1/ As I read it, the SCOTUS Affirmative Action decision calls for lineage based affirmative action. It corrects the overextension of Negro AA to the diversity grift! Even Justice Thomas notes that the Freedmen were a particular class … not all Blacks and certainly not others!
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As I read it, affirmative actions for Freedmen protected class is reinforced by both the majority decision (6 Justices) AND the dissent (3 Justices). They both acknowledge schools can (and are constitutionally allowed to) focus admissions on Freedmen. pameladeniselong.medium.com/the-u-s-suprem…
DO NOT LET ANY PUNDIT CONVINCE YOU THAT THE SCOTUS HAS ENDED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. They are WRONG. The court has reinvigorated the ORIGINAL INTENT of the post-civil war 14th amendment and Negro AA.
What pundits are misinterpreting is “colorblind” versus “Freedmen” protected class (lineage). Freedmen are a specific group conferred based discrimination & position of servitude NOT based on global race markers nor the diversity grift.
Freedmen orgs must work with schools to have them add a checkbox for Freedmen/descendant of U.S. slaves which are THE PEOPLE for whom the 14th is written.
The lawyers for the defendants tried to have it all by arguing for diversity and it was bad legal strategy.

Their lawyers should have argued for protected class versus the diversity grift…but that would have been unpopular.
Clip 👇🏾 from Thomas’s concurrence where he refers to Justice Sotomayer.

It’s a call for affirmative action based on lineage/protected class. That is what affirmative action should have remained about!

#lineagematters

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Nov 19, 2022
The Writing Is On The Wall: For Merrill v. Milligan, SFFA v Harvard & SFFA v UNC, the SCOTUS, absolutely ***must*** state in the majority opinions that the original intent of the 14th amendment and thus application of the amendment & equal protections clause confers ONLY to…

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…people who descend from slaves/American Freedmen.

That opinion addresses immigration lawsuits & open borders.

Would pump the breaks on the liberal sexualization & identity agenda.

Would stop the diversion of funds that create unequal appropriations for DOS & 🇺🇸 citizens.
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A majority opinion that the original intent of the 14th amendment & thus application of the 14th amendment confers ONLY to descendants of Freedmen would shore up America for generations to come.
It would open opportunity for Freedpeople to ensure legislation serves Americans 1st!
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Nov 17, 2022
At every turn the U.S. government shoehorns other groups in Negro Civil Rights legislation. I’m joined by @CDouglasLove3 to discuss the deep problems caused if chosen “identity” is shoehorned into civil rights legislation. All Democrats voted for the act. twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpJk…
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Oct 5, 2022
🗣 Let’s be clear: Reparations are due to descendants of U.S. slaves AND our constitution & legislation were framed in a way to deliver economic repair & legally protected class status.

twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpJk…
These lawyers must know that the Post-Civil War 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were designed SPECIFICALLY FOR American Freedmen and Free Blacks…the targets of chattel slavery. Isn’t fighting repair of Freedman NOT constitutionally “conservative?”

washingtonpost.com/education/2022…
The Post-Civil War amendments are critical for American Freedmen lineage…we’re still here…the 14th has been applied to too many other issues and interest groups. That lineage theft has to stop!
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Jul 11, 2022
The fiscal case + patriotic case for reparations to descendants of slaves is astounding!

First, let’s be clear that #Reparations to American Freedmen were promised by the federal government & was not fully delivered due to gov’t takeover by Confederates, plus others….

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Since foreigners, 1-3rd generation immigrants, and even multigenerational American citizens have something to say against Reparations to American Freedmen, let’s talk about it…

Black Americans are most…
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likely to be fired for nonsensical reasons and not hired in the first place due to name discrimination and general anti-Black American bias. This includes ALL hiring managers (white, Asian, Black immigrant, etc)…ALL, EXCEPT Black American leaders

A white convict

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Jun 1, 2022
The number of reported mass shootings have increased. Mass killings being when four or more people die.

Though I suspect deaths from & participation in race related mass killings were high between Reconstruction & during the lynching era.
Some interesting clarity on mass killings (including mass shootings) from center for inquiry.

Types of killings In order of frequency of occurrence:
1. Familicide- People (typically middle aged white men) kill their family members and/or SO.
2. Felony Killings — People (typically Black &/or Hispanic young men) kill rivals or witnesses to crimes.
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May 3, 2022
#Reparations are owed & have been withheld. Generally, repair is a multigenerational plan that includes relaunch of national Freedmen’s Bureau AND state level Office of Freedmen Affairs for the purpose of … 1/23
•Directing Implementation
•Monitoring Impacts
•Process & Quality Improvements across levels of gov’t
•Coordinate SMEs

Concerning the exclusive economic set asides for Freedmen (descendants of slaves’) businesses, community investm’t & develop’t funds, reduction of…

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disparities in school impacts, Freedmen experience in health & human services, broad health disparities, reducing Freedmen fetal & maternal deaths, return of stolen lands/property, shrinking carceral devastation, closing the wealth gap, consulting about …
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