Brad 'Kamikaze' Franklin

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Things (a lot) of white people acknowledge exist, but don't want to see too much of...if they can help it.

1. Black People
2. Transgendered People
3. Homeless People
4. Poor People
5. Hispanics/Latinos (that don't work for them)

I literally just saw someone comment under a post and say USAID was paying for....and I quote...

"Sex change operations in Egypt and creating transgender mice"

Ya'll stop arguing with these folks. They are morons.

Ladies & Gentlemen. THIS is Darren Beattie, now acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs in the State Department. He tweeted this a while. Please understand exactly what their DEI outrage is really about. They all feel only white men should be in charge.

They don't know how business works. All they know is privilege, power, and bullying people. What can you do with people who hate others not like them so much that they are willing to endure financial hardships just to maintain some feigned level of superiority.

The bulk of them failed civics and don't even know how tarrifs work. That's why I just roll my eyes and keep moving. We can't take these low IQ low vibrational folks seriously. 🧵

So. The Orange idiot says that Americans will have to "feel some pain" as he institutes these tariffs. The majority of hos supporters will make excuses and co-sign what he's doing knowing good and damn well if this had been done by Biden they would be screaming bloody murder. 🧵

This is about to be the BLACKEST Black History Month of all time!

Not all the "Back The Blue"/ "Just Comply" folks silent as Trump pardons a bunch of folks who disobeyed and assaulted law enforcement officers. And didn't one officer get killed?

Or does the respect for law enforcement only count when it's Black folks on the other side?

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It's really this simple.

Their "way of life" being "under attack". Patriots being "under attack". When in fact, NONE of that is. The only thing you think is under attack is your white privilege and power.

Sounds a LOT like playing victim to me

In as much as they say Black folks play victim & that we make everything about "race". It seems to me that a lot of white folks play the victim card much better! They scream about the country being "under attack", the borders being "under attack", their religion....(contd)

The recurring theme here is that this country has always revolved around the comfort level of white folks. Anything that upsets that bubble. Anything that threatens that privilege. Anything that makes white people "uncomfortable" is seen as a nuisance. (Contd).

To most white folks, "Law & Order" means keeping Black folks and Hispanics (not these new Republican Hispanics) aa far away from them as possible. It means "stop and frisk". It means knees to necks (of Black folks) and it means profiling, harassing, and over policing. (Contd)

A world where they can be racist in peace...without confrontation. We're not supposed to be offended. We're not supposed to feel accosted. Ya know...like the time they felt like America was "great". (Contd)

🧵 Most white folks don't want to do anything about racism. They just want us to stop talking about it.

But even the dumbest among them know that NOT talking about it wont eliminate it.

They simply want to create a climate where Black folks silently accept it & deal with it.

So it turns out a lot of white folks weren't fans of Caitlin Clark because of her Basketball skills...they were fans because she was white. Go figure.

Predictable. And on brand.

Who remembers a guy named JaRule? He kept us dancing and singing those hooks to the top of our lungs? He was dropping hits back to back to back. We all liked JaRule...until a new guy named 50 Cent said we didn't.

That was a shift. And THIS is a shift.

They want artists they can more easily connect with. Folks are gravitating to the Glorillas, Sexy Reds, The Tyler's and yes...the Kendricks. Folks aren't "turning their back on Wayne"..or Drake...or anyone. They're turning the page. Its what happens. Its what always happens.

There's also some Drake fatigue. And from what we're seeing the past few days, there's also some Wayne and Future fatigue.

Folks are beginning to clamor for more creative music, more honest, more upbeat "happy" music.

(CONTD)

Whats happening now is a paradigm shift in music. When those shifts happen some folks won't be fans of it. But a LOT of Hip Hop listeners who are tired of:

Drug raps/Junkie raps
Street raps
The sing-songy auto tune raps
The "I'm depressed and wanna die" raps.

A 🧵 Contd

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I've worked in city government, entertainment, and in non profit sectors. And now that I'm in the world of academia, I can say without doubt that academians have the longest, most drawn out meetings of all. Academians love to hear themselves talk. And it lengthens EVERY meeting. Just unnecessary.

Not even the sycophant sellouts who have carried water for him for years!

US: So Trump hasn't appointed any Black people to his cabinet.

THEM: He's not making appointments based on race. He's only appointing QUALIFIED candidates.

US: So. He's basically saying there aren't any "qualified" Black people he could appoint to his cabinet.

THEM: 😳

Sooooo..Mark Henderson...Tim Scott...how did all that shuckin' work out for ya'll? To go SO hard and not be seen as qualified for a cabinet position by the Anti-DEI crowd. Nasty Work.

You only got ONE soul to sell.

BlueSky is filling a void that 35+ up been looking for. Social media should be a cool distraction. Not stressful and annoying. Folks wanna laugh and have healthy banter and wit and sarcasm. A feeling of community. Not all these bots and ads and weird ass algorithms and engagement farming