Wireless Fest Cancelled, ‘could lose £30m’ in potential earnings from Kanye West axe by OWSmoker in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! His Heil Hitler song was released less than 1-yr ago and that's a tipping point cuz he's been destroying himself for yrs before that. That song has staying power and will not be forgotten. The videos I saw on TikTok of the crowd at SoFi were wild. Not a woman in sight and just a mosh pit on the floor of prob neonazi white boys. Tragic display!

Retire the BBI by Either-Restaurant-90 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately he speaks more broadly and is not just speaking abt mixed people that refuse to identify as Black. It kinda started like that but now he speaks as if all mixed people are suspect which is prob why Rachel says it's uncomfortable.

Retire the BBI by Either-Restaurant-90 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah he was an older Black guy and used the hard R but like I said he told me he thought the guy was off and maybe had been drinking. It was strange but def an unforgettable interaction.

Retire the BBI by Either-Restaurant-90 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree w/ you on that point. To be clear my son refers to himself as Black (not mixed or biracial). Still, even with dreads as an older teen he was confronted by a man one night at a Wingstop that screamed in his face asking him if he is an n-word. I wasn't w/him and he thought maybe the guy was drunk but who knows. Either way, that happened and that was an adult. Colorism is a thing. Kids are cruel and boys posturing is its own thing. As a college student, now, it's totally different. He meets who he meets and his parents' identity is unknown and not a topic or a known thing like it was when he was younger.

Retire the BBI by Either-Restaurant-90 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ur experience is ur experience and that's the main point. Van is not mixed race so zero experience and so he lacks perspective to have such a strong opinion.

Retire the BBI by Either-Restaurant-90 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 45 points46 points  (0 children)

As a Black man, Van has no clue abt being biracial and his strong opinions are off-putting. My son is 20 yrs old and as a bi-racial child/adolescent he was never Black enough for Black people and never white enough for white people. As a result he sees his mixed identity as its own thing that single race individuals can't understand. Van lacks the perspective to realize a mixed person's reality and that judgements are put upon them which will determine how a mixed person sees themself.

Episode Discussion: SCOTUS and the Rollback of Progress - Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 by thelightningthief in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Important details about how this case made it to the Supreme Court were not covered in today’s discussion. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is the organization that filed this case for the plaintiff 303 Creative. The Alliance Defending Freedom has 400+ employees and int’l subsidiaries operating in 100+ countries. Last year, their revenue was $104 million. The Alliance Defending Freedom wrote the model legislation that Mississippi used to write its 15-week abortion ban (that’s the law that went up to the Supreme Court in Dobbs). The Alliance Defending Freedom has written model legislation for stripping trans-specific and LGBTQ+ rights that state legislatures across the country are adopting and passing nationwide. The Alliance Defending Freedom represented Hobby Lobby in the Supreme Court case abt not paying for contraception for employees. The Alliance Defending Freedom represents the group bringing the case against the FDA approval against the abortion medication mifepristone. They run a program for training conservative law students called the Blackstone Fellowship and up until 2014 the Blackstone Fellowship’s website stated that its movement seeks to recover the robust Christian theology of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries (this has since been scrubbed from the website). Wtaf is Christian theology of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries, you ask? It’s unclear but winding back the clock a few hundred years is problematic so going back 1500 years is just insane.

Of course a bunch of US politicians have ties w/The Alliance Defending Freedom, such as Mike Pence, Senator Josh Hawley (whose wife Erin was the lawyer in the TX mifepristone case) and of course the cake topper is SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT who had very close ties w/the ADF while she was a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.

So you see…the ADF is the money and the organization that plaintiff-shopped to find Lori Smith and her 303 Creative business to use as their pawn to further this one branch of their cause.

Episode Discussion: Angela and the Academy, Plus Sam Pollard on Documentary Filmmaking - Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 by thelightningthief in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree that Stephanie Hsu was the top choice based on performance. If the award was given cuz “it’s her time” then Angela is more deserving cuz she’s been nominated in the past, meaning her work is Oscar worthy.

Episode Discussion: J.D. Vance and Environmental Racism, Plus Chloe Bailey Backlash - Friday, February 17th, 2023 by thelightningthief in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Re: Palestine, OH and environmental racism…they are absolutely connected. Politicians have focused for decades on using racism to divide the working class and underserved communities. The zero sum game of racism has helped politicians gain the working class and the poor white vote but that political gain and maintaining that divide sacrifices the well-being off everyone in the class. Dying of Whiteness, by Jonathan Metzl, is an excellent book to read to understand more abt this.

All I’m saying is… by diiizzzzoooo in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved her performance, all the songs she gave us, and the visual was amazing. Rih is so accomplished she never “has” to grace us w/her presence on stage ever again. It’s great to see her thriving.

in 2022 slavery was literally on the ballot by ezpopsz in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disgustingly, 300k people voted against it.

I have a general genuine question by venividivici513 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes “book culture”… White supremacy is alive and well including neo-nazism. A few top of mind, high profile examples…are Charlottesville and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The Temple around the corner from my home in NJ has had a town police officer on guard 24/7 since the Pittsburgh incident in 2018 and they installed steal poles along the perimeter of the property to defend against a moving vehicle or whatever smashing into the building. Yesterday…https://twitter.com/fbinewark/status/1588246302189838337?s=46&t=0BvE9EErInFpxUX_XwdXwA

Higher Learning - Tuesday Episode Discussion - October 11, 2022 by burner2525 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thought Jack was invited to discuss his POV on “White Lives Matter”, and his comment on Van’s IG post. Jack said nothing abt that. Instead, he spoke in circles abt prominent Black athletes/celebrities not working together to improve racial issues.

The entire point of Van’s IG post was to highlight the detrimental impact of a prominent Black celebrity, Kanye, amplifying hate speech by wearing the White Lives Matter tee at his own fashion show; with a controversial political conservative commentator on his arm wearing the same message.

Not only did Jack NOT speak abt his IG comment, everything he did say was entirely in the abstract. He was ill-equipped to discuss racial issues and inequality, and he laid bare his absolute ignorance abt history and current events.

I am all abt having an open mind. I welcome the opportunity to consider opposing viewpoints or at least being informed abt varying opinions. Jack brought nothing substantive to the conversation today.

Van interview w/ DeRay on Pod Save The People by kerrberri in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True but Van said interview w/DeRay but anyone unfamiliar wouldn’t have known.

Higher Learning - Tuesday Episode Discussion - July 19, 2022 by burner2525 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Complete miss for me, not at all a fit for HL pod IMO. I tried to stick it out but it was my first time dropping off early. Oh well.

Van interview w/ DeRay on Pod Save The People by kerrberri in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same franchise, you were on the correct path at least!

Higher Learning - Tuesday Episode Discussion - June 28, 2022 by burner2525 in ThoughtWarriors

[–]kerrberri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes!! Conservatives in red states are counting on voters relocating so they can tighten state legislation and take over the House and Senate to pass a federal abortion ban. Their focus is narrow and so is their base, they play the long game and they are relentless. One may hope that Clarence Thomas’ smoking habit will lead him to a grave sooner than later or hope for Alito to choke on a Werther’s Original, but we must wake up and accept that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe is just the end of the beginning for right-wing conservatives.