90 Miles From Tyranny

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Firing White People Will Improve Diversity

Disparate impact is evidence of racism. Except when it impacts white people. In which case it's awesome. And then the disparate impact of firing white people to improve diversity can be celebrated with no fear of lawsuits whatsoever.

Oil major Chevron Corp expects to reduce the dominance of white males in company management during cost-cutting this year, upping the share of senior level jobs held by women and ethnic minorities to 44% from 38% last year, the company said in a statement.

Like most of its peers in an industry struggling with the collapse of oil prices this year, Chevron is cutting spending, consolidating business units, and has asked some managers to reapply for their jobs.

In an email sent to employees this week and seen by Reuters, Chief Human Resources Officer Rhonda Morris said the company selected 26% women for global roles in a second round of appointments and, in the United States, 29% of candidates selected were from ethnically diverse candidates.

A spokeswoman for the company confirmed the details and said those selections were permanent and that the diversity ratio was expected to remain at around 44% at the end of all appointment rounds.

I suspect that most of the people being fired offer more value than Rhonda Morris does. But, as I've repeatedly said, wokeness is a fetish among overvalued massive companies with limited competition and less imagination. The woke/broke formula holds, it's just a long term process. Wokeness is just the latest gimmick embraced by...

Looks Like Responsible Human Being Culture To Me...

Smithsonian Pushes Racist Material Claiming ‘White Culture’ Is ‘Nuclear Family,’ ‘Self-Reliance,’ Being ‘Polite’

Seattle Riot: Police Arrest 25 After ‘Explosives’ Thrown at Officers

The Seattle Police Department declared a riot and arrested 25 people after “explosives” were thrown at officers when a protest turned violent in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on Saturday.

FOX 10 reports:

Up to 1,000 protesters gathered about 2 p.m. Saturday for a peaceful march in solidarity with unrest and violent demonstrations in Portland. By 4 p.m., crowds had broken away from the protest, setting fires to construction trailers at the Juvenile Detention Center and attacking camera crews. […]

Police reported multiple explosions in the area and multiple fires, including one inside the East Precinct, where rioters breached a security fence to vandalize the building. Police are investigating “possible explosive damage” to the walls of the East Precinct and more explosives being thrown at police.Seattle police said the protesters were arrested for assaults on officers, obstruction, and failure to disperse. Prior to announcing the arrests, police shared a photo of flammable objects being hurled at officers.

Q13FOX correspondent Simone Del Rosario and others shared photos and video of protesters clashing with officers, along with images of heavily damaged buildings in the area.

Shortly after, Q13FOX reporter Brandi Kruse also shared footage of a nearby Starbucks, which was destroyed after it was set ablaze:

Dueling militias marching in Louisville Kentucky, BLM crashes; reports of multiple people shot

Multiple dueling militias were planning to march and protest in Louisville, Kentucky, and though the police were hoping for a peaceful afternoon, anything could happen, especially with Black Lives Matter extremists crashing the “party.”

As of around noon, there had already been an arrest of a suspected BLM extremist:

And someone had reportedly already been shot:

Reports of multiple people shot at BLM protest in Louisville. One verified per Scanner Traffic – A 3% accidentally shot himself in leg. Shocker ? Other reports have not been verified. pic.twitter.com/8uhCl0fmtN
— redandblackattack (@redanblacattack) July 25, 2020

See additional footage from before and during the event below (*Language warning):

Earlier in the week an armed, all-black militia known as the “Not F–king Around Coalition” announced plans to “descend” into Louisville Saturday to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was killed during a drug-related police raid in March.

“This ain’t no spectator sport, you can come out if you want to. If you want to watch history, that’s cool. But understand the seriousness of the situation,” NFAC leader John Fitzgerald Johnson, aka The Real Grandmaster Jay, reportedly...

You Ain't Special Bitch...

Watching This Kind Of Shit Makes Me Yearn For A Revolution.

Very very courageous! https://t.co/iJhNUzE3fQ
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 25, 2020

Certain Things Get Legal In A Revolution.

Marxism Is A Mental Disorder...

Clinically speaking, this is called a narcissistic collapse, or Karen for short. https://t.co/GQxZzFTJqM
— 🇺🇸 Toney Brooks Media (@ToneyBrooks) July 26, 2020

Bernell Trammell: Black Trump Supporter Shot to Death in Milwaukee

Bernell Trammell, a well-known Black supporter of Donald Trump who was a community fixture known for his publishing company and long conversations on religion and politics, often delivered from street corners while holding pro Trump and other signs, was shot to death in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Trammell, 60, was gunned down on July 23 near the very spot where he gave a video interview a few hours before explaining why he supported Trump. Milwaukee police are seeking what they described as “unknown suspects.” The motive is not clear, including whether or not the slaying was tied into Trammell’s political beliefs or Trump support. Some news outlets gave the victim’s name as Bernell Tremmell, but he goes by Trammell on social media.

Kevan Penvose wrote on Facebook that Trammell “was a man with whom I hardly ever agreed about anything he wrote on his signs, but also, as a Rasta street preacher, he was one of the people that make my neighborhood so uniquely wonderful. Around 12:30 this afternoon I heard gunshots nearby as I was working at my dining room table. Soon after, I was reading reports on social media of a shooting around the block, at the location of this one-of-a-kind storefront that I’ve walked by a million times… Peace and light, Ras Bernell.”

Johnny Schaeffer, 45, knew Trammell for almost his entire life because his mother once dated him, and they stayed in touch over the years. “I’m devastated,” he told Heavy in a phone interview.

“I think that he was definitely misjudged,” Schaeffer said. “He had his views, you know. People were sometimes surprised not only by his thoughts but how he said it. He was bold, a big, taller man, and when he talked, people listened.”

Here’s what you need to know:

1. A Local Writer Recorded Videos of Trammell Speaking About His Trump Support Just Hours Before Trammell Was Gunned Down in Almost the Same Spot at His Storefront

Armstrong Ramsone (the pen name of local artist and writer Adebisi Agoro) wrote on the site The God Degree that he recorded video interviews with Trammell just hours before his death. “Earlier today he had mentioned to me ‘you wouldn’t guess the amount of hate I received from Black people,'” after holding another sign, for a former Black mayoral candidate, Ramsone wrote. Agoro became curious about Trammell’s political beliefs after seeing him at a bus stop and decided to ask “about what I saw on Facebook and why he was holding the Trump sign?”

A few days before, Agoro had seen a photo on Facebook with Trammell carrying a Trump sign throughout the community, a post that carried the label “hero.” Alongside him walked another man with an opposing sign carrying the word “sike,” which Agoro says basically means “not.” Agoro wrote that the photo caused a “stir” on the Internet days earlier so he decided to...