The bust stood unmolested in the 98% black Chicago neighborhood of Englewood for 99 years. Since Charlottesville, it has been set on fire at least twice. A neighbor has applied to the city to have it moved to a public library and restored, or else it will be completely destroyed.
The arson attacks must be because Lincoln was a slaveowner—oops! The arson attacks were for the same reason as the vandalism of Confederate statues, and demands that all Confederate statuary be removed, and/or destroyed, all streets and places named after Confederate heroes be re-named, and all statuary, place names, and documents (the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, our nation’s capitol, etc.) commemorating slaveowners be variously renamed, removed, and destroyed: Abe Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, was hideously white!
It's 12:17am and instead of visually ingesting the crapfilled pastries known as Colbert,Fallon and Kimmel,I decided to dial in the NFL Network to watch the Bears/Cardinals game from Saturday.To my surprise, a commercial from BET came on--promoting a show called,"Black Girls Rock"(Tuesday 8pm).The theme of the show follows:
ReplyDeleteBlack woman pushing their black attributes,style and most interestingly,"BLACK LOVE."(while showing a black couple in romantic embrace).
This show is obviously about convincing black men to only hook up with black women--a revolutionary attempt to close Pandora's Box or shut the barn door after the horses have left 10 years ago..
I'm fascinated at the ramifications.First,if a white group came on television--recommending only white on white relationships--the outcry would be 500 decibels or higher.But here,on BET,a show is being broadcast to try to influence black men NOT to race mix.
Black women are getting desperate,but resorting to a show like this has no chance of succeeding.I'm willing to bet any black thugs watching it,will be doing it with their drug addicted white whores by their side.
Is the philosophy of the show racist?No,it's smart--keep to yourselves,blacks AND whites.
--GR Anonymous
I read about this elsewhere. A local black resident was interviewed. The guy was perplexed and said something like,"I don't understand; Lincoln helped us." He sounded like a reasonable guy.
ReplyDeleteStill, Lincoln WAS white. And his statue shouldn't have gone looking for trouble all by itself in a strange neighborhood.
Most of those 98 % colored in Englewood wouldn't even have a clue who Lincoln is or what he did. Mindless vandals without a purpose and never will have any.
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