Tasty Morning Bytes – Blaming Black Culture, Coddling the Super-Rich and Challenging Lanier
English Historian Blames Black Culture for Riots “David Starkey, who has presented several documentaries on the Tudor period, said during a BBC debate: ‘the problem is that the whites have become black — a particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic gangster culture has become the fashion — and black and white, boy and girl, operate in this language together; this language, which is wholly false, which is a Jamaican patois, that’s been intruded in England, and this is why so many of us have this sense of literally a foreign country.’” (The Lede)
Why I Don’t Care to SlutWalk “This every day harassment on the streets, in our bookstores, restaurants, or walking through a park is not based on what people wear. Rather, the harassment is happening for a wide variety of reasons—mostly related to the theories of power and control” (Holla Back DC)
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich “I know well many of the mega-rich and, by and large, they are very decent people. They love America and appreciate the opportunity this country has given them. Many have joined the Giving Pledge, promising to give most of their wealth to philanthropy. Most wouldn’t mind being told to pay more in taxes as well, particularly when so many of their fellow citizens are truly suffering.” (The New York Times)
Security Gate Turns Deadly In Southeast DC “a security fence around the Wheeler Terrace apartments in the 3900 block of 13th street SE became a deadly barrier to paramedics when they responded. The gate delayed them for crucial minutes.” (WUSA Washington, DC)
Lawsuits challenge Lanier’s policies on discipline “Critics of the police department’s personnel policies say the threat of summary demotion is a blunt-force tool intended to intimidate ranking officials to fall in line with Chief Lanier’s edicts, including how to rule on the disciplinary matters of others.” (Washington Times)