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#TeamBlackness takes the show on the road broadcasting from Birmingham, Alabama talking about the AFL-CIO delegation speaking against HB56, Occupy Wall Streets eviction, lying to children and more.
When it comes to HB56 a lot of people have asked “So what?” Why should people care about what happens to some “illegals.” They’re only hurting the state of Alabama so why should we care-I mean forgetting the actual humans that are being targeted and treated horrendously–why should folks care?
But the economic effects of the law have begun to pile up as many immigrants have left the state, fearing deportation – and have taken their purchasing power with them. Prof. Samuel Addy at the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama recently predicted that HB 56 will reduce the Alabama economy by $40 million* as income and spending by both illegal and legal Hispanic immigrants will decline. (source)
- Scott Douglas
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Sometimes people need stories to be brought to their door steps. Watching something like HB56 unfold in Alabama feels like a bad TV show. But imagine if this came your state? Bills have been drafted in multiple states trying to pass the same type of law as what we’re seeing in Alabama. This isn’t something that you can just ignore or say “We’ll I’m just not going to Alabama.” It has to be fought and stopped.
Think about it. If one state had a highly contagious situation like perhaps a Zombie infestition would you think “Eh, I just won’t go there. I’ll just stay here and chill out.”
Visiting Alabama was something I already had in my mind. In fact, I have this whole elaborate plan on how I will teach my children about the history of being Black in America with trips across the country to cities that are historically linked to our experience. Birmingham, AL is one of them.
I don’t believe I can effectively convey the impact of the civil rights experience without bringing them to the place where Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth organized, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, where four little girls lost their lives with an act of domestic terrorism or the amazing leadership of women like Diane Nash and Lola Hendricks was displayed.
We over here on the Democratic Plantation may be brainwashed–but we understand what the hell happened in Libya. Herman Cain choked so hard I tried to give my computer screen the Heimlich maneuver. If he would just admit he’s selling books then people would stop asking him these stupid questions on how to be PRESIDENT.
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#TeamBlackness talks about our review of #BlackInAmerica, Bachmann is still crazy, Black women know their HOT, who still believes in torture? and #TeamBlackness heads to Alabama. All this and more with Team Blackness on Blacking It Up!
“It’s a bad law. The idea that we have children afraid to go to school, because they feel afraid that their immigration status will lead to being detained…It’s wrong…. This makes the law, not just anti-immigrant, but I believe it doesn’t match our essential values as a country.”
- President Obama, America’s Voice Online
So if you haven’t heard–Alabama has enacted the toughest immigration law in the country. Tougher than Arizona’s SB 70. It’s known has HB 56.
Folks living in Alabama who might be a tad beige (i.e reasonably suspicious of being undocumented) now can be questioned at any traffic or police stop. If you want power and/or water you need to show your papers. The state has seen a drop in workers (because apparently documented workers won’t work for the wages offered) and a drop in school attendees out of fear of being deported.
If you still have a job while undocumented and you dare try to organize for better wages you can be reported and arrested. Everyone from local activist to the President of the United states have condemned this new law and even more are coming on to the fight to have humans treated as if they were IN FACT humans.
In a show of solidarity the AFL-CIO is sending down a delegation of top Black labor leaders to speak out against this decidedly un-American law.
This Week in Blackness will be covering the delegations visit.
The hosts of Blacking It up will be flying down on Tuesday, November 15th and blogging the delegations events and and speak with them on this very important issue. There will be a live broadcast of the show and running commentary on Twitter and Google plus.
Please follow this story here at #TWIB at http://crisisAL.TWiB.me
So, i’m listening to Blacking It Up Ep.#169 and i’m struck by something that i’m hearing during the sex talk segment that typifies something i’ve observed in the black community in general. There seems to be, no matter how progressive the black community might be politically, a strange kind of un-comfortableness and even a conservatism when it comes to sex, sexuality and gender. I’m aware that there are a lot of factors that contribute to this. The way that religion has permeated our (black) culture at large, as well as the notions of masculinity and femininity, that border on a kind of hyper gender binary (which may be a result of the religious permeation), appears to me to have caused a very skewed viewpoint on sex/sexuality/gender in general and how to speak about sex in particular, to children and even among adults. It seems to still fall into the category of the unspoken truths that somehow everyone magically knows. Or if spoken of at all, it’s the “dirty evil nasty thing that two people do when they love each other.”
I swear I’m not looking for this stuff.
In a new interview with GQ magazine the 999 man himself, on top of continuing his “brainwash” talk, Blacks hate him cause he’s conservative, blah blah blah–he explained how he felt about pizza and its relation to a man’s manliness.
Chris Heath: What can you tell about a man by the type of pizza that he likes?
Herman Cain: [repeats the question aloud, then pauses for a long moment] The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is.
Chris Heath: Why is that?
Herman Cain: Because the more manly man is not afraid of abundance. [laughs]
Devin Gordon: Is that purely a meat question?
Herman Cain: A manly man don’t want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza.
I almost forgot Michelle Bachmann was running for President since she hadn’t actively stroked out during a debate or (allegedly) felt up any women. But lo and behold she didn’t want to be forgotten. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT SHE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND THAT SHE WANTS US TO BE LESS SOCIALIST JUST LIKE THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA!
Wait…
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#TeamBlackness talks about Rick Perry stroking out, Tyson does Cain, R Kelly’s picture book and Will Ferrell & Kanye West team up. All this and more with Team Blackness on Blacking It Up!
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