TRUMP-LAND: It Is Time To Impeach The Racist In The White House
Mobolaji Aluko
It Is Time To Impeach The Racist In The White House
Supporting racism, makes you a racist. This is not rocket science.
We are in such unchartered territory with this president that it feels as if we are on the brink of a civil war. I am jumping out of my skin at every new tweet, speech and revelation. I feel my anger and fear reaching a fever pitch and I know I am far from alone. If you are not disgusted or devastated by the events in Charlottesville and the president’s unbearable reaction ― particularly what he said Tuesday in that insane news conferencewhen he defended the “alt-right” ― you are on the wrong side of this burgeoning war, and the wrong side of history. “If you’re not outraged,” as Heather Heyer posted on her Facebook page before she was murdered Saturday, “you are not paying attention.”
If you are a politician who still supports Donald Trump, you support a racist and his racist associates and constituents. Therefore you are guilty of supporting racism, which makes you a racist. This is not rocket science.
If you still support this man after everything that has happened in the last few days and months, you can no longer be excused.
If you voted for Trump, maybe you had some economic reason, or some other personal motive for supporting him. I don’t understand it, but perhaps you actually believed his lies. However, if you still support this man after everything that has happened in the last few days and months, you can no longer be excused. You are supporting an overt racist who is in bed with neo-Nazis and white supremacists. That makes you complicit, and yes, a racist.
It is time for Americans to wake the hell up. This is not a drill; this is not something you can put up with as you wait for the president to do something that might actually help Americans.
He will never help Americans. He will never help you.
And if you are black, Muslim, Latino, Jewish, undocumented, liberal, or a journalist, he will hurt you. His justice department has and will continue to work against you, and his support of the supremacists will put your life in danger. His very presence in the White House has already put your life in danger. And he will throw you to the wolves if you don’t fit into the little white boxes that he is so intent on protecting.
Whether you are white or a minority, you can no longer stand on the sidelines. You must stand up for what is right and just and American, and demand the removal of the president of the United States. If you are part of the power structure of this country, i.e. a Republican politician, a corporate giant or a religious leader, you are especially responsible for fighting for country over party, for the progression of human rights over the regressive policies of this White House, for the rights of all of us over your own needs and the wishes of one depraved man who is uniquely unfit to be president.
Hillary Clinton was right when she coined the term “basket of deplorables.” That basket not only exists but it is bursting at the seams and growing louder and angrier. It has been empowered by the deplorable-in-chief elected to run this country. He and his supporters will run this country into the ground if we let them.
We cannot allow this to happen. We must take a page from South Korea and relentlessly take to the streets, by the millions. We must demand daily the ears of our politicians, and we must not let up for a moment until Donald Trump is deemed unfit to be President of the United States and impeached.
Kenneth Harrow
difference of 20%.
I would wish that that huge split would be reflected in the polls, and that congress would change, but it won’t. Moderate and conservative republicans have largely spoken out against trump’s remarks on the racists vs the anti-fascists, and seem broadly to recognize that supporting or equivocating on the white supremacists lies outside the pale.
It is august 16, 2017. Our next elections won’t come till a year from november. How many voters will still be annoyed against trump by then?
Ken
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Toyin Falola
- ethnic divisions—Nigeria is a case in point
- fundamentalism along false identity definitions—Burundi, Rwanda
- Islamic racism—Sudan, Morocco
- Religious—Shiite vs Sunni, etc
- Racism—Mr Trump and co.
Dr. Oohay
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Ibukunolu A Babajide
Moderator’s note:Is this not wishful thinking? You cannot impeach him because he is a racist, unfortunately. Identity politics is far more complicated.My take is that the US is lucky because Mr. Trump is not smart, definitely not as smart as fascists before him. Someone is taking note of what he does, and he will do exactly the same thing in the future in a smarter fashionable manner. The illusion of the Left is that the world has changed remarkably to reject:
- ethnic divisions—Nigeria is a case in point
- fundamentalism along false identity definitions—Burundi, Rwanda
- Islamic racism—Sudan, Morocco
- Religious—Shiite vs Sunni, etc
- Racism—Mr Trump and co.
Mr Trump speaks for millions of people. He does not represent you and I, but he represents “they” where that “they” is opposed to “us"
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I agree with bolaji. Do you want to know how many continue to support trump, what percentage of the country fits your description quite well? The polls on 538 show 37.6%, that is 3/8 of the country.That figure seems not to budge, so it must be his hardcore supporters.Those that oppose him are around 56%, with the remaining presumably not caring one way or another.That remainder is roughly 6%. So, if that 6% were to break down along the same lines as those for and against him we’d have roughly 40% for him and 60% againswt him. 2/5 vs 3/5. Adifference of 20%.
I would wish that that huge split would be reflected in the polls, and that congress would change, but it won’t. Moderate and conservative republicans have largely spoken out against trump’s remarks on the racists vs the anti-fascists, and seem broadly to recognize that supporting or equivocating on the white supremacists lies outside the pale.
It is august 16, 2017. Our next elections won’t come till a year from november. How many voters will still be annoyed against trump by then?
Ken
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Cornelius Hamelberg
Dear Sirs,
Re - the alleged " 3. Islamic racism—Sudan, Morocco"
It is distressing to come across as odious a term as "Islamic racism" (which in my view does not exist) with Sudan and Dear Morocco being touted as statutory examples and perhaps, as per definition, from an Islamic point of view, touted by some infidel/s / non-Muslim/s...
Of course, "racism" is a popular topic of discussion and debate in this forum and so called " Islamic racism" has been previously discussed in this forum.
Those who know anything at all, know that Islam does not believe in racism and certainly does not discriminate in accepting people into its fold - you can come from anywhere and become a Muslim, as long as you belong to the human race.
As to ideal Islam I should like to remind us of the Last Sermon of the last Prophet of Islam sallallahu alaihi wa salaam, in which he said:
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety " (taqwa) and good action.
In 1991 in Alexandria, I met a few Dinka people from South Sudan from among thousands who had been granted asylum in Egypt.
Last year, I met and conversed with a few of the thousands of Senegalese immigrants in Fez, Rabat, Marrakesh, Casablanca, Essaouira, etc., in Morocco, where they are offered free higher education. And this was before Morocco (happily) rejoined the African Union.
Which does not mean to say that there have not been occasional incidents of racism ( and tribalism) in the whole country, but " Islamic racism", what's that supposed to mean?
I suppose that in referring to what could pass as "Christian racism" and not "Christian charity" it could be pointed out that Mister Hitler was a Catholic, we could also mention the Jesus of Lubeck , the first ship that transported enslaved Africans to the so called "New World", not to mention (in those enslaver days) the floorboards at Elmina Castle in Ghana, separating the Chapel (above) from the slave headquarters (directly below)...
Sincerely said and much more left unsaid,
Cornelius,
Olayinka Agbetuyi
Dear Sirs,
Re - the alleged " 3. Islamic racism—Sudan, Morocco"
It is distressing to come across as odious a term as "Islamic racism" (which in my view does not exist) with Sudan and Dear Morocco being touted as statutory examples and perhaps, as per definition, from an Islamic point of view, touted by some infidel/s / non-Muslim/s...
Of course, "racism" is a popular topic of discussion and debate in this forum and so called " Islamic racism" has been previously discussed in this forum.
Those who know anything at all, know that Islam does not believe in racism and certainly does not discriminate in accepting people into its fold - you can come from anywhere and become a Muslim, as long as you belong to the human race.
As to ideal Islam I should like to remind us of the Last Sermon of the last Prophet of Islam sallallahu alaihi wa salaam, in which he said:
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety " (taqwa) and good action.
In 1991 in Alexandria, I met a few Dinka people from South Sudan from among thousands who had been granted asylum in Egypt.
Last year, I met and conversed with a few of the thousands of Senegalese immigrants in Fez, Rabat, Marrakesh, Casablanca, Essaouira, etc., in Morocco, where they are offered free higher education. And this was before Morocco (happily) rejoined the African Union.
Which does not mean to say that there have not been occasional incidents of racism ( and tribalism) in the whole country, but " Islamic racism", what's that supposed to mean?
I suppose that in referring to what could pass as "Christian racism" and not "Christian charity" it could be pointed out that Mister Hitler was a Catholic, we could also mention the Jesus of Lubeck , the first ship that transported enslaved Africans to the so called "New World", not to mention (in those enslaver days) the floorboards at Elmina Castle in Ghana, separating the Chapel (above) from the slave headquarters (directly below)...
Sincerely said and much more left unsaid,
Cornelius,
On Wednesday, 16 August 2017 12:26:24 UTC+2, Toyin Falola wrote:
Emeagwali, Gloria (History)
No. What you just described is not Islamic racism. Let us not stretch beyond its limits the term racism.
I would call such a practice, also followed by Jews and Hindus, religiously derived exclusionary prejudice
or something to that effect. The fact that Moslem males may marry from any religion undercuts the charge of racism.
This practice may have more to do with gender inequality and patriarchy .
I would say, though, that on the whole, Islam and Christianity are so anxious to expand their
group of believers and followers that they open the gates for a range of potential members. They are constantly head hunting for
new recruits. One uses Germanic, Nordic and Byzantine icons in the process of recruitment.
With Judaism and Hinduism there is less of that fascination with numbers, and less anxiety to grow the organization.
Unfortunately, prejudice may also thrive in such an environment.
www.africahistory.net
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Cornelius Hamelberg
Sir,
Is endogamy racism?
Here's some sound advice on marriage by St. Paul
I suppose that some Christian husbands must be fond of quoting Ephesians 5:22-24 to their wives:
"Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything."
You ask, "By what name could you describe a practice in which you could not marry a (Middle Eastern) Moslem lady unless you are a Moslem..."?
I like the question.
The watchword according to Chrisitian scripture is as follows:
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
By which criteria, and by the same token, I suppose that Christianity qualifies for the crime of "Christian racism"
It is halal for a Muslim man to marry a Muslim woman, a Christian woman or a Jewish woman...
When some of the elders of world Jewry met about about two decades ago, they concluded that their number one problem was not anti-Semitism, their number one problem was Jews "marrying outside" ...
Olayinka Agbetuyi
Olayinka Agbetuyi
This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (No. What you just described is not Islamic racism. Let us not stretch beyond its limits the term racism.
I would call such a practice, also followed by Jews and Hindus, religiously derived exclusionary prejudice
or something to that effect. The fact that Moslem males may marry from any religion undercuts the charge of racism.
This practice may have more to do with gender inequality and patriarchy .
I would say, though, that on the whole, Islam and Christianity are so anxious to expand their
group of believers and followers that they open the gates for a range of potential members. They are constantly head hunting for
new recruits. One uses Germanic, Nordic and Byzantine icons in the process of recruitment.
With Judaism and Hinduism there is less of that fascination with numbers, and less anxiety to grow the organization.
Unfortunately, prejudice may also thrive in such an environment.
www.africahistory.net
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Kenneth Harrow
Kenneth Harrow
Dept of English and Film Studies
Michigan State University
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
Olayinka Agbetuyi
This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (Cornelius Hamelberg
Halal : In the olden days, a maximum of four wives and "ma malakat aymanukum", an unlimited number of concubines, i.e. "those whom your right hand possesses"
(They were awesome in concert in Stockholm, this evening : Arrested Devlopment
Olayinka Agbetuyi
Cornelius Hamelberg
Re - " The other young couple an agonising Jewish male and Moslem lady. I advised them to disavow their religions if they truly loved each other"
Me: How dare you!
The Jew is supposed to love Hashem with all his heart, mind, soul and resources (and that includes mental resources)
Of course there is all that Orthodox yada-yada, such as " and who is going to light his sabbath candles etc ? " but in real life I know somebody with a Jewish father (very well - since birth - famous Jewish (Marxist) grandparents ) who worked in Ramallah for some years, fell in love with a Palestinian lady, converted to Islam - "come on baby light my fire!" and married her. They now have two beautiful boys. I know the parents of both parties and can say with certainty that everybody's happy, but of course, not with the sorry situation of the Pals...
Of relevance :
Economics: Hindus have to pay dowries to marry off their daughters. So if a Hindu couple has many daughters it means that he will have to provide many dowries...
In Islam, the husband pays a dowry to his wife...
It's one of the possible incentives for some Hindus converting to Islam.
Cornelius Hamelberg
Mashallah !
I don't know whether or not it's true that most of the abattoirs in Nigeria are manned by Muslims, but I have been made to understand that much of the beef consumed in Nigeria is Halal : i.e. the cows have been ritually slaughtered according to Islamic rules . Which should mean that the meat consumers should also give some thanks and praises to the heroic Fulani herdsmen for their long treks from their grazing pastures to the finished (literally) product on your tables and its finally destination to the dictatorial belly, which, once satisfied, in a place like Accra in eternal gratefulness, we pat the belly-button and say "Mami!"
You exclaimed, " Monotheists and their exclusionary ways!"
The prospect of halal or kosher meat must be an abomination to the Hindus and the holy cows.
(The other night after the Youssou N'dour concert and I had mistaken some guys from the Ivory Coast as coming from Senegal, we discussed the difference between e.g. Senegalese and Nigerians and the conclusion was that Senegalese are usually tall, very dark in complexion and (smile) since they survive mostly on fish and peanuts, a little lanky (compared to Nigerian who are usually more robust, sturdy-looking - surely accounted for by all that halal beef, pounded yam & egusi soup, not to mention the papa soup and where available, the copious draughts of palm wine or Gulder Beer that usually chases the voodoo down...
Since the importance of education is the most constant topic in this forum, we must also be aware of the importance of some biological preconditions/ sine qua non to anyone's intellectual development : sufficient protein in children's diet especially in their first ten years.
About this " the North" can't complain, with all the milk flowing up there...
BTW . Camel milk is said to be particularly nourishing - one of the reasons why Arab girls mature early...
Perhaps of interest : Camel meat is halal in Islam but is not kosher in Judaism....
Nostalgia...
On Saturday, 19 August 2017 22:32:16 UTC+2, Olayinka Agbetuyi wrote:
Kenneth Harrow
Kenneth Harrow
Dept of English and Film Studies
Michigan State University
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
Olayinka Agbetuyi
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Cornelius Hamelberg
Sir,
I read the first article in this link - marrying a convert and thought about the case of your "agonising Jewish male and Moslem lady"
I hope that the link provides some greater insight into the issue.
Sincerely said:
I am nothing....
On Saturday, 19 August 2017 22:46:21 UTC+2, Olayinka Agbetuyi wrote:
Olayinka Agbetuyi
Sir,
I read the first article in this link - marrying a convert and thought about the case of your "agonising Jewish male and Moslem lady"
I hope that the link provides some greater insight into the issue.
Sincerely said:
I am nothing....
On Saturday, 19 August 2017 22:46:21 UTC+2, Olayinka Agbetuyi wrote:
Cornelius Hamelberg
Sir,
You got me there.
Here is mellifluous Paul on the gentle, slippery slope : 1 corinthians 13 that the pastors like to quote at the Pentecostal weddings.
Today, I asked a Nigerian Brother about loving his enemies and he told me that yes, one should love ones enemies but one does not have to have a relationship with them. Can keep them at a distance, like the stars above which you and I admire from afar....
I am inclined to agree with you and Shakespeare Sir : "if music be the food of love play on"
But what do we have here?
Some more Haram
Nothing from nothing = Nothing
Sincerely ,
Cornelius
N.B. I said "We", not me or i
I wonder what Brother Nathanael would say about their dilemma.
As Solomon said, "All is vanity...."