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RandySF's JournalLynching Memorial is making some people uncomfortable.
NOTE: IF ONLY WE GET BEYOND IDENTITY POLITICS" AND REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE. ALL THEY NEED ARE JOBS AND EVERYONE WILL JOIN HANDS.Black men were lynched for “standing around”, for “annoying white girls”, for failing to call a policeman “mister”. Those are just a few of the horrific stories on display at a new national memorial to lynching victims in Montgomery, Alabama.
One mile away, another historical monument tells a very different tale about the American south: the First White House of the Confederacy celebrates the life of “renowned American patriot” Jefferson Davis, who served as the president of the Confederate states, while making virtually no mention of the hundreds of black people he and his family enslaved.
“It’s going to cause an uproar and open old wounds,” said Mikki Keenan, a 58-year-old longtime Montgomery resident, who was eating lunch at a southern country-style restaurant a mile from the memorial. Local residents, she said, feel “it’s a waste of money, a waste of space and it’s bringing up bullshit”.The contradictions of Montgomery’s historical narratives were on full display this week as thousands of tourists and progressive activists flocked to the city to mark the opening of the country’s first memorial to lynching victims – while some locals quietly seethed, saying they resented the new museum for dredging up the past and feared it would incite anger and backlash within black communities.
“It keeps putting the emphasis on discrimination and cruelty,” chimed in her friend, who asked not to be named for fear that her child would disapprove of her remarks. The memorial, she added, could spark violence.
The angry and in some cases blatantly racist reactions to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and accompanying Legacy Museum provided a window into some white Americans’ deep resistance to confronting the nation’s brutal history of racial violence, from slavery to mass incarceration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lynching-memorial-leaves-some-quietly-seething-let-sleeping-dogs-lie/ar-AAwsi6f?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
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The Director Short List For 'Black Widow' Has Been Revealed
The much-anticipated Black Widow standalone film seems to be well underway with a writer to pen the script and a possible prequel setting. Last night, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Marvel has begun meeting a handful of directors to possibly helm the film. According to them:
Marvel Studios has been looking for a director to break its glass ceiling with Black Widow and has been meeting with filmmakers such as Deniz Gamze Erguven (the Turkish movie Mustang), Chloe Zhao (The Rider) and Amma Asante (A United Kingdom), among several others. That search is still ongoing, according to sources.
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige recently stated that 90% their time nowadays is spent on completing the remaining Phase 3 projects at hand with the remaining 10% spent looking to the future of the MCU. If the search for Black Widow directors constitutes a tiny part of that 10%, we can’t imagine how fast this production will be once they start focusing on post-Avengers 4 films. I’m not too familiar with the names attached to the project as I haven’t seen these films but if Marvel is heavily interested in what they can offer to the Black Widow standalone, then I’m onboard for them too.
https://mcuexchange.com/black-widow-director-shortlist/
GOP Lawmakers Took Part In Straw Donor Scheme
Three Indiana members of Congress gave and received money from Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci in what experts said may have been an improper straw donor scheme — including two Indiana congressmen running for the U.S. Senate.
The Senate candidates, Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer, denied any wrongdoing. Rep. Jackie Walorski's campaign did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails seeking comment.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Messer and Walorski received contributions from Renacci's congressional campaign between April and June last year. Although he was not named in that story, Rokita also received campaign contributions from Renacci.
Within two months of receiving a donation, all three then contributed money to Renacci's gubernatorial campaign. In Messer's case, the contribution occurred just one day after his campaign received a donation from Renacci.
Under Ohio's campaign finance laws, Renacci was prohibited from transferring more than $12,707 from his federal campaign to his gubernatorial account once he announced he was dropping out of the congressional race to run for governor in March 2017.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/27/rokita-messer-deny-wrongdoing-possible-straw-donor-scheme/551177002/
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