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Andrew,

It's not "rhetoric" to state historical FACTS. There was NEVER any orchestrated action to commit genocide and slavery of Irish people, Spanish people, Portuguese people, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Iranians, Polish people, Norwegians or Swedes. You "spew" rhetoric denying a clearly well-orchestrated lily-Whiteness that has perpetually and ultimately controlled all aspects of the United States of America. Why do you ignore that White-owned newspapers and elected officials put bounties on killing Native Americans (The only good Indian is a dead Indian!), but did not put bounties for killing Irish people, Spanish people, Portuguese people, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Iranians, Polish people, Norwegians or Swedes? Why do you ignore that White-owned newspapers and elected officials put bounties on killing escaped slaves (Hang the niggers!), Black people, but did not put bounties for killing Irish people, Spanish people, Portuguese people, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Iranians, Polish people, Norwegians or Swedes? Where's your "rhetoric" to re-write history, Andrew?

Answer this question, Andrew: Given that race-based genocide, oppression, and discrimination against all people of color began prior to the inception of the United States of America on July 4, 1776 and continued uninterrupted thereafter, on what specific year and date did White people, specifically "elite," politically powerful and affluent White men, relinquish their ill-gotten wealth, power, and control to enable people of color, and women, with "fair and just" access to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? When?

Answer this question, Andrew: If the overwhelming majority of White people believe the genocide of Native Americans to be unjust, that the theft of Native American lands unjust, then why don't White people return all lands and related properties back to the Native American tribes? Well, Andrew???

It’s a total waste of time to respond to the callousness or stupidity of White people who act in denial of or indifference to the FACT of voluminous race-based atrocities committed by their ancestors, which has allowed their descendants to prosper at the direct expense of people of color.

It’s a total waste of time to respond to the callousness or stupidity of White people, especially White men, who now consider themselves a "victim" for ultimately being in control of and responsible for the overwhelming majority of acts of racism and sexism - while never fixing the problem.

It’s a total waste of time to respond to the callousness or stupidity of White people, especially White men, who believe systemic racism and systemic sexism no longer exists, simply because Barack Obama became POTUS and Oprah Winfrey's a billionaire, while constantly ignoring the fact that with every generation there has always been a "token negro" who's been "allowed" by the great White oppressor to do a little more, to have a little more success, etc., such as Madame C.J. Walker (1867-1919), Stepin Fetchit (1902-1985), Sidney Poitier (1927+), Richard Pryor (1940-2005), Eddie Murphy (1961+), etc. Again, these "famous" people of color only functioned as tokens, because they NEVER acquired or held the power or wealth of comparable White males and some White females. Conversely, in "Hollywood" ultimate control has been and continues to be primarily dictated by White Jewish men. As published in the LA Times article, "How deeply Jewish is Hollywood? C'mon." When the studio chiefs took out a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times a few weeks ago to demand that the Screen Actors Guild settle its contract, the open letter was signed by: News Corp. President Peter Chernin (Jewish), Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey (Jewish), Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger (Jewish), Sony Pictures Chairman Michael Lynton (surprise, Dutch Jew), Warner Bros. Chairman Barry Meyer (Jewish), CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves (so Jewish his great uncle was the first prime minister of Israel), MGM Chairman Harry Sloan (Jewish) and NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker (mega-Jewish). If either of the (Jewish) Weinstein brothers had signed, this group would have not only the power to shut down all film production but to form a minyan with enough Fiji water on hand to fill a mikvah." Source: Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2008, by JOEL STEIN

P.S. "It’s not anti-Semitic to make a statement of fact; it’s anti-Semitic to imply that there’s something wrong with it." Rachel Shukert

It’s a total waste of time to respond to the stupidity of White people, especially White men, who act in denial of or indifference to acts of racism and sexism which boldly continue to this very day.

The "past" is relevant due to the hypocrisy of "elite," politically powerful and affluent White men. In 1776, these educated, slave-owning White-men created a government that said, consistent with the religious beliefs, that humans are all equal in God's eye. However, contrary to what they wrote and the pseudo-religious beliefs, they intentionally and successfully engineered a "new" nation that mirrored same character and scope of racism and oppression practiced by their British King, which even today continues to exist on racism, oppression, and discrimination. These "elite," politically powerful and affluent White men have sustained their privilege for the past 247 years, and in the absence of another civil war or invasion from Russia, China, or aliens from the planet Mars, etc., they'll continue to do so.

Again, you "spew" rhetoric denying a clearly well-orchestrated lily-Whiteness that has perpetually and ultimately controlled all aspects of the United States of America. Stop White-washing facts to present an alternative reality that's more "palatable" to White people, Andrew.

White people did this: https://youtu.be/8tEuaj4h8dw

It's not rhetoric, it's a fact.

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Again, the "world" is NOT the issue. The "issue" is the FACT that educated White men intentionally wrote, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal," while simultaneously committing genocide of Native Americans and slavery and genocide of Black people. Spain, Portugal, France, the "Middle East," Asia, and Eastern Europe were NOT involved in the writing, signing, and execution of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, etc.

Again, the constitutional "expectation" that "we" are all created equal has NEVER been realized for the overwhelming majority of Black people and other people of color, and women, and even worse, equality will NEVER will be realized as researched and reported by:

a. New York Times article published on September 9, 2020, "Faces of Power: 80% Are White, Even as U.S. Becomes More Diverse," that validates the existence of systemic racism and systemic sexism. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/09/us/powerful-people-race-us.html

b. As researched by Derenoncourt, Chi Hyun Kim, Kuhn, and Schularick in their March 8, 2021 report, “The Racial Wealth Gap, 1860 - 2020,” the wealth gap between Blacks and Whites has never been abated, has only increased significantly; and if present trends in the data continue, the racial wealth gap is headed to a steady state with average White wealth at least five times greater than average Black wealth - even through 2260! http://www.tripoetry.com/BEING-BLACK/FACTS/RACIAL-WEALTH-GAP/RACIAL-WEALTH-GAP-1860-2020.pdf

c. The people who ultimately control and make all the rules, laws, etc. (White men), also ultimately control and make all exceptions to the rules; and there's no history of White men sharing power or control, just ask Native Americans about broken treaties and stolen lands; ask the Republic of Lakotah (https://youtu.be/8tEuaj4h8dw); and there's no realistic projection that White men are going to give-up power. http://tripoetry.com/Letters/reynoldsrap-wealth.htm

Finally, your comment: We can choose to be people of peace if we have God's peace in our hearts no matter what is happening around us.

God's peace? THAT'S A BUNCH OF RELIGIOUS CRAP. All "organized religions," especially Christians, Jews, and Muslims, function as hypocrites; causing and sustaining more wars and murders than they've ever prevented. Read this - http://tripoetry.com/Letters/reynoldsrap-ukraine.htm

'Nuff said.

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