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			<title>White Man Throws Beer Can At Black Woman And Yells Racial Slurs At Her</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12245-white-man-throws-beer-can-at-black-woman-and-racially-insults-her</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 22:45:10 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Lewis]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Racism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[A Tinley Park man with awful criminal records, Elkanah Asher IV, charged with a hate crime after harassing Black woman.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Tinley Park man is currently facing a hate crime charges after hurling racial slurs at African-American and subsequently throwing a can of beer at her earlier this month.

29-year-old Elkanah Asher IV was arrested at his residence after he assaulted a Black woman. The African-American, who happened to be a student of one of the Tinley Park beauty school in South Harlem Avenue, was on a cigarette break at about 2:22 p.m. on July 28. Asher, who was in the company of a male friend move towards the woman and without any provocation, started spewing racial slurs at her, the prosecutor said.

According to the prosecutor, the Tinley Park man said, “black lives don’t matter,” and “you n---ers need to go back to Africa.” Asher then threw a can of Ice House beer at the Black woman which, fortunately, didn’t hit her but fell close to where she stood. The frightened African-American woman quickly placed a call to the police.

Asher was later apprehended at his residence and his friend admitted to the police that he actually did assault the Black woman.

Asher is a known to be a sex predator and has a criminal sex record at the Illinois Sex Offender Registry for sexually abusing a 13-year-old in 2008. In December last year, Asher was also found guilty to a phone harassment charge.

The judge set Asher on a $100,000 bail and scheduled the next court hearing on August 25 in Bridgeview.

Such irresponsible acts need not go unpunished. If people are ready to stand up for racism, then they should pay the full price for their action. They need to understand that the law in America was made for all Americans to obey not just a section hence the white Americans are not above the law. They cannot continue to abuse innocent people just because there are Black and think that they will have their way. The action by the police and jury is a step in the right direction but we still won’t relent on our effort, we will continue to fight against these barbaric acts.

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			<title>Black Man Denied Entrance Into Bar Because Of His Skin Color</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 22:23:02 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Lewis]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Racism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[A bouncer at a Grand Rapids bar told Marcel Price and his friends that there are three Black people in the bar already. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Marcel Price and his friends witnessed an embarrassing scene at about 1 am on July 30. Marcel had apparently gone to a bar to unwind during the weekend when were denied entry because they were Black.

Price posted a video footage of the racist incident on his Facebook page and had since been viewed by over 44,000 viewers.

According to Price, before he started recording the confrontation with the bouncer, he had asked him why there are being denied entry into the bar and the bouncer replied by saying that it was because of their skin color.

This is what got the attention of the Black man to start the recording since it was another situation of racial segregation.  In the video, the bouncer allegedly said that &quot;we already have three Black people in here.&quot; Immediately after saying that, he knocked the phone out of Price’s hands when he noticed he was being recorded.

Employees at the bar had since not made any comment yet about the incident, WZZM reports. Moreover according to WZZM, the manager of the bar had said that he will comment about the unfortunate confrontation soon.

In the meanwhile, a Grand Rapids police, Sgt. Terry Dixon has said that no report has been filed in relation to Price’s ordeal. He also added that the police was not called to the scene.

The bouncer’s respond to Price can’t enter the bar, makes it sound as though there is a quota for Black people who can enter a bar in America. Times of racial segregation are long past and it is about time all these racist folks wake up to the reality of our world now. Every citizen has a right to enter any public bar he/she wants unless he/she poses a threat to other people.

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			<title>Reporter Fired After Dumb Joke About Michael Brown’s Death</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:25:45 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Patterson]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Police Brutality</category>
			<description><![CDATA[Bobby Hughes, a St. Louis reporter made an insensitive racist remark about the killing of Michael Brown prior to Brown's mother appearance on Democratic National Convention.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A KTVI reporter in St. Louis, Bobby Hughes has paid for his careless distasteful post he wrote on his Facebook page. The reporter upon hearing that the mother of the late Michael Brown will be making an appearance at the Democratic National Convention took to his Facebook page and wrote, “she is going to talk about the new lead diet she’s endorsed. Five servings and you can lose 200 lbs in two years easily&quot;.

Hughes sarcastic statement immediately received a lot of condemnation. Many describe his action as irresponsible and careless. The Ethical Society of Police, comprising of Black police officers in the vicinity abruptly called for the reporter to be released from his duty. According to the St. Louis American, the Fox affiliate’s Black employee planned an urgent meeting with the general manager of the station to quickly act on the case.

Later Friday afternoon, a KTVI spokeswoman announced that Hughes has been fired and hence do not represent the station.

Bobby Hughes later rendered an apology to the lawyer of Michael Brown’s family and the Black police organization.

Michael Brown died in August 2014 as a result of police brutality. The 18-year-old Black boy was shot by a white cop by name, Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. His sad death saw the rise of the Black community against the ongoing police brutalities.

Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown’s mother did attend the Democratic National Convention which took place in Philadelphia but did not give any speech on the program.

Racism isn’t funny in any form; and especially when it results in someone losing his or her life, rights, wealth etc. Bobby Hughes probably didn’t think much before joking about the mother who had lost her child. Hardly anybody finds its funny except sick racists.

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			<title>BBQ In Remembrance Of James ‘Nate’ Greer</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:09:01 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tylissa Hide]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Activism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[“Nate was the BBQ'er of the family. So I am recruiting people to help out on the grill for the BBQ on July 30th”, said Deana Greer, whose beloved husband was executed by police after being pulled over for a field sobriety test. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[James Greer widow, Deana Greer, has organized a BBQ meeting for everyone who wants to pay a tribute to the deceased husband and father and to discuss own stories.  Deana explained her decision to organize a small event, saying, “my idea was to have a safe place where people could gather and talk and just sit and relax and actually tell each other about their story and what happened.”

James 'Nate' Greer Widow is serving BBQ for friends and family to remember her beloved husband. #PoliceBrutalitypic.twitter.com/enQDcCZa00
— BlackMatters (@blackmattersus) 30 July 2016
She mentioned that rallies and events, where family members usually meet each other, are too chaotic for calm conversations.

Answering to a question about event’s motto Deana said, “Actually right now we just made it ‘Celebrating the lives of all our lost loved ones who were killed by police violence.’ I named it ‘A day to remember.’” 

James Greer's grandchildren on a remembrance BBQ. #StopPoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/YDYnrK8I2t
— BlackMatters (@blackmattersus) 31 July 2016


BBQ attendees, some of whom have also lost their beloved ones due to police brutality, disposed of one of the banners they made in front of the police department, which provoked a little push back. The banner reads, “JUSTICE FOR JAMES MCGREER KILLED BY HAYWARD AND BART POLICE, MAY 23RD 2014.&quot;  Police officers complained about the banner, claiming that people need a permit to hang it. However, when family members told them that they didn't have any, police retracted.


Joseph Greer, son of James Greer murdered by police, with his girlfriend Sarah. #PoliceBrutalitypic.twitter.com/xLdVHag8hS

— BlackMatters (@blackmattersus) 30 July 2016


Deana says they have a board where people are adding photos of their loved ones and also have buttons and some balloons. They are going to have a balloon release later after writing the names of everyone who was killed by the police on them.

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			<title>Ohio White Racists Who Beat Up Black Man Charged With Hate Crime</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:33:40 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Lewis]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Racism</category>
			<description><![CDATA["I would have never imagined in my wildest dreams that something like that would happen," victim expresses shock.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For some Americans, racism is just a dark part of American history that should be swept under the carpet, a dirty secret that shouldn’t even be whispered in public. Many still try to deny the existence of this horrible act despite statistical prove. They simply want it to go unsolved so they can hide behind the presumption of its non-existence to perpetuate their diabolic racist acts.

For Adrian Williams, a Black man who lives in North Toledo, Ohio, racism is still very much an issue. On the 18th of May, Williams experienced the terror of racism outside his own home. The Black man had parked his truck just outside his home and was unloading when he attacked by two white racists without any provocation.

The two men, 33-year-old Charles Butler and 25-years-old Robert Paschalis hurled racial slurs at Williams and attacked him physically. Authorities said, Charles got a hold of a broom from Williams’s truck and struck him with it several times.  It took the timely intervention of some two police officers to save Williams from the hands of the two abusers.

The two white racists have been charged with a federal hate crime. It is reported that Butler later made a post on his Facebook page claiming that his action was based on racism. In his post, he wrote, &quot;in the name of the White Race.&quot; Butler and Paschalis have since been detained in the Lucas County’s jail.

Adrian Williams, the Black man who was attacked told WTOL-TV that he was really astonished by the turn of events. He couldn’t believe this could happen in broad daylight in front of his own house.

We cannot hide from this ugly truth anymore, racism still exists. It is our responsibility to stand up against these horrible practices.

There is a little hope, though. The federal hate charge against these two white people is a step in the right direction. But more than being charged to court, they should be indicted. People need to know that senseless hate has no place in our modern world.

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			<title>Judge Goes Mad Over Black Woman Denied Pants By Jail Staff</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:18:24 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Lewis]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Racism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[“This is completely inhumane and unacceptable,” Judge Amber Wolf retorts. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The jury and some people present in the Louisville, ky., courtroom were thrown into a state of disbelieve when a Black woman appeared in court without pants. A report by the WDRB indicates that on Friday morning, the Black female inmate who was not dressed in jumpsuit made an appearance before the Jefferson District Court.

Judge Amber Wolf’s attention was drawn to the fact that the Black woman has been denied pants or any form of feminine hygiene products for days despite her countless continuous requests for them. The lawyer for the Black inmate added that she was also denied shower. This outrageous revelation made the judge furious hence pulled out her cell phone and placed a call to the jail. In the video footage, she could be heard asking the jail, “What the hell is going on?”

The judge then ordered for the Black woman to be properly dressed before proceedings could continue. Dwayne Clark, Metro Correction Deputy Director who gave the Black female inmate clothing admitted that she should have been dressed in a jumpsuit. According to the video of the hearing, Judge Wolf could be heard expressing her amazement about the entire bizarre situation by saying, “This is outrageous. Is this for real?” And then, “Am I in the twilight zone? What is happening?”

Wolf later called back the Black woman to the bench and rendered her unqualified apology. “I’m sorry you had to go through this,” she said.

The stated that she had no charges and it was unlawful to have kept her in custody for that long. The unidentified Black inmate was released from jail with a fine of $100.

This video once again draws attention to the challenges Black people, especially women, face in prisons and detention centers. We already know several cases when Black women mysteriously died in jails; just as it happened with Sandra Bland and Wakeisha Wilson.

Thousands of Black women who serve their terms for minor crimes go through all kinds of discrimination and humiliation. There is a strong need for reforms because detention facilities are being transformed into torture chambers.



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			<title>Police Forbid BLM Activists To Pick Up Trash In Black Community</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:34:11 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tylissa Hide]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Activism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[ Mercutio Southall and friends rented a U-Haul truck to voluntary pick up garbage that had taken over Fairfield.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The police in Fairfield pulled over BLM activist, Southall who out of benevolence, was picking up trash in the community. The refuse has been sitting in the garbage cans for some time now without being disposed of. It had now bred rodents and maggots; leaving the community in a foul odor.

The residents in Fairfield had experienced a halt in the picking up of garbage cans due to unpaid bills they weren’t aware of. This uncomfortable situation forced the BLM activists into action to help the community.

But rather unfortunate, their act of goodwill was greeted with the wrath of the police. As the generous BLM activist moved around in a hired truck to pick up the trash, the police pulled them and took his license from him though he wasn’t driving. Southall narrated that, he together with his friends were harassed by the police. The incidence was recorded by one of the BLM activists and posted on facebook. Mercutio Southall said, &quot;They would not let us continue.''  

The generous BLM activist explained the reason behind their action by saying that, &quot;I'm a person for the community, People I know and love stay over there and there's a foul odor and stench in Fairfield.”

The Chief of police for Fairfield, Nick Dyer denied the fact that his men harassed the kind BLM activists. He stated that the police had to stop the young Black men because their action was causing a health violation. He added that &quot;We applaud their efforts to help the community but you can't do that.” According to Dyer, anyone who wanted to tow waste needed license to do so.

The BLM activists whose action was not welcomed but rather opposed by the police expressed disappointment in the officers. &quot;It's a health code issue to leave it there, this makes no sense,&quot; Southall said.

It seems every good initiative by the Black is purposefully regarded as negative and fought against with all power. Keeping community clean which should be appreciated and encouraged has now automatically metamorphosed into a criminal act.



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			<title>The First Person To Own A Slave Was Black… Right?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 10:27:16 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tylissa Hide]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Activism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[“In 1619, Africans didn’t come as indentured servants with a seven year span, they came as slaves with a possibility of such limitation of their services.” Raki Madaki Azikiwe]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Slavery started in 1619, and was illegal until 1655— please keep this in mind. The first person to own a slave was a Black man, by the name of Anthony Johnson; he was an Angolan, who came to the colonies as an indentured servant in 1621, after several years he gained his freedom, and as a token of appreciation, the colony give Johnson land. Soon after Johnson became a successful tobacco farmer inMaryland, where he gain so much wealth as a Black ex-indentured servant, he was labelled, “The Black Patriarch.”

So, John Casor was the first person declared a slave in a civil case. Making him legally a slave, owned by a Blackman name Anthony Johnson.In 1651 Johnson managed to gain support, and services of four White and one Black indentured servants. In 1653, John Casor, Johnson’s Black indentured servant, who worked with him since the early 1640s; Claimed his indenture serviceshad expired seven years ago, and claim to being held illegally by Johnson. Casor, managed to have Robert Parker— Johnson’s neighbor to intervened and demanded for Johnson to free John Casor. Later Parker took Casor as his own indentured servant, where in 1654 in Northampton Court, Johnson sued Parker, for the return of Casor. However the court ruled in Parker’s favor– but John son appealed in 1655, and the court ruled in the favor of Johnson, saying Casor still belonged to Johnson— according to Frank W. Sweet in Legal History of the Color Line: The Rise and Triumph of the One-Drop Rule.


  March 8, 1655, court ruling.
Based on this understanding, Anthony Johnson wasn’t the first person to own a slave, he was a first person to legally own one in the colonies (United states), as a Black man, according to the civil case, in 1655, Johnson v. Parker, Casor suit. Lets not forget before John Casor, there were many Black indentured servants sentenced to lifetime of servitude (slavery)– based off of historians knowledge, they describe indentured servant John Punch, as the first documented slave in America, as a punishment for escaping in 1640; with two other indentured servants— both White males. . . who wasn’t sentenced as slaves, but sentenced with increased years as indentured servants, for punishment (John Donoghue,“Out of the Land of Bondage”: The English Revolution and the Atlantic Origins of Abolition). With this in mind, John Punch owner wasn’t Black— John Punch owner, was the first man to legally own a slave.

Ask yourself this: How is it that history tell us, slavery started in 1619, but the Africans that was stolen and sold into slavery, was consider as indentured servants, until the 1640s?



It seems like America is trying to sugar-coat and lessen the harshness of slavery, by saying Africans came as indentured servants— just like the White people, and that the first man to own a slave was Black. So, automatically a Black person of slave descendants, shouldn't view it as a bad thing. Those of you that have been going around, and saying to every Black person, “A Black person was the first to own a slave,” you’ve be lied too, you live in a misconception, and have been bamboozled. The settlers view Blacks as savages and sub-humans, not as indentured servants with a maximum of 7 years to do service.

Almost every African indentured servant became slaves, because most Africans could not read nor could barely understand the English language; Planters found it as an opportunity, and force them into slavery by refusing to acknowledge that their indentured contracts, had been fulfilled (Philip S. Foner, History of Black Americans: From Africa to the Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom).

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			<title>Austin Police Review Video Of Black Woman Assaulted By Officers</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:22:06 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Patterson]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Police Brutality</category>
			<description><![CDATA[A video released by the Austin Police Department, showing white officers throwing a Black female teacher to the ground, is to be reviewed.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It took more than a year for the Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo to condemn the two officers, assaulted a 26-year-old Black Texas teacher for driving 50 mph in a 35 mph zone.

According to the Austin American-Statesman report, Acevedo had at least four chances to be informed about the video as they reviewed it. He wasn’t notified when Richter's supervisors examined the incident.

Officials also said that they were not informed about King's attorneys asking for a video from the officers’ car involved in the traffic stop.

The video, released only after months of the incident, shows Officer Richter nearly throwing the young Black woman into a side-way truck for driving at a speed 15 Mph more than the limit. Officer Spradlin, who handcuffed King and took her to jail, was caught on tape saying Black people might be more prone to violence.

The Police Chief, Acevedo, said that the officials should have informed him no sooner to take drastic actions against the two officers. &quot;At the end of the day, it starts with us, the chain of command and how we review things,&quot; he said. &quot;But the criminal justice system has a lot of cogs in the wheel, and every cog - from the police department, the police monitor, the county attorney, the district attorney and ultimately the courts - have a role in ensuring accountability.&quot;

District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said that prosecutors would present the case to a grand jury in the next several weeks.

This accident should have been reviewed earlier and officers shouldn’t get away with this violent action. Hopefully now when it got public attention these racist cops will be fired.

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			<title>Kentucky School Hair Policy “Stinks Of Racism”</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12204-kentucky-school-hair-policy-stinks-of-racism</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:54:34 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Lewis]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Racism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[Kentucky High School racially targets Black students by modifying hairstyle policies.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Butler High School in the official regulation has banned some of the most common natural Black hairstyles, including dreadlocks, &quot;cornrolls&quot; (was written instead of cornrows), twists, mohawks. The racist hair policy has sparked controversy leading to a call for action by a concerned parent, State House candidate Attica Scott.

Soooo...my daughter had registration today and let's just say she's not happy abt the #JCPS no natural hair policy. pic.twitter.com/ApPDyv3sbo
— Attica Scott (@atticascott) 27 July 2016


The school hair policy was designed purposely to call attention to Black students. Parents are concerned about the restrictions more particularly to dreads, twists and cornrolls. Some of the rules are:

Hair must be clean and neat with a tapered side/back and at a reasonable length.


	 Hair styles that are extreme, distracting or attention-getting will not be permitted. This includes unnatural hair colors or obvious intentions to draw attention to oneself.
	 Reasonable length for males means hair no longer than the top of the shirt collar, above the eyebrows and afros no more than 2 inches in length.
	 No dreadlocks, cornrolls [sic], twists, mohawks, no jewelry will be worn in the hair.
	 No facial hair (except mustaches or goatees) is allowed. Sideburns may not extend past bottom of ear lobe.


Scott’s daughter, Ashanti said in a press conference that she “felt disrespected because it said clean and neat hair.&quot;

“And it made me feel like, maybe my hair isn’t clean,” she continued.

Attica posted the school’s hair policy, which immediately became an alarming issue to be addressed.


@SadiqaLUL @Brad_Carpenter @ants012369 some of MY #JCPS kids. #braided #dyed #beads #blownout #IVEBEENAWAKE pic.twitter.com/iKo6zIZ7wm

— John Marshall Ed.D. (@jdm1906) 28 July 2016




As everybody knows the type of natural hair depends on race. African Americans have rather unruly hair which is hard to set. It is so ignorant to forbid the very hairstyles which Black parents used to do for their kids. In other words, school administration has forbidden being Black and wearing natural hairs.

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			<title>White Waitress Fired Over Racist Post About Friendly Customers</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12200-white-waitress-fired-over-racist-post-about-friendly-customers</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:24:58 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Lewis]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Racism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[“I am so hungover,” a waitress at Cheddar’s restaurant wrote, “And I have a section full of n-----s right now.”]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Black Tennessee woman, Chelsea Mayes, and her four friends, Bryce Holmes, Denzel and Montel Epperson, and Nitra Kent, went to have fun Sunday afternoon at Cheddar’s restaurant in Murfreesboro.  The waitress who served them was a friend of one of the group member that's why they were exchanging jokes with each other and left her generous tips. They were pleased with the restaurant’s services until after returning home found out that the waitress, who pretended to be nice to them, had made racist post about them.

The waitress wrote, “I am so hungover, And I have a section full of n-----s right now.”

After coming across the racist post, 22-year-old Mayes said she found it “shocking” that the waitress, who they all smiled and even joked together, could write such about them.

Mayes explained that she and her friends usually go after church to the restaurant to hang out and even thought they had made connections with the waitress. “She was a great waitress. She did a good job, made jokes with us, laughed with us. We had a good time,&quot; she said.

Soon after the restaurant management knew about the post they fired the server.

Lee Greer, president of the Mint Julep Restaurant Management Group Inc. and owner/operator of Cheddar's Murfreesboro said, “We, ourselves, were shocked and offended after learning one of our servers had posted comments on social media that were hurtful and derogatory. Greer added that such behaviors are never condoned in their restaurants as a result, “the server was immediately suspended and ultimately terminated after our internal investigation”.

Young Tennessee woman, Chelsea Mayes, claps back with love, after Cheddar’s waitress hurls… https://t.co/tV1kmdaw28 pic.twitter.com/VbLCG7LUtz
— Ksley8 (@KonnieMoments1) 28 July 2016


However, Mayes has stepped out on Facebook with a viral post in which she instead of anger showed her love, “This ‘n-----‘ is pretty nice,” she wrote. “This ‘n-----‘ actually enjoyed your company. This ‘n-----‘ is praying for you. This ‘n-----‘ loves you and there isn’t anything you can do about it.”

It shows that racism is not always on the surface; some people might smile at your face but deep within they are full of hatred.

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			<title>Sanders Supporters Endorse ‘Clinton Cash’ Movie At DNC Rally</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12195-sanders-supporters-endorse-clinton-cash-movie-at-dnc-rally</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:35:03 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tylissa Hide]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Activism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[“It’s a movie. It’s about Hillary Clinton. And it’s free, they’re not even charging you to see the truth,” a Bernie Sanders supporter says to a crowd.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sanders supporter at the “Black Men for Bernie&quot; rally, near the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, encouraged concerned citizens to watch the ‘Clinton Cash’ movie, which tells the story of how a family of presidential candidates earns their &quot;modest pennies&quot; on their luxurious existence.

“Watch the movie Clinton Cash”, claimed one of the Black Men for Bernie speakers, adding, “the next time one of [Hillary Clinton’s] people run in your face, you say, ‘You need to check this out.”

“We need to start waking them up also,” he further stated about Hillary Clinton supporters, “just like we’ve been woken up.”

The Clinton Cash documentary, which has stormed the internet with over 1.1 million views, will be available online for free. It exposes global corruption in the Clinton Foundation. The 105-minute documentary uncovers records of high speaking fees to Bill Clinton and how Hillary Clinton squandered money to support her foundation, while she served as Secretary of State.

The speaker for ‘Black Men for Bernie’ at DNC rally insisted that every Clinton supporter should watch this documentary.

Despite the impressive wealth the Clintons have, they cannot deny the opportunity to show hypocrisy and portray themselves as a poor family. Sanders, unlike Clinton, is doing everything unselfishly, not stuffing the pockets under the guise of noble ideas.

Clinton family will hardly ever realize the problems of Black communities because rich politicians care only about elite which can bring them some profit and financial support.



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			<title>Where Is The Hope And Change After 2 Consecutive Terms?</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12191-where-is-the-hope-and-change-after-2-consecutive-terms</link>
			<comments>https://blackmattersus.com/12191-where-is-the-hope-and-change-after-2-consecutive-terms#comments</comments>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:37:27 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tylissa Hide]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Activism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[Obama did not run on “yes, we can (if I have a Congress to my liking)” or “hope and change (if the 2010 midterm elections go my way)”.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For eight good years, African-Americans hoped for a change that was once promised to them by the nation’s first Black president, Barack Obama. A change for good, that racism, police violence against Black people, injustice and economic inequality will all be abolished.

Many citizens believed that the Obama presidency would have improved race relations. It was a time when the country had just woken up from a nightmare of Hurricane Katrina and the unending war in Iraq and the economy was creeping from the ground. Much was expected to be done in order to tackle the crises of poverty and security.

African-Americans entrusted President Obama with enthusiasm, twice, that he will put an end to the massive incarceration and killings on innocent Black men and women, but was disappointing to realize that he was not the president for Black America.

Obama has failed victims of racism and police brutality https://t.co/IGkOleBAs5
— Socialist Project (@socialism21) 20 July 2016


As years passed by, these hopes were shredded because the president couldn’t live up to his promises. Just after President Obama’s reelection in 2012, Black unemployment sky-rocketed to 14% while “38% of Black children lived in extreme poverty”.

At the later end of an eight-year reign of the first Black president, Black Americans have become even more frustrated than before, which is why Black Lives Matter, the last cry of despair of Black America, is needed to bring awareness to police brutality, injustice and inequality in communities.

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			<title>White on White Crime</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12173-white-on-white-crime</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:03:17 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Dubois]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Most Popular</category>
			<description><![CDATA[What get overlooked in America constantly? White-on-White.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[But hey, statistics doesn't lie, right? According to the FBI’s current– recent homicide numbers, from 2011, about 83 percent of White people were killed by other Whites— killings done by Blacks killing Whites only about 14 percent); Whites are the majority in the United States, it’s more Whites than any other races, here in America— there are six times as many whites as there are Blacks, so course Whites commit the most killings. As shocking as it may be, it shouldn't come as a surprise; yet such facts about White people is commonly overlooked.



White-on-White crime, almost never get any recognition from the News– are any media in general. Many writers, journalist, reporters, that write about crime or violence, mainly focus on crime, done by Black people and in Black neighborhoods— referring to such crime done by Blacks as “savage” or“pathetic.” However, not one person would dare mention or even acknowledge that whites are killed by whites, more than ever; and how Whites commit the most and worst crimes.

It’s insane the way people openly throw the phrase “Black-on-Black crime,” which is overused. Where do they get off with the idea that somehow Blacks more inclined to violence and are more likely to commit it.

But of course, that’s a lie. According to the FBI, Census data, and other reliable sources (DOJ), the most violent and dangerous person in America are Whites.

Yet the media is so fascinated by Black-on-Black crime, and portraying that Blacks are savages and violent people, that they tricked the masses into believing it. Somehow, the Media and Whites gave the impression that their lives are at risk and in danger, because of Blacks. But truth speaks, statistics show that from 2010, White people killed other White people about 3,252 times; which is, in matter of fact 4.6 times more than the number of White people killed by Black folks.

White people are more incumbent to violent crimes. They more likely to get arrested for aggravated assault, leading Blacks 2-1 in arrests, in rape cases, white people are ahead of all races more than 2-1(not even counting the unreported rape cases on White college campus and etc.); and in larceny theft, whites are ahead of Blacks– more than 2-1. So according to truth and proper statistic, Blacks by all means, should begin to shoot suspicious white people in Black neighborhoods, for fear that their woman would be raped or assaulted or murdered— or call the cops. Just how Whites do to Blacks, that seem suspect of being a gang banger, drug dealer and robber.

White-on-White crime is a phenomenon, yet gets overlooked and unacknowledged by the media and even the president’s. Frankly, White-on-White Crime is extremely out of control.

But, of course looking back on America’s history, it’s not uncommon for Americans (White people), to glorify White violence.

If you go inside any US Capitol even in schools, you’ll find multiple documents, monuments, and pictures of Whites killing and besides slaves death– their most killings were white deaths. All over the country were white people killing Blacks and get praised for it.



People like to refute claims of White-on-White crimes, by saying “Well, Blacks kill more Blacks, than Whites killing Whites, and Whites killing Blacks.” Which is true, Blacks do kill each other more than White skill them.

But if you pack people in a close out community, limited to mediocre education, and constantly pushing drugs and guns (and who provide Blacks with guns and drugs?) into the neighborhoods, yes, killing amongst themselves would happen extremely often. Don’t forget Blacks are more likely to be killed by cops than Whites— they’re approximately 21 times more likely to be killed by police than Whites. but let’s not forget the killings that been covered up, tampered with, and undocumented.

Lets forget about the killings of who and how many killed who, although it’s a problematic situation; Don’t stir clear, of the crimes that Whites done, besides killing.

What gets blood boil, is how people actually read statistical facts. Most people read it to fit their opinions– Black-on-Black crimes is at its highest, right; but there can be number of factors on why the crime rate is high. Poverty and incarceration can be one of the reasons.

What’s rankle about what people are saying, is that poverty from Blacks can’t be a factor, because Whites are more in poverty than Blacks— that’s correct, but you have to realize, Whites are 66.2% of the American population, Blacks are only 13%.

Let’s do the math:

There’s about 38,929,319 Blacks in America or a little more; out of 38,929,319, 47.5% are in poverty, that’s 18,569,285 Blacks in poverty so minus the 38,929,319 with 18,569,285 and you’ll have 20,360,034 of Blacks that’s doing well, right? wrong out of 38,929,319, 1,000,000 are incarcerated. Making a million of Black people with criminal records. 13.2% of 38,929,319 Blacks are unemployed, that’s 5,138,670 Blacks that’s jobless.

So, 38,929,319 of Blacks in America, subtracted by poverty, incarceration, and unemployment, making the Black race only 14,221,364, that’s supposedly good, employed, or in school, or just above the poverty line. 14,221,364.

The reason for such numbers, is to prove that 24,707,955 of those Blacks are left to relay on crime in order to make a living and/or protect themselves from others that’s doing the same.

The problem with White people in America, they can’t take blame; in order to throw tension off of them about crime or violence or rape, etc. they mention Black-on-Black crime, and everyone would be so fascinated about how 13% can do so much crime— forgetting that most of every system and media works for Whites and against Blacks.

Ex. of this is both Blacks and Whites use weed at the same rate, but Blacks are more likely to get arrested and put to jail for the possession of it, while Whites get off not arrested. Same with rape, White men rape more Black woman (more woman of any race) than Black men raping Black woman or White woman combined. Except, when White men rape a Black woman, it’s 9 times out of 10 to not get reported and if it does, 98% of the time the White man gets off without conviction or punishment. If you think this isn't true, think Daniel Holtzclaw, having over 30 cases of serial raping Black woman, that was unreported (where was the feminist at then?).

Overall, as much as Black crimes are a problem, White crimes are as well – probably the most dangerous, because it goes unreported. But before you go out to say Black-on-Black crime, acknowledge the crime Whites are doing and other races.

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			<title>James Greer Widow: "My Goal Is to Keep His Name Alive"</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12153-james-greer-widow-my-goal-is-to-keep-his-name-alive</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:40:06 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Dubois]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Your Voices</category>
			<description><![CDATA[James ‘Nate’ Greer was murdered by police after being pulled over for a field sobriety test. Today we talk to the widow of the innocent victim of police brutality.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Around 10.35pm on May 23rd, 2014, James ‘Nate’ Greer, a loving husband, father and grandfather, was pulled over by Hayward police for a field sobriety test. The ensuing tragic events led to him being subdued by several officers, handcuffed, tased and bodywrapped, which eventually resulted in his death. The agonizing events surrounding his death were all caught on tape. Unfortunately, his death was not investigated due to a bad reporting policy. Today, Deana Greer, his wife tells us about life without James and what the family has been going through to obtain justice for him.

Tomorrow, July 30 Deana is organizing BBQ in loving memory of Nate and all the police victims. Join, if you are in Hayward, California.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>First Black Woman Awarded Masters in Psychology for Fashion</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12152-first-black-woman-awarded-masters-in-psychology-for-fashion</link>
			<comments>https://blackmattersus.com/12152-first-black-woman-awarded-masters-in-psychology-for-fashion#comments</comments>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:15:05 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Patterson]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Entertainment</category>
			<description><![CDATA["Today I became the first Black woman in the world to be awarded with a Masters in Psychology for Fashion. I have always and will always fight for the inclusion and positive representation of Black and minority ethnic women worldwide”, Shakaila Forbes-Bell.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We pride ourselves as one of our own has been awarded masters in the field of psychology for fashion. The Black beauty shared the news via her Instagram page (@poppyshock). She posted her beautiful picture after graduating with the statement that;&quot;Today I became the first Black woman in the world to be awarded with a Masters in Psychology for Fashion”.

She continued and said “I have always and will always fight for the inclusion and positive representation of Black and minority ethnic women worldwide. It is pivotal that the marks we leave on this world are visible for all to see so that future generations of little black girls know that their achievements are boundless&quot;. Yes, that’s our newest Black heroine in town.

The fashion psychologist further bemoaned that &quot;From incidents as severe as Black men and women being executed at home and abroad to something as pathetic as being told that your skin is too dark for a makeup brand (that actually happened to me last week, shout out @Clinique) we face many challenges as a community. With this small step and the many steps, I hope to take in the future I hope to further the narrative of black girls being powerful, beautiful, and intelligent and of course.

Research reveals that Black students are less likely to be admitted to special programs for talented students, even if they have equally high academic performance as Whites. Such inhuman racial instances creates a void in the system, in which more disadvantaged enthusiastic and hard working children of color break the shackles of not being white.

Shakaila Forbes-Bell is a Black-shackle breaker and BM congratulates her on such an awesome achievement despite the hustle and tussle of being a Black woman in such a demanding field.

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			<title>Dave & Buster's Restaurant Racially Profiled Black Family</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12145-dave-busters-restaurant-racially-profiled-black-family</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:39:08 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Dubois]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Most Popular</category>
			<description><![CDATA["We didn't do anything wrong besides be black with cornrows."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Black Oregon family was racially profiled at a Dave &amp;amp; Buster's restaurant in Happy Valley Saturday, July 23 after a young woman misplaced her purse and lost some money from it.

Being the Only Black family at the place, as Rachel Batiste-Barber explained in a Facebook post, they were racially profiled and embarrassed. Rachel said that she and her family went to the Happy Valley Dave &amp;amp; Buster's after she received a $20 gameplay coupon.

While they were at the restaurant and playing games, a 16-year-old girl’s purse got missing but was quickly turned in at the front desk. Unfortunately, $16 claimed to have been in the purse were gone. When the teen asked about the missing money, the people at the desk told her that the person, who submitted the purse to them was &quot;a black guy with cornrows,&quot; and promised to look for the man.

Batiste-Barber explained that her husband being the only Black man in the bar was singled out and accused of stealing the money right in front of their kids.

&quot;I refrained from cussing the young lady and her mother out in the family establishment and, instead, decided to go to the front desk and speak with the woman who sent them on a witch hunt to find a man who's (sic) description my husband 'fit,',&quot; she wrote.

Law enforcement officers soon arrived at the scene and Black the family was questioned and relieved.

The family went to the restaurant to have fun, but it turned out to be an embarrassment for them. They were accused with no reason, just because a White woman pointed a finger at them; even after one of the employees of the restaurant had said the father of the family didn’t fit the description of the man with the purse they were questioned by police as criminals; all requests to check surveillance camera records were declined.

The owners of the place apologized to them, but what apologies can help when the father was humiliated in front of his children? What can protect these children from shock, when their parents obey ridiculous orders and cannot say anything against them? Why? Because someone may get frightened for his life and we all know what happens next.

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			<title>Will The “Second One” Be His Last One?</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12134-will-the-second-one-be-his-last-one</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:09:40 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Patterson]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Police Brutality</category>
			<description><![CDATA[Virginia police officer, who killed William Chapman will stand trial this week. His defense team is struggling to ‘sanitize the evidence’.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After all officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray were cleared of charges there is a big chance for each killer cop to go scot-free. 

James Broccoletti, the head of the defense team for Stephen Rankin, who is facing charges of first-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony for fatally shooting William Chapman, is doing his best to provide the mentioned opportunity to his client. 

After shooting dead an unarmed 18-year-old Black man in cold blood, the Virginia officer was cruel enough to say “this is my second one” to an employee of Walmart where the incident took place. This gloomy remark occasionally recorded by Rankin’s taser camera referred to a four-year-old case when he killed one more unarmed man .

In far 2011 Rankin shot a 26-year-old hotel cook from Kazakhstan named Kirill Denyakin. The young man was got 11 bullets, but no charges were ever brought against Rankin because he testified Denyakin was approaching him while reaching into his waistband.

At the moment Rankin denies all charges and claims he was shooting in self-defense. At the same time, his lawyers are desperately trying to remove the taser camera record from the case together with the information that his taser was still present at the scene. 

 “This statement is not probative of anything,” Broccoletti said about the piece of evidence where his client admits using deadly force unarmed people before. “It is clearly relevant to the defense’s case, in terms of ‘did he have access to the Taser?’” he added. 

Luckily, Broccoletti's requests together and other claims form Rankins lawyers, like delaying and moving the trial or depriving the jury of their electronic gadgets, were declined by judge Johnny E Morrison. 

Though it is good that there are still judges, who are not ready to let criminal officers go, Rankin still has a chance to escape justice, as his defenders got access to Chapman’s juvenile criminal records. These have no relation to the case as the Black teen has never met his killer before and Rankin could not make any split-second conclusions concerning his intentions. 

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			<title>Will Body Cameras Save Black Lives?</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12120-will-body-cameras-save-black-lives</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:52:38 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Patterson]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Police Brutality</category>
			<description><![CDATA[The the volume of violence hasn't changed - the technology has just made it easier to capture the horrifying moments.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Police violence against African-Americans people has never been that intense before now when we are constantly seeing innocent Black men and women being murdered.

Though maybe before the advancement of mobile technology no one was eager to believe stories from a Black man. White people didn’t want to admit that it was the local sheriff, who engineered the nightly lynching raids of the Ku Klux Klan or provided explosives to destroy Black schools, shops, and churches. When Blacks disappeared immediately after being stopped by police, nobody would think about their brutality. 

Police use of excessive force against citizens is vividly brought to light today with the help of body cameras and mobile phones. Videos taken during incidents show that the officers need no reason for stopping and frisking not to mention beating, arresting, or murdering. Still, it looks like the police have found a way to go scot-free even if there is clear evidence.

Video and audio recordings of police shootings often mysteriously disappear or turn out to be partial,  cops give excuses that they either feared for their lives or made a  split-second decision because the suspect was a threat to them.

Body-cameras won't help - we will only see what happens, and it will continue to get worse if no action is taken. The President and his White cabinet cannot find  solutions to these problems, that is why Black people should start looking for those themselves.

At first, they should stand out together and protect try their lives the way they can as cameras do not protect from killers.

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			<title>When Will Black People Be Truly Free?</title>
			<link>https://blackmattersus.com/12112-when-will-black-people-be-truly-free</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:18:10 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tylissa Hide]]></dc:creator>
			<category>Activism</category>
			<description><![CDATA[Over 400 years ago Black people became slaves and some are still slaves, even with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in force since 1868. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since the day when the Secretary of State William Seward gave a proclamation attesting the ratification of the 14th Amendment, it has always been a struggle for descendants of slaves to be accepted in the society as free men, all because of the indestructible force of White supremacy that exists.

Professor Darren Hutchinson of the University of Florida explains that “White racism has been a culprit”.

“The granting of citizenship was always fragile for blacks,” Hutchinson told News report. He further explained that “the Black Codes gave rise to the amendment, but it could not prevent violence and general white supremacy. Only the federal troops proved effective at doing this. Once Reconstruction ended, the Amendments became aspirational more than anything else for more Black people.”

White supremacists granted slaves citizenship not to let them have equal rights with other citizens, but to use them for their own interest.

Malcolm X said, “If they were citizens, you wouldn’t have a race problem. If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn’t have a race problem. If the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were authentic, you wouldn’t have a race problem.”

So what does it mean to be a citizen as an African-American, if you’re only considered one on paper and under the law when racism and violence are accepted as the order of the day?

There are cases of both civil acts of hatred and ingnorance on behalf of the government and this war will go on while the authorities of the country don't follow its Constitution themselves.

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