Portland art event lets black people in for free, charges everyone else $80



An event at an art festival in Portland, Oregon, offered race-based admission pricing. According to an ad for the event, "Black folks" could attend for free or with a donation of their choice. All other attendees had to pay $80 a piece.

Black Feast: Black Imagerial, a three-hour event hosted last Sunday by Salimatu Amabebe and sponsored by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, was promoted as "a culinary event celebrating Black artists and writers through food."

"At our table," the event description states, "guests participate in an experience that weaves together food and art, where Salimatu [Amabebe] works with Black artists to create a multi-course, vegan, gluten-free meal based off of the artist’s work."

While guests created their "multi-course vegan, and gluten-free meal," they were also regaled with interpretive dance.

"With eight Black dancers and artists moving with the land, Black Imagerial recognizes Black movement as embodied image-making and visionary practice," the description continues.

In keeping with the "Black" theme of the event, black guests could attend for free. "**This event is free or by donation for Black folks," the ad says, advising those who identify as black to use promo code "blackmovement" to receive their free tickets. It is unclear how a person's black identity was verified or whether those of mixed race were able to attend free of charge.

The ad did provide a means for "Black folks" to make a donation, if they so chose.

Despite the hefty $80 fee charged to non-black attendees, the event sold out, according to the website. The number of participants is unknown, though capacity was supposedly limited to 40 persons.

"This meal is created as a celebration, a dance, and an offering. This meal is created for you," the festival ad insisted.

The Twitter account Libs of TikTok first noted the event and its race-based admission charge disparity last Friday.

\u201cPortland Art Festival is having an event that\u2019s free for black people to attend. All others are charged $80 for a ticket\u201d
— Libs of TikTok (@Libs of TikTok) 1663359383

Black Feast: Black Imagerial was just one event featured at the 20th annual Time-Based Art Festival, which claims to push "against this edge of what it means to make—and who can participate in—contemporary art."

Fox News Digital reached out to the PICA for a comment about the event, but did not receive a response.

Far-left pundit admits she was 'wrong' for assuming Kyle Rittenhouse chased Joseph Rosenbaum before fatally shooting him: 'I want to correct the record'



Ana Kasparian, far-left co-host of progressive news program "The Young Turks," admitted she was "wrong" for assuming Kyle Rittenhouse chased Joseph Rosenbaum before fatally shooting him last year amid rioting and protesting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake.

In reality — and according to videos TheBlaze examined just two days after the incident — it was quite clear that Rosenbaum was the aggressor and was, in fact, chasing Rittenhouse that night.

It isn't so clear why Kasparian assumed the opposite all this time — though even the prosecuting attorney in Rittenhouse's murder trial last week falsely implied the Rittenhouse-chased-Rosenbaum narrative. But hats off to Kasparian for admitting she was wrong.

What are the details?

"Initially I was under the assumption that Rittenhouse was the person who was chasing after Joseph Rosenbaum — that's how it had started," Kasparian said on camera. "But I was wrong about that."

She also said she wanted "to correct the record: I was, in fact. wrong about that. Look, these details matter, because if you're gonna make an argument that you acted in self-defense, there needs to be some proof that there was an imminent threat."

Kasparian added: "Now, what really mattered to me was how all of this unfolded. What was the thing that sparked it? What started all of it? And to show you the evidence to reinforce that I was wrong about that, I wanna go to this video that shows how everything really started."

She interrupted her commentary with the video report breaking down the timeline that night, first showing a very angry Rosenbaum hollering "Shoot me!" at rifle-toting folks in Kenosha there to protect businesses from looting and arson.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Rosenbaum also repeatedly used the N-word in his exclamations, which the video muted.

The clip also shows Rosenbaum chasing Rittenhouse down a street and throwing a bag at Rittenhouse — which the video said contained belongings from his hospital stay for mental health treatment.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

The clip also notes that a third party fired a shot into the air before Rosenbaum catches up to Rittenhouse and lunges at him — which is when Rittenhouse fired at Rosenbaum.

'Those details matter'

"So, those details matter, right?" Kasparian continued after showing the timeline clip. "Who was chasing who matters, the gunshots by some other unidentified person, that matters — especially if you're Rittenhouse, and you're running away, and then you hear shots, and then Rosenbaum lunges toward him."

Ana Kasparian ADMITS SHE DID NOT KNOW Kyle Rittenhouse Was The Person Fleeing In The Kenosha Videoyoutu.be

Anything else?

Rittenhouse was charged with homicide and attempted homicide for fatally shooting Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz and is now on trial. Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty and claimed self-defense.

As for Grosskreutz, he testified Monday that he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse before Rittenhouse fired at him and "vaporized" his bicep. Grosskreutz was carrying a concealed Glock that night but also said his concealed carry permit was expired at the time, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Grosskreutz also told prosecutors earlier Monday he attended the Kenosha protests as a medic and wasn't trying to be an active participant, but the paper said Grosskreutz admitted upon further questioning that he spoke at a rally hosted by the Peoples Revolution — a Milwaukee-based group that has protested against police violence — and made statements such as, "Long live the revolution."

However, Grosskreutz also testified he put his hands in the air after Rittenhouse shot Huber and then saw Rittenhouse "re-rack" his rifle, the paper said, after which he figured Rittenhouse wouldn't "accept [his] surrender" and then moved toward Rittenhouse.

He also testified that he wasn't "intentionally" pointing his gun at Rittenhouse, the Journal Sentinel said.

(H/T: The Daily Wire)

ACLU staffer attacks university for accepting Nick Sandmann, calls teen's admission 'a slap in the face'



An employee of the American Civil Liberties Union has issued a public condemnation of Transylvania University in Kentucky over the school's acceptance of former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann, calling the university's decision "a slap in the face."

Sandmann, 17, is a well-known conservative and supporter of President Donald Trump.

What are the details?

ACLU Kentucky communications staffer Samuel Crankshaw took to Facebook on Saturday to slam Transylvania University — his alma mater — for allowing Sandmann in. His post was first reported by George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley, who testified before Congress against the impeachments of both President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump.

"Does anyone think it's a bit of a stain on Tranyslvania University for accepting Nick Sandman (sic)?" Crankshaw began. "I'm sure it's a 'both sides' defense, but it's pretty counter to their mission and another instance of there not actually being equal sides to an issue."

Professor Turley noted in his own analysis that "the 'both sides' defense used to be the position of the ACLU in fighting for all sides to be given equal opportunities and protections."

The ACLU employee continued, "But this kid clearly is a provocateur in training with no intention of learning. He exists only to troll, intimidate and play victim."

Crankshaw went on to call Sandmann "dangerous" before adding, "Having experienced the incredibly high standards Transy requires for admission and then holds its students to, this seems like a slap in the face. I hope some time in a real classroom changes him, but his twitter and public persona suggest otherwise."

An assistant professor and diversity scholar at Transylvania, Dr. Avery Tompkins, responded to Cranshaw's post, stating, "While I certainly don't support or agree with [Sandmann's] views, and find his public behavior and rhetoric atrocious and uninformed, we can't not admit academically qualified students due to their political and personal views."

Dr. Tompkins promised to keep an eye on Sandmann "just like (she) would for any student" causing problems. She later issued an apology for her "mistake in singling out a student and any misunderstandings that arose from that."

ACLU Kentucky's deputy director told The Daily Mail of her employee's online declaration, "These were personal views expressed on personal time on a personal Facebook account. The views in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the ACLU of Kentucky."

At some point, Crankshaw himself added a disclaimer to his Facebook post, stating, "NOTE: These are my personal views that I am expressing on my personal Facebook page on my personal time. They do not necessarily reflect the views of my current or past employers. I have a First Amendment right to express my views just as Nick Sandmann has a First Amendment right to express his. I will continue to express my views on my personal time."

What's the background?

Nicholas Sandmann was smeared by several mainstream media outlets last year when he was seen on video in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., smiling while face-to-face with a Native American man, Nathan Phillips. Phillips was beating a drum and some outlets suggested the teen was mocking the older man, but further footage showed that Phillips actually confronted the teen.

CNN and The Washington Post both settled defamation lawsuits with Sandmann earlier this year.