#unitedstates

tord_dellsen@diasp.eu

#UnitedStates #fascism #media #propaganda #China #Russia #Venezuela

https://twitter.com/s_m_marandi/status/1783750048460796146

tord_dellsen@diasp.eu

#UnitedStates #philosophy #genocide #protest

https://twitter.com/s_m_marandi/status/1783761945553719337

claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social

It depends on the script, I'm guessing. Even the renowned Bert Williams, Black star of the Zigfield Follies, did blackface but he used it to make social commentary in an era when all a Black had to do was look sideways to get lynched, if that. Williams ever so subtlely "flipped the script".

Some whites used blackface to make Blacks be taken for buffoons but there were some whites who, generally speaking, used blackface and "cultural appropriation" for the purpose of interjecting the material to an otherwise unreceptive white bigoted audience who would have rejected the material out of hand if it were performed authentically by a Black. White folk have a problem with white folk who are bigots and anti-bigot White folk recognize Black arts for the good material that it is, and that dates back to the era of classical music, when blues/jazz themes were included in compositions.

I can see Billy Dee's point but I can also see the point of removing hateful stuff out of our culture; but making that distinction depends on the material on a case-by-case basis. We still do have white bigots among us and we can always depend on them to always get the wrong idea.


Europe Says - 2024-04-09 04:28:12 GMT

https://www.europesays.com/1146741/ Billy Dee Williams says actors should be able to do blackface #Entertainment #UnitedStates
Billy Dee Williams says actors should be able to do blackface

tord_dellsen@diasp.eu

#MartinLutherKing #MLK #history #UnitedStates #war #militarism #capitalism

https://twitter.com/pslnational/status/1775964145730330894

beaubobobonobo@diaspora.psyco.fr

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation |

"Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media managed to go public last week only after it had been kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans provided in part by a Russian-American businessman under scrutiny in a federal insider-trading and money-laundering investigation." | #UnitedStates #US #Russia #law

theaitetos@diaspora.psyco.fr

UK Court Issues Weird Assange Decision, Leaving Him in Limbo Again

This is hardly a big win.
The #UK just keeps trying to kick this can, while #Julian continues to #rot in #prison.

Reuters:

#WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange’s #extradition to the #UnitedStates from #Britain was put on hold on Tuesday after London’s High Court said the United States must provide assurances he would not face the #death #penalty.

U.S. prosecutors are seeking to put #Assange, 52, on trial on 18 counts, all bar one under the #EspionageAct, over WikiLeaks’ release of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables.

After Britain gave the go-ahead for his extradition last year, Assange’s lawyers in February launched a final attempt in the English courts to challenge that decision... continue reading

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