Mike Pascoe > Recent Status Updates

90-95% of Africa’s cultural heritage is held outside of the continent!!!

There were more millionaires in the New South than in New England in the 1830s. This men moved away from restrictions on slavery to a new part of the country and brought tons of slaves with them to support their cotton growing empire.

142 black slaves were thrown off of a 18th century British ship and later claimed as lost cargo on an insurance claim.

Confederate slave holders were paid reparations after they had to give up their slaves.

Great analogy between sex education and race education in schools. We know sex Ed is protective and talking about it doesn’t make kids more sexually active. So why not do the same for race?

On white privilege and white fragility. Really good hour Al prompt questions.

Race is the product/child of racism.

Sometimes the answer doesn’t come and question that is asked get more refined.

Share cropping = slavery by another name.

“Urban renewal = negro removal”

Helena Montana less than 0.5% of population blacks after being systematically forced out. Police enforced curfews against blacks from staying out after sunset. Woodrow Wilson was a segregationist, FDR did not challenge this. Baltimore in 1910 had ordinance to prevent blacks to live near whites. Ironic how mixed race offspring was discouraged despite white slave holders raping black slaves.

What if urban designers used segregation by allowing public housing in cities instead of fighting it? In 1876 the south was already segregating blacks and forming paramilitary groups killing blacks and preventing the ability to vote. Slaves were recasted at share croppers and taken advantage of. Murderous groups were never prosecuted. Tillman name has not been taken off of Clemson hall :(

The FHA would not insure home loans for blacks. Real estate agents would not show homes to blacks. If a white agent did help a black family buy a home, they were blank balled. Housing policies were likely used where you live to support segregation. Blacks were excluded from military base housing during WWI. Housing developments part of The New Deal were segregated. Example after example of qualified blacks excluded.

We often cover up connections to racist history using euphemisms like inner city instead of ghetto, and improved diversity instead of righting segregation in schools.

White service men could apply for government backed mortgage loans (blacks couldn’t), white homes increased in equity, increased wealth, inherited by children, could go to college - not so for blacks. This is white welfare.

“White people did not care about national unity or democracy, only unity among a democracy for white people.”

Wow, never knew about the many racist actions against black people in the Al Gore loss of Florida in the 2000 presidential election. Jeb Bush was in charge of the recount?!?! Again so proud of MLB to move the 2021 All Star game out of Georgia in response to adoption of racist anti Black voter policies there.

Racists make talking about racism taboo and this furthers the racist message it is OK to talk about racism it is not a negative word on its own and we need to embrace it and we need to teach our children that the R word is not a bad word and the only way to become more anti-racist is to talk about racism

There is no such thing as not being racist there is either being racist or being anti-racist and it is very damaging to assume a position of not being racist

Love the idea about court sense in basketball, being able to see what is going on quickly.

I will ask my kids school administrators and school about about their disciplinary process and about the performance gap in minority students and what theirs plans are to address this. #SchooltoPrisonPipeline

The chapter on police and racism was very insightful. I can ask a police officer why I was pulled over but a black person dare not do the same. Stats are undeniable. The history of the police force was revealing as well.

Make a list of all the ways you are privileged and resist the urge to write counter ways you are under privileged.

Take the burden of racism off of people of color by talking about race with other white people.

I must include systems level oppression in my definition of racism.