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I am looking for the right word or phrase. It would be for the better way to express an absurdity, a trifleness centered around President Trump and his inability to care or to have acquired integrity. It was apparent to all, but the millions of white folks who need to believe in the supremacy of their lowest common denominator: poor white trash. In this equation is the assumption among those opposed to him feeling the need to dispute everything Trump does with over emphasis on how much better their view is to his. I share this belief because it is clear where the spirit of said Trump is too painfully a part of American history; thus predictable.
But, in respect to this controversy about the man not calling dead soldier's families, there is no respect in the man for others. Trump, let's say, understands one thing about the military Americans like to not believe: soldiers are cannon fodder. Not having an internal structure of character, of a man in the deep sense of the word; it is inconceivable to expect the man to demonstrate care. It is not part of his make up. Anything gained by someone making his behavior better is inconclusive evidence that the integrity and manners we teach our children was not part of his mentality.
Wishful thinking is not policy. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories [Oct. 22, 2017]
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On this day October 22, 1906, 'Three thousand African Americans demonstrate and nearly riot in front of the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to protest a theatrical presentation of Thomas Dixon's The Clansman, a novel that glorified the Ku Klux Klan.
While attending a performance of the play earlier that day, African Americans seated in the segregated balcony had hurled eggs at the actors on the stage. By nighttime, protesters were out shouting against the play. Local clergy members took the lead in the protest, claiming that The Clansman depicted people of African descent as "beast[s] of the jungle" and the play encouraged whites to lynch African Americans.
While attending a performance of the play earlier that day, African Americans seated in the segregated balcony had hurled eggs at the actors on the stage. By nighttime, protesters were out shouting against the play. Local clergy members took the lead in the protest, claiming that The Clansman depicted people of African descent as "beast[s] of the jungle" and the play encouraged whites to lynch African Americans.
After the clergy demanded a meeting with Mayor John Weaver, they were able to have the remaining scheduled performances of the play cancelled -at least until the following year.
The Clansman book later became the basis for D. W. Griffith's racist film, Birth of a Nation.'
- Karen Juanita Carrillo / pp 306-307 African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events
The Clansman book later became the basis for D. W. Griffith's racist film, Birth of a Nation.'
- Karen Juanita Carrillo / pp 306-307 African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events
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