Emmett Till memorial sign scarred by bullet holes

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A sign of how divisive the racial environment is in America today...

Emmett Till memorial sign scarred by bullet holes
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/22/us/mississippi-emmett-till-sign-bullets/index.html

The sign marking the site where Emmett Till's body was found is now riddled with bullet holes.

The marker is in rural Tallahatchie County, two hours north of Jackson, Mississippi. CNN affiliate WJTV reported this week that the sign has more than 40 bullet holes in it.

The 14-year-old black teen was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. The memorial marks the site where his body was discovered in the Tallahatchie River.

The sign has been vandalized before, the first time in 2008, but no arrests have been made, according to WJTV.

The affiliate interviewed Kevin Wilson Jr., who was scouting film locations in the area and posted a picture on Facebook.

Wilson said the discovery shocked and saddened him, and "It kind of spoke to the racial climate in this country not just in the area."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/interracial-marriage-deep-south_n_1339827.html


Interracial Marriage: Many Deep South Republican Voters Believe Interracial Marriage Should Be Illegal


Despite the fact that the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. reached an all-time high this year, there are many who still believe that mixed-race marriage is unacceptable and should be made illegal, according to a new report.

On Monday, polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) revealed that 29 percent of likely GOP voters surveyed in Mississippi believe that interracial marriage should be illegal. Fifty-four percent said intermarriage should remain legal, and the rest responded that they weren’t sure. The survey also found that 21 percent of likely GOP voters polled in Alabama believe that interracial marriage should be illegal.

Although the Supreme Court declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional more than four decades ago in 1967, Alabama kept a state-level law on the books until 2000. Many mixed-race couples in the Deep South are still struggling to feel safe and be accepted in their communities.

In November 2011, Stella Harville and her fiance, Ticha Chikuni, a native of Zimbabwe, were banned from a Kentucky church for being an interracial couple. The church also ruled that married interracial couples could be prohibited from becoming members. A month later, the congregation overturned their decision, deeming their earlier ruling “discriminatory.”

And in May 2011, Debra Dodd, a former church secretary from Tennessee, was fired, she claims, after the all-white church where she worked learned she married a black man. The church has denied that her firing was related to her interracial marriage, but Dodd sued the church in December 2011 for racial discrimination. No updates on the lawsuit have been reported.
 
msn.com/sports

MIAMI (AP) A woman performing the national anthem before an NBA preseason game in Miami on Friday night did so while kneeling at midcourt, and opening her jacket to show a shirt with the phrase ''Black Lives Matter.''.....

''I love and honor my country as deeply as anyone yet it is my responsibility as an American to speak up against injustice as it affects my fellow Americans,'' Tysse wrote on Facebook. ''I have sung the anthem before but this time taking a knee felt like the most patriotic thing I could do. I cannot idly stand by as black people are unlawfully profiled, harassed and killed by our law enforcement over and over and without a drop of accountability.''
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How would it go over if a white singer said:
I love and honor black Americans as deeply as anyone, yet it is my responsibility as an American to speak up against the injustice in this country of so much crime in the black community. I cannot stand idly by as blacks riot, loot, play the knockout game, mug, kill, rape other citizens of this country in such outsized proportion. There must be accountability.


Yeah, I wonder how that would go over.
 
fhl said:
How would it go over if a white singer said:
I love and honor black Americans as deeply as anyone, yet it is my responsibility as an American to speak up against the injustice in this country of so much crime in the black community. I cannot stand idly by as blacks riot, loot, play the knockout game, mug, kill, rape other citizens of this country in such outsized proportion. There must be accountability.


Yeah, I wonder how that would go over.
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There is accountability.Blacks caught engaging in those activities are sent to jail.
 
Famous black man idolized by liberals:

“I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.” – Spike Lee

Blacks married to whites make him sick.
 
“Some junior high n*gger kicked Steve’s ass while he was trying to help his brothers out; junior high or sophomore in high school. Whatever it was, Steve had the n*gger down. However it was, it was Steve’s fault. He had the n*gger down, he let him up. The n*gger blindsided him.” – Roger Clinton, Bill’s hillbilly brother on audiotape
 
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