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US RACISM MAGA RACISM ON STEROIDS The Damage Report: Louisiana Racist Made To Regret Outburst IMMEDIATELY! PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtvB-M2bN0U Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Though the United States is a rich and powerful country, I never realized that it also has a level of rot that is terribly dangerous. I have been of the view that Donald Trump was a despicable character for at least 30 years. In the 1990s I ran into Trump when he was doing an inspection tour of his casino properties in Atlantic City. I know something about management ... and the Trump management style is one that seems to be about as bad as it can possibly be. The idea that an individual like Donald Trump could become the President of the United States has awakened many misgivings that I have had about the United States going back about 65 years. It is unlikely that I will live long enough to document all my concerns about the United States ... but I am reminded of conversations I had when I first visited North America ... conversations involving me, 20 year old Brit, a 20 year old Canadian from Quebec and a 20 year old American from Florida. We compared our educations, and the basics of what we were expected to know at this stage of our education. My recollection is that I was about a year ahead of the Canadian, and he was about a year ahead of the American. I have never heard this talked about by any of the education experts in the USA. They seem to be assuming that American education is 'world class' when it is very low in any serious international rankings. Actually, I think the situation may well be worse now in 2025 than it was in 1960. This explains to a great extent why immigrants from all over the world are in a position to outperform Americans in almost any field where education is required. The fact that hardly anyone in America is addressing this challenge is scary. It explains why big important tech companies absolutely need special immigrant status for well educated people with technical degrees! Americans like this are few and far between. Sadly ... what is going on now with Trump and his groupies is not going to solve the problem but actually make it significantly worse! Peter Burgess
Louisiana Racist Made To Regret Outburst IMMEDIATELY! The Damage Report Jan 8, 2025 1.08M subscribers ... 1,106,174 views ... 39K likes #TheDamageReport #TheYoungTurks #JohnIadarola Rep. Clay Higgins went on a wild diatribe about 'reverse racism' during a House Oversight Committee meeting. The Damage Report's John Iadarola breaks it down. Be part of the Dragon Squad as a YouTube channel member: http://go.tyt.com/join-tdr Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: / thedamagereporttyt Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagerepo... Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: / thedamagereport Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: / thedamagereport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks Representative Pressley (D) Transcript 0:00 Republicans have introduced a bill under the guise of ending discrimination which actively and very obviously discriminates classic Maga logic house Democrats we having none of it this bill titled the dismantling Dei Act is an utter disgrace having sat and read the text in preparation for today's markup I have yet another example to tell my constituents about the unserious work of the Republican party now I'll work with anyone serious about progress who wants to Center the the people who call this country home this isn't it the committee on oversight has the broadest jurisdiction in the entire house of representatives to investigate any topic it chooses but we are debating legislation that denies the sky is blue water is wet and racism is real the major provision of the bill says to ban anything that acknowledges racism and a few pages later in the exact same bill there are multiple Provisions discussing the presence of racism this Republican approach is as predictable as it is nonsensical on one hand they're saying that racism does not exist on the other 1:02 hand they are saying there is rampant Reverse Racism well how do you reverse something that never existed in the first place riddle me that while this Republican policy may have a new name it's the same old tired game look y'all are entitled to your opinions but not a denial of the facts do you all know your history do you know American history the original Constitution the original Constitution counted enslaved individuals as three fifths of a person during World War II the federal government forcibly relocated and incarcerated 110,000 Japanese Americans the FHA practiced redlining in the 1930s and 60s to deny mortgages to Black Americans which is why we have a racial wealth Gap today I could go on the GI bill is supposed to be race neutral denied access to black American denying them 2:00 equal access to education and housing benefits which is why we do not have generational wealth don't talk to me about Merit when those black servicemen fought for our freedoms and I'd also just like to pick take a personal note of privilege to say please keep Dr mther King Jr's name out of your mouths your perversion of his words and his mission when his children have asked you to stop invoking his name and perverting his work when he was a proud and Unapologetic black man fighting for equality for black Americans and all marginalized people so you all are entitled to your opinions but not a denial of the facts but I'm not surprised that you would deny American history what I am though is committed committed to speaking truth to power committed to standing up for marginalized communities and vulnerable 3:01 people committed to ensuring that everyone has equal opportunity to buy a house to work a job to pursue higher education and to live in a society that is fair and just a colleague across the aisle invoked the phrase of we must do everything to stop government sponsored oppression well I've just enumerated numerous examples which is exactly why we have legislation and an executive order to reverse this harm and that is why I'm committed to opposing this bill and urge my colleagues to do the same I appreciate my Democrat colleague for exemplifying exactly the kind of Oppression of freedoms that we're referencing how about we'll quote whoever we want to quote how about That's My First Amendment right that's exactly the kind of baked in oppression like how dare 4:01 a white Republican quote Martin Luther King we actually had a congressman say that just now in this committee well and thank you good lady for once again exemplifying the type of Oppression that we stand against you know I'm right you know I'm right order order order Mr Higgins has the floor and we and we will quote who we please to quote a disgrace and we will continue to speak freely because now I'm a veteran that's the country that I serve that's a constitution I sworn allegiance to and that that oath has no expiration date I will fight for it with my last life's blood for my right to speak freely and yours good lady you will never hear me saying how dare you quote anybody you 5:00 you please to quote and that exemplifies America precisely the type of institutional oppression that my colleague Mr Cloud's bill for which I'm an original co-sponsor hopes to push back against but Mr H have you read your own bill have you read your own bill because is trying to regulate Klay Higgins really is the poster child for the sorts of people who talk about reverse racism you consistently said over and over the word oppression and every time that you said it it was almost as if I was hearing Nails on a chalkboard because it seems like you don't understand the definition of Oppression and I'd ask you to just refer to Google to help you out oppression is the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control that is the definition of Oppression and so as I sit here as a black woman who practi civil rights let me tell you the the reason 6:00 that my colleagues wanted to make sure you understood the same black history that your your side of the aisle wants to delete out of classrooms is because you can then misuse words like oppression there has been no oppression for the white man in this country you tell me which white men were dragged out of their homes you tell me which one of them got dragged all the way across an ocean and told that you were going to go at work we we are going to steal your wives we are going to rape your wives that didn't happen that is oppression we didn't ask to be here we not the same migrants that y'all constantly come up against we didn't run away from home we were stolen so yeah we are going to sit here and be offended when you want to sit here and act like and and and don't let it Escape you that it is white men on this side of the aisle telling us people of color on this side of the aisle that 7:01 that y'all are the ones being oppressed that y'all are the ones that are being harmed that's not the definition of Oppression you tell me the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment that you've had and we can have a conversation you can start with Exodus the final thing that I will say on this particular issue two things there is an article from the guardian and it is a little old it's from 2021 so I apologize but it said that back then just 3 years ago white men represent 30% of the population but 62% of office holders these are the issues that we are constantly looking at and recognizing and trying to say is this just I can't even tell you how many white men have served in this chamber but I can tell you that I am only the 55th black woman to be elected to congress and so when you want to talk about history and pretend as if it was so long ago it 8:00 wasn't because again I am just number 55 finally when we start to talk about what do these numbers do as we're trying to say the diversity equity and inclusion is the problem the reality is that when it comes to financial performance companies with more diverse workforces are more likely to outperform their competitors companies in the top quartile for racial diversity are 35% more likely to outperform their peers on profitability companies with diverse executive teams are 25% more likely to generate greater profits diverse companies earn 2.5 times higher cash flow per employee diversity works and until you can show me data that says otherwise I think that we need to go back to being a country that listens to experts and gets out of our feelings and recognizes again that racism is real in this country and 9:00 until we stop pretending that it's not we will not solve the problems that we are consistently facing and that will bring real Unity that we seek when we're looking for a more perfect union I really have a question for for the sponsor so I I've been sitting and listening and trying to hear your intent and talking about discrimination but the problem is is that argument falls apart on page 6 line 17 line 177 through line 20 and in fact if you're sincere about your intent of the bill what I would tell you is you should delete those lines because actually those lines are actual new discrimination see you want to get rid of an office we may disagree with it but you can get rid of an office you want to change policy you may we may disagree with the policy want to change but here 10:00 actually in those lines you are creating second class federal employees you're creating new discrimination may not transfer discrimination may not reassign discrimination may not redesignate any employee discrimination those are protections that every other federal employee in every other office in the federal government gets it's a right and a privilege that they get but you're going to remove that from these people not an office fine I disagree with it but it's an office not a policy fine we disagree with it's a policy this is people now now you're going to the people you're saying because you worked in an office that we don't think should exist because you work there we're going to remove protections that every other federal employee gets but not you because we disagree with the office you worked in that is Str up discrimination 11:01 and so listen if you're serious about wanting to change the office and the policy you should remove those lines cuz the entire argument falls apart the irony of Maga Republicans crying discrimination is truly unbelievable the free speech that Klay Higgins talks about allows white people to say the n-word but prevents schools from teaching black history it allows people to proudly fly the Confederate flag but doesn't allow kids to read books of about or by queer people they rely on discrimination to ensure that white supremacy and heteronormativity aren't threatened by diverse opinions and perspectives Klay Higgins exemplifies exactly what manga stands for if we have any chance of getting through the next four years we must realize its historical context stand in solidarity and fight alongside the people who stand to lose the most in this dark [Music] period when you click the join button and become a tier 2 member you get access to all of our weekly top 10 lists what are you waiting for

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