for his safety in a chaotic, escalating confrontation. He was convicted and sentenced to THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. Take a look and tell me what you notice.

This is Amerikkka In Texas, Karmelo Anthony was convicted after acting in self-defense during a confrontation that ended in the death of a white teenager. The jury rejected his self-defense claim. In South Carolina, Rick Chow was acquitted after chasing and shooting 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back, claiming he was defending his son. The jury accepted that defense The legal facts of these cases are different. The circumstances are different. But the outcome leaves us asking the same question: Why does self-defense seem easier to recognize when the person pulling the trigger isn’t Black? A Black teenager fearing for his life is seen as a criminal. A grown man who chases a Black child and shoots him in the back is seen as a reasonable citizen. For generations, Black people have watched courts, juries, media outlets, and politicians extend the benefit of the doubt to others while denying it to us. We have watched Black children be treated as threats and Black victims be placed on trial after their deaths. Black fear is discounted, Black humanity is questioned, and Black lives are afforded less grace by a system that promises equal justice under the law. Justice cannot be color-coded. Self-defense cannot depend on the race of the person making the claim. And equal protection under the law cannot remain a slogan that Black people in American never fully experience.

Trump keeps making history. First POTUS… To be impeached twice To be convicted of a felony To be indicted multiple times To get busted banging porn stars To be adjudicated as a rapist  To get booed at an NBA finals game  #MAGA

MAGA cult member Lee Toliver (facebook.com/profile.php?id=…) jumped in my comments to say that Black people behave like monkeys. Really? 

Trump crashed out. The moment he was challenged and asked for evidence after claiming the 2020 election was rigged, the mask slipped. The childish temper tantrum, the infantile insults, the angry meltdown, the walk-off, this is the unstable, unhinged man with the nuclear codes and the power of the presidency. Not just a racist, an adjudicated rapist, a pathological liar, a serial adulterer, and convicted felon, but a certified nutcase is running the United States government.

Please stop comparing Malaria Trump to Michelle Obama. That’s like comparing a moped to a Maybach. 

Whiteness is a demonic, unrelenting, force of evil.

The numbers on this post demonstrate how X has those of us who speak truth about racism, white supremacy, and anti-Black bigotry shadow banned and purposely limits our reach. @elonmusk why is that? Is it because you don’t want the blatant racism of Maga as demonstrated in this post to get out to the world?

Talbert Derangement Syndrome Every day, so-called MAGA Christian Trump supporters unleash a stream of racist hatred, slurs, and vile attacks on a Black preacher’s voicemail at a Black church. Think about that. These cream cheese cretins are so triggered by a Black man speaking against racism, white supremacy, and injustice that they take the time to track down my church’s phone number and leave message after message filled with venom and ignorance. The Trump Administration’s Department of Justice talks about protecting churches. Apparently that concern applies selectively. White evangelical churches and Trump allies get attention, while racist harassment directed at Black churches and Black clergy is ignored. The same people screaming about “Trump Derangement Syndrome” seem unable to stop obsessing over Black people who refuse to be silent. My social media comments, email inbox, voicemail, and direct messages are filled with angry white people who cannot handle the fact that they can no longer intimidate Black voices into submission. What you’re about to hear is not an isolated incident. It is a window into the demonic mindset that still fuels racism in America. It is what happens when grievance, resentment, and white supremacy are baptized in religion and wrapped in a MAGA flag. These callers wanted to intimidate me. Instead, they exposed themselves. Listen carefully. This is what racism sounds like when it thinks nobody is watching.

Hey @Franklin_Graham, No president in history besides Trump has… Been impeached twice Incited a violent attack on the United States Capitol Attempted to overturn a legitimate election Refused to peacefully transfer power Been convicted of 34 felonies Been adjudicated as a rapist Paid porn stars hush money before an election Had multiple indictments in multiple jurisdictions Been implicated in a child sex trafficking ring Praised white supremacists as “very fine people” Separated migrant children from their parents and lost track of many of them Mocked disabled people publicly Suggested injecting disinfectant during a pandemic Used the Bible as a political prop after tear-gassing peaceful protesters Called Black nations “shithole countries” Attacked judges, prosecutors, and jurors when held accountable Openly threatened political opponents with retaliation Turned the White House into a merchandising operation for himself and his family Had five children by three different women while being propped up as the model of “Christian values” So spare us the performative spirituality. A photo op with a Bible is not holiness. Calling for prayer means nothing when your life, policies, rhetoric, and behavior consistently contradict the teachings of the Christ you claim to honor. White evangelicalism keeps proving that Christianity has never been about the teachings of Christ for them. It has always been about maintaining white supremacy, privilege, and power.

Hey @elonmusk If X is all about free speech, why is my account shadow banned?

CAUCASITY CALLS… Here’s one of the good maga ‘Christians’ calling America ‘back to Jesus’ and to ‘rededicate’ itself to God. This is the good Christian message he left on my Church‘s voicemail. Hey, @FBI @FBIDirectorKash @dojphofficial, I thought this administration doesn’t tolerate harassment of religious groups. Will these maga bigots be investigated for calling Black churches with their racist vitriol or does your policy only apply to white evangelical churches?

Mark Fuhrman’s death is a reminder that racism dies one racist at a time. America will never heal until the systems, mindsets, and people who built careers on dehumanizing Black people are gone. He didn’t just wear a badge, he embodied the racism Black people have endured in this country for generations. May history remember him and eternity accommodate him accordingly.

“I swear 4 God I’ll make you taste the ancestors!” - Brother Quanell X The REAL Quanell X and Candice MatthewsDr confront racist attorney Michael Phillips for calling a Black woman the n-word in court in Brazoria County Texas

Racism doesn’t survive because Black people TALK about it, but because white people, practice, protect, excuse, and benefit from it.