Continued……His film draws on these stories to satirise the warped logic of a security system that rewards creating threats. It also is a poignant reminder that a leopard doesn't change its spots. The tactic of infiltrating close circles with ‘problematic’ characters allowed the FBI in 1969 to murder Fred Hampton, the 21-year-old chair of the Black Panther Party’s Illinois chapter.
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-day-shall-come-chris-morris-interview-2019/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-oneal y
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https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-oneal y
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FBI Screw-Ups and Drugs: Chris Morris Tells Us About His New Film
'The Day Shall Come' director and cast explain why the movie satirising the intelligence agency is a rare example of punching up in comedy.
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TRUMP - LIVING PROOF U.S. NOT BUILT FOR BLACK FOLKS
One of the first things Donald Trump did when he returned to the White House was scrap federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes. He instructed department heads to close all DEI offices, laying off DEI employees.
Since then, his administration’s threatened US educational institutions with funding cuts if they fail to terminate DEI programmes. Some, like Columbia, have given in to the bullying. Others, like Harvard, reject Trump's ultimatum. The institution is suing the Trump administration, branding its actions ‘unlawful.’
One of the first things Donald Trump did when he returned to the White House was scrap federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes. He instructed department heads to close all DEI offices, laying off DEI employees.
Since then, his administration’s threatened US educational institutions with funding cuts if they fail to terminate DEI programmes. Some, like Columbia, have given in to the bullying. Others, like Harvard, reject Trump's ultimatum. The institution is suing the Trump administration, branding its actions ‘unlawful.’
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Continued………. DEI measures were rolled out to remove barriers to employment, education, housing and healthcare. Numerous studies conducted over decades have found that minority groups face systemic challenges rooted in race. For example, a 2002 study by Devah Pager found that Black people in the US with no criminal records had the same (or worse) chance of securing employment as White job-seekers with criminal records.
Further, the prison-industrial complex (prison for profits) disproportionately targets Black communities. Black people make up about 13% of the US population, but nearly 40% of the country’s prison population.
In this clip, TitToker @blackfactsmatter says that Trump’s approach only confirms the true racist nature of America. You see, the racist nature of the US had been partially concealed by previous administrations, which were simply better at hiding what the country really was. But now, thanks to Trump, the pretence is gone. The fact is that the US is a nation founded on White supremacy.
Video credit: @blackfactsmatter (on TikTok)
Sources
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/
https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/trump-takes-significant-steps-towards-dismantling-dei-programs-in-first-100-days-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs-federal-government
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/01/trump-administration-lay-all-federal-employees-dei-offices/402403/
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-research-funding-cuts-antisemitism-palestine-israel-6f5f6a66306ec2467fc346b993e87a50
https://www.saul.com/insights/alert/harvard-university-sues-trump-administration-over-federal-funding-freeze
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/15/us/universities-responses-investigations-funding-freeze/index.html
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/mark-criminal-record
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2008/01/31/understanding-americas-racial-divide-drives-pagers-work
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/racial_and_ethnic_disparities
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-removes-dei-from-the-foreign-service/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/23/what-do-trumps-executive-orders-on-workplace-diversity-programmes-say
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/04/11/ibm-reportedly-walks-back-diversity-policies-citing-inherent-tensions-here-are-all-the-companies-rolling-back-dei-programs/
Further, the prison-industrial complex (prison for profits) disproportionately targets Black communities. Black people make up about 13% of the US population, but nearly 40% of the country’s prison population.
In this clip, TitToker @blackfactsmatter says that Trump’s approach only confirms the true racist nature of America. You see, the racist nature of the US had been partially concealed by previous administrations, which were simply better at hiding what the country really was. But now, thanks to Trump, the pretence is gone. The fact is that the US is a nation founded on White supremacy.
Video credit: @blackfactsmatter (on TikTok)
Sources
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/
https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/trump-takes-significant-steps-towards-dismantling-dei-programs-in-first-100-days-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs-federal-government
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/01/trump-administration-lay-all-federal-employees-dei-offices/402403/
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-research-funding-cuts-antisemitism-palestine-israel-6f5f6a66306ec2467fc346b993e87a50
https://www.saul.com/insights/alert/harvard-university-sues-trump-administration-over-federal-funding-freeze
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/15/us/universities-responses-investigations-funding-freeze/index.html
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/mark-criminal-record
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2008/01/31/understanding-americas-racial-divide-drives-pagers-work
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/racial_and_ethnic_disparities
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-removes-dei-from-the-foreign-service/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/23/what-do-trumps-executive-orders-on-workplace-diversity-programmes-say
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/04/11/ibm-reportedly-walks-back-diversity-policies-citing-inherent-tensions-here-are-all-the-companies-rolling-back-dei-programs/
The White House
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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GOOD NEWS SUNDAY!
Our end-of-week dose of uplifting news from Africa looks at how banana waste is being turned into great-looking hair extensions and how solar power is helping people charge their hearing aids in remote, off-grid regions. These homegrown breakthroughs are acts of continental self-determination. Tell us what African stories brightened your day in the comments.
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Our end-of-week dose of uplifting news from Africa looks at how banana waste is being turned into great-looking hair extensions and how solar power is helping people charge their hearing aids in remote, off-grid regions. These homegrown breakthroughs are acts of continental self-determination. Tell us what African stories brightened your day in the comments.
Hear Us Roar: https://news.1rj.ru/str/AfricanStream
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The Catholic Church was no passive bystander in the European (or so-called ‘transatlantic’) slave trade. In fact, it laid down the (divine) law that paved the way for conquest. Moreover, it took a cut on every African captive and ran slave plantations across the Americas. In more recent times, there have been a few muted apologies - but nothing substantial in terms of reparations. Our Facts of the Week reveal Rome’s hidden hand, tracing how doctrines of conquest became doctrines of exploitation.
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