If Barring White People From Getting The Monkeypox Shot Isn’t Racism, What Is It?
Why are so-called progressives determined to enact policies that pit lower class groups against one another?Why are so-called progressives determined to enact policies that pit lower class groups against one another?Every NFL team now required to hire one minority offensive assistant coach; hire can be 'a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority'
Every NFL team is now required to hire one minority offensive assistant coach — the hire can be "a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority" — for the 2022 season, ESPN reported.
What are the details?
NFL owners made the move Monday during their annual Florida meeting and it's part of the league's diversity efforts, the sports network said.
Each coach will receive a one-year contract and “work closely with the head coach and offensive staff to gain experience," Sports Illustrated said, citing a statement obtained by United Press International. Teams will be reimbursed for the minority coaching hires through a league-wide fund that will contribute toward salaries for up to two years, the magazine added.
The long-term goal is increasing minorities among the pool of offensive coaches, as they end up being the most sought-after head coaching candidates, ESPN said, adding that current offensive assistant coaches will count for their teams toward the program.
"It's a recognition that at the moment, when you look at stepping stones for a head coach, they are the coordinator positions," Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II — who's chairman of the NFL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee — told the sports network. "We clearly have a trend where coaches are coming from the offensive side of the ball in recent years, and we clearly do not have as many minorities in the offensive coordinator [job]."
ESPN, citing league data, said a record 15 minorities are among the NFL's defensive coordinators for 2022, and minority coaches now represent 39% of the league total, an increase from 35% in 2021. In addition, the sports network said there are a record 12 women on coaching staffs.
But there are only five minority head coaches in the league, ESPN said.
Anything else?
Women will be added to the requirements of the Rooney Rule, the sports network said. The Rule — established in 2003 and named after Art Rooney II's father — has mandated interviewing minorities for top coaching positions. The Rule now stipulates that at least two women and/or persons of color will be interviewed to fill vacant coaching spots.
"The truth of the matter is that, as of today at least, there aren't many women in the pool in terms of head coach," Rooney told ESPN. "We hope that is going to change over the years, but for that reason we didn't see it as inhibiting the number of interviews for racial minorities at this point in time. Obviously, we can address that as time goes on, but for now we didn't see that as an issue. Really, we are looking at probably the early stages of women entering the coaching ranks, so we may be a little ways away before that becomes a problem."
Whoopi Goldberg declares 'white people' are the ones who need to 'step up' and make skin color a non-issue in America
Whoopi Goldberg told a guest co-host on Tuesday's edition of "The View" that it's the responsibility of "white people" to "step up" and make skin color a non-issue in America.
What are the details?
Guest co-host Michele Tafoya — an NBC Sports reporter — made the mistake of wondering out loud in front of the show's left-wing co-hosts why young children are being taught in the classroom that skin color matters so much all of a sudden.
Tafoya said when her son was younger, he was friends with a black boy and a Korean boy for years — but once they got older, their friendships fizzled because the black boy and Korean boy were introduced to their "affinity groups" with other students of the same race.
"Why are we even teaching that the color of the skin matters?" Tafoya asked the panel before echoing the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "'Cause to me, what matters is your character and your values."
Goldberg quickly fired back at the newbie.
'We need white people to step up and do that!'
"Yes, but you know, you live in the United States," Goldberg told Tafoya. "You know that color of skin has been mattering to people for years."
"Can't we change it so it doesn't?" Tafoya shot back, her voiced raised a bit.
"Well, we need white people to step up and do that!" Goldberg replied.
Tafoya offered that white people have been doing that very thing "since the Civil War," although not perfectly.
It didn't matter to Goldberg, who officially got riled up: "No, no, no, no, they haven't! ... Listen, when you have a country — or let's talk about a state — where somebody can be hung from a tree, and it's OK?"
"That's not, OK," Tafoya said.
"Well, it was OK. It was OK in the South. People did it all the time. People would run you down. And not that long ago," Goldberg said.
'There are still lynchings going on today'
Co-host Sunny Hostin interjected that "there are still lynchings going on today."
Her words weren't explained in the moment, but it may be that Hostin equates the controversial killings of the likes of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Brionna Taylor to lynchings in the sense that — as a CNN feature on the subject pointed out — those deaths can carry the same emotional weight for the black community today.
A June 2020 essay for the Institute for Policy Studies — "I Remember the Lynchings of the 1960s. They're Still Happening." — says as much.
Anything else?
Goldberg added that disgust about racism is crucial in order to "get to the place that everybody thought we were with race and all the conversations. But America has had her reckoning. It continues to happen because unless we can say, 'This is what the country was like. This is what we don't want to be any more,' we have to teach the little ones to respect people because you'll be around people, you'll see people, you'll hear people say things that won't make sense to you. This is what happens in the country because we're not past that."
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Michael Moore rips Texas for dropping mask mandate, suggests withholding vaccine from residents — well, except for 'the poor and people of color'
Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore took the state of Texas to the woodshed after its announcement earlier this week that it will be dropping its COVID-19 mask mandate and allowing businesses to fully open.
What did Moore do?
Texas - we hear you. You didn’t want to be part of our electrical grid. And now you’ve removed your mask mandate &… https://t.co/I6d44MdFmf— Michael Moore (@Michael Moore) 1614793155.0
"Texas — we hear you," Moore tweeted Wednesday. "You didn't want to be part of our electrical grid. And now you've removed your mask mandate & are allowing large crowds to gather. We hear you! COVID is a hoax! So u don't need our precious vaccine. We'll send it to ppl who are saving lives by wearing masks."
But he was far from done. In a follow-up tweet Moore revised his initial statement, acknowledging that "yes, we must and will find a way to vaccinate the poor and people of color in Texas."
2. Yes, we must and will find a way to vaccinate the poor and people of color in Texas. To Texans who say, hey, it'… https://t.co/HCGStQxw3q— Michael Moore (@Michael Moore) 1614795855.0
"To Texans who say, hey, it's not me — it's the Governor! Well, then, impeach and remove him," he added. "We're tired of this. Don't mess with Texas? Happy to oblige."
Moore finished with two more Twitter posts on the topic:
3. Btw - Houston is the first city in the country to record the presence of ALL the new variants of the coronavirus… https://t.co/xGOUcbz6vR— Michael Moore (@Michael Moore) 1614795966.0
4. Texas is no longer majority white. The 57% majority is Latinx and Black and Asian and Native American. So let’s… https://t.co/Z0VTDWnen8— Michael Moore (@Michael Moore) 1614796384.0
Moore's proposal came a day after fellow left-winger Keith Olbermann offered virtually the same suggestion for Texas — though Olbermann didn't include qualifiers related to skin color or economic status.
Pushback
And just as commenters blasted Olbermann, they ripped Moore for his take, too: "Gee, thanks!" one Twitter user replied. "I'm one of the (admittedly few) Texans who has barely left my house for a year. I wear masks. I distance. I wash & sanitize. I'm TERRIFIED right now & likely won't be allowed to get a vaccine before MAY! Thanks for saying my life doesn't matter to you."
Some were particularly annoyed that Moore said the poor and people of color should be vaccinated while leaving out other demographics:
- "So you don't want to vaccinate middle-class non-minorities even if they have been following the protocols and trying to keep people they interact with safe?" another commenter asked. "Maybe it's time for a Twitter vacation? I'm normally a fan of yours, but this is one bad take after another."
- "How about white people? Can they have access to the vaccine?" another user wondered.
- "You can't protect the poor and POC of Texas — and I say this as both — without protecting everyone else too," another commenter declared.
- "Lol so now you want to do eugenics based on how people voted? Just admit you f***ed up," another user said. "Also everyone needs to be vaccinated for it to matter."
- "Yuck he clumsily throws in something about poor & POC to make it look like he's not inhumane," another commenter observed. "Fed gov should fulfill its responsibility to protect lives & health of ALL, regardless of skin color, income — or even political party. And any decent human being would want them to."
CAREN Act — which bans false, racially biased 911 calls — unanimously approved by San Francisco supervisors
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has approved the ban of false, racially biased calls to 911, KPIX-TV reported.
The CAREN Act — Caution Against Racial and Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act — was unanimously passed Tuesday by all 11 supervisors, the station said.
The term "Karen" has become mockingly synonymous with women — usually white women — who confront others without provocation over small issues and sometimes call 911 so police can step in and stop it. Sometimes a "Karen" adds race to the mix when contacting authorities.
"We want to make sure people don't continue to weaponize emergency calls to law enforcement," Supervisor Shamann Walton, who authored the measure, told KPIX. Walton began pushing the legislation in July.
What are the details?
Under the CAREN Act, calls to 911 that discriminate over someone's race, ethnicity, national origin, place of birth, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion is banned — and targets of such calls will be allowed to sue the caller, the station said.
"Communities of color have the right to go about daily activities without being threatened by someone calling 911 on them due to someone's racism," Walton added, according to KPIX. "Rather than calling the police or law enforcement on your neighbor or someone who you think doesn't look like they should be your neighbor, try talking to them and getting to know them. Let's build relationships in our communities."
The station spoke to early voters who supported the measure.
Nicole Didondiff told KPIX the CAREN is needed to combat 911 callers who "are using their white privilege to create trouble for someone else that isn't based in reality."
Jason Powers told the station that "people with privilege like myself use that to our advantage sometimes and a lot of that uncertainty that comes from not knowing people of color allows us the space to make those accusations safely — and it's gonna take a hard check to get some of that righted. So I think it's an interesting and potentially game changing measure."
The board will vote on the CAREN Act again at next Tuesday's meeting before it heads to Mayor London Breed's desk, KPIX reported.
University of Michigan-Dearborn apologizes for segregating cafe event by race after public outcry
The The University of Michigan-Dearborn apologized for organizing a virtual cafe event for students that was segregated by race after public outcry and ridicule.
The two cafes were divided for students that were "non-people of color" and those that were "Black, indigenous and people of color."
The zoom videoconference was organized by the university's Center for Social Justice & Inclusion for September 8.
A screenshot from the event explained the purpose of the segregated virtual spaces:
The NON-POC (People of Color) Cafe is a space for students that do not identify as persons of color to gather and discuss their experience as students on campus and as non-POC in the world.
A separate virtual event was planned for BIPOC, students who are Black, Indigenous or people of color from marginalized communities, in order to discuss their experiences under their racial and ethnic identities.
Screenshots from the event were circulated on social media and became the object of much ridicule.
From U of M - Dearborn. The Non-POC Cafe or the “White Cafe.” Anyway, I wonder what the menu looks like for the Non… https://t.co/Ua0rNBjJC7— Abed A. Ayoub (@Abed A. Ayoub)1599628310.0
The celebrity gossip site TMZ said the event "appeared to hearken back to the days of 'Whites Only' signs in America."
The university apologized in a statement on Wednesday after facing ridicule on social media.
"UM-Dearborn sincerely regrets the terms used to describe the 'cafe' events held on Sept. 8. The terms used to describe these virtual events and the descriptions themselves were not clear and not reflective of the university's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion," the statement read.
"The original intent was to provide students from marginalized communities a space that allowed for them to exist freely without having to normalize their lives and experiences, while also providing students that do not identify as persons of color the opportunity to deepen their understanding of race and racism without harming or relying on students of color to educate them," the statement explained.
"The events were never intended to be exclusive or exclusionary for individuals of a certain race," the statement concluded. "Both events were open to all members of the UM-Dearborn campus community."
Here's another story about college campus segregation:
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