Real Issues.

Worldwide, we see the rise of right wing extremism in 2018. Donald Trump defends convicted criminals, Italy’s new Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini promotes xenophobia, and Brazil’s incoming president Jair Bolsonaro is totally for the oligarchy. We also witness instability in the market. We have a trade war with China. Since Americans pay tariffs, the burden on these items rest on Americans. That is why many farmers are struggling. Our economy is very interconnected because of trade and many of the products that we buy are created from other nations. Tariffs now are regressive since more of the poor and middle class pay more of them than the super wealthy. The Trump tax cuts existed for large corporations and for the rich. This law cut taxes by $150 billion annually. The rich brought stocks, but the boost was temporary. So far, all of the market gains in 2018 are gone. The economy is slowing and if things don't change, America could face another recession. Trump is arrogant to want his wall and he threatens to have a shut down at the expense of the lives of American people. We need investments in health care, better economic deals, help to the poor, and an expanded social safety net.

The conservative extremist Dinesh disrespected former First Lady Michelle Obama. He said that Michelle Obama's thesis was incoherent and didn't make sense involving English. His words were racist and abhorrent. The truth is that Michelle Obama graduated from law school, worked in a legal firm, and helped her community for years and decades. She has a book and promotes girl empowerment and women empowerment to this very day. We know about Dinesh. Dinesh D'Souza mocked victims of school shootings, called the 2018 mail bomb attempts fake, and is a notorious adulterer. He was a convicted felon and he was pardoned by fellow bigot Trump. He has defended colonialism. Like a traitor to his Indian people, he defended British colonialism in India. Therefore, Dinesh is a blatant far right extremist whose repugnant views should be exposed for what they are.

There is so many news that I lost count. First is the news about the Chicago Bears player Charles Leno defending the racist tweet from the white woman finance of his. Charles Leno is a black man. Jennifer Roth is the white racist's name. Roth's tweets were racist and disgusting. This doesn't surprise me. Many of these athletes just love to date racists and don't care about their views since they lust after acceptance instead of promoting justice. Charles Leno is a left tackle. Jennifer's tweet from 2012 disrespects black people's skin complexion, poor people, etc. She has fetishized biracial babies too. People like Jennifer target black athletes for not only a fetish, but for wealth building purposes too. Low self-esteem black males like Leno makes it hard for real black people to live life. That is why it is important to vet dates and to never date a stone cold racist. That is the point.

Once again, Mike Rappaport has been caught being disrespectful. Recently, he apologized to Pete Davidson for making insensitive remarks about his mental illness. Rappaport is known for this. Recently, he never apologized for his racist remarks about Kenya Moore when Moore is a mother, a wife, and a very talented human being. Mike Rappaport disrespected other black women. Some want to support Mike Rappaport (his role in Higher Learning was too good) and try to justify his racism, because he made a documentary about A Tribe Called Quest. No, just because you claim to be down, doesn't mean that you're truly down. Rappaport is only down for profit and cultural exploitation of black people. Rappaport doesn't support NFL Players protesting peacefully on 9/11. He has disrespected Janet Jackson. He has cursed Spike Lee on the issue of gentrification in New York City. He is known for calling black women out of their names. Yesha Callahan and Monique Judge (who are great black women journalists) were also disrespected by Rappaport in vulgar terms. Rappaport would never use such language against white people because of the obvious reason.

If a man disrespects black women, then that person is an enemy of mine period. The sick thing is that still many black people support this male. Those black people who support him have a slavery mentality and some of them believe in the myth that a white man has social superiority over black people. We will defend black women and black people in general. That is what we will do and Mike Rappaport is the same as Bill Maher and the rest of those pseudo-liberals who talk down on black people who disagree with them. Maher has been accused of domestic violence against black women and he said the N word on his show. Maher is a disgrace too. I don't bite my tongue. I will call it as I see it.

By Timothy