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San Francisco museum commits to diversity, but forces curator to quit for saying he won't 'reverse discriminate'


RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:11 UTC
Gary Garrels
© Getty Images/STEFANIE KEENAN/Patrick McMullan; AFP / Josh EdelsonGary Garrels; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's commitment to diversity and inclusion seems to have hit a snag, as its chief curator was forced to resign after saying the institution will not be excluding white artists.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) promoted its commitment to social justice in a public statement, and even established the position of "Director of diversity, inclusion, and belonging" at the end of June.

But all this talk of "inclusion" did little to save a longtime curator from having to resign after saying the museum "will definitely still continue to collect white artists."

Gary Garrels, who the media has called one of the most prominent curators in the country, made the comment at the end of a meeting about the museum's move to acquire more works from artists of color following the death of George Floyd. He also said that banning white artists from the institution would be a form of "reverse discrimination."


Comment: Obviously an extremist position to take...


His comments prompted several former employees to start a petition demanding Garrels resign or be fired from his position. The petitioners specifically focused on the term 'reverse discrimination', calling it "white supremacist and racist language."


Comment: These people are sick in the head.

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Child suicides surge during lockdown in Kent, UK

Sally Weale
The Guardian
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:53 UTC
school
© Lady Harriet Brocket/Rex/ShutterstockThe children’s special needs may have made it particularly difficult for them to cope with the closure of schools.
Five children with special educational needs have killed themselves in the space of five months in Kent, a council official has revealed in a warning over the impact of school closures on pupils.

Sarah Hammond, the county's director of integrated children's services, said ordinarily two or three children might be expected to take their lives over 12 months.

All five of the children had special needs, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which may have made it particularly difficult for them to cope without the routine of school, she said.

Comment: See also:

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Ricky Gervais slams PC police, calling cancel culture a 'weird sort of fascism'

Ben Kew
Breitbart
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:53 UTC
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© Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
British actor Ricky Gervais raged against the rising tide of political correctness and cancel culture in the wake of the Black Lives Matter uprising, describing it as a "weird sort of fascism" fueled by trendy myths.

"There's this new, weird sort of fascism of people thinking they know what you can say and what you can't," Gervais said in an interview with talkRADIO. "There's this new trendy myth that people who want free speech want to say awful things all the time. This just isn't true. It protects everyone."

Gervais also bemoaned the growing level of exaggeration across the political divide, a trend he says is worsened by social media."If you're mildly left-wing on Twitter, you're suddenly Trotsky, right?" he said. "If you're mildly conservative, you're Hitler and if your centrist and you look at both arguments, you're a coward."

Comment: Gervais is becoming the modern version of George Carlin, skewering fake Hollywood virtue signaling and throwing the truth in their faces. His Golden Globes monologue earlier this year is a must watch for anyone who wants to see what a courageous social commentator looks like:



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North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents

Joel Burgess
USA Today
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:10 UTC
BLM protest in Manhattan, NY
© Reuters/Carlo AllegriBlack Lives Matter protest in Manhattan, NY.
In an extraordinary move, the Asheville City Council has apologized for the North Carolina city's historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties to Black residents and voted to provide reparations to them and their descendants.

The 7-0 vote came the night of July 14.

"Hundreds of years of Black blood spilled that basically fills the cup we drink from today," said Councilman Keith Young, one of two African American members of the body and the measure's chief proponent.

"It is simply not enough to remove statutes. Black people in this country are dealing with issues that are systemic in nature.

The unanimously passed resolution does not mandate direct payments. Instead, it will make investments in areas where Black residents face disparities.

Comment: The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island has also signed an order to pursue reparations for Black and Native American residents.

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Not publicizing black & brown mugshots is not fixing the racial problem with the justice system - it's hiding it

Helen Buyniski
RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:16 UTC
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© Reuters / Eric Gaillard
News outlets and even police departments are ending the publication of jail booking photos, claiming they foster stereotypes because minorities are more often arrested. But hiding inequities in the system doesn't fix them.

The Sacramento Bee, the Orlando Sentinel, the Houston Chronicle and a number of other city papers across the US have curtailed the practice of publishing "mugshot slideshows," image galleries showing booking photos of arrested individuals who haven't yet been convicted of crimes.

With exceptions for celebrity mugshots, suspected serial killers, "threats to public safety," and "hate crime" suspects, the move is intended to counter racial stereotypes about criminality.

The papers have a point about the galleries' lack of context - a wordless array of scowling black and brown faces may indeed give the false impression that this is what all criminals look like. Some of the most destructive and dangerous criminals, the ones stealing your (or your parents') retirement savings or bombing civilians in the Middle East are unlikely to ever appear in one of these "rogues' galleries" (or, alas, to be arrested at all). And publishing a person's mugshot before they're even tried for a crime does impinge on the prisoner's constitutional right to the presumption of innocence.
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Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier

Raphael Satter
Reuters
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 06:07 UTC
Oliver Taylor NOT
© Cyabra/Handout via REUTERSA combination photograph showing an image purporting to be of British student and freelance writer Oliver Taylor (L) and a heat map of the same photograph produced by Tel Aviv-based deepfake detection company Cyabra is seen in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters. The heat map, which was produced using one of Cyabra's algorithms, highlights areas of suspected computer manipulation. The digital inconsistencies were one of several indicators used by experts to determine that Taylor was an online mirage.
Oliver Taylor, a student at England's University of Birmingham, is a twenty-something with brown eyes, light stubble, and a slightly stiff smile.

Online profiles describe him as a coffee lover and politics junkie who was raised in a traditional Jewish home. His half dozen freelance editorials and blog posts reveal an active interest in anti-Semitism and Jewish affairs, with bylines in the Jerusalem Post and the Times of Israel.

The catch? Oliver Taylor seems to be an elaborate fiction.
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Bandaid

NYPD chief of department injured during protest on Brooklyn Bridge

Tina Moore, Julie Marsh
New York Post
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:43 UTC
NYPD chief hurt
© Gabriele HoltermannNYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan bandages his pinky fingers which he injured during a scuffle with protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge today.
NYPD officers were bloodied and battered by anti-cop activists on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday — as Mayor de Blasio continued to exclude cops from his ambitious plan to stem the violence plaguing the city.

Surveillance video shows an unidentified man on the bridge's walkway leaning over a fence and using a cane to whack cops over their heads as they arrested a counter-demonstrator against a "unity" march on the roadway.

Photos posted on the NYPD's Twitter account show the wounded cops with blood streaming from their scalps and over their faces. "The officers sustained serious injuries. This is not peaceful protest, this will not be tolerated," the department wrote.

Chief of Department Terence Monahan — the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer — suffered a broken finger during the clashes on the bridge, sources said.

Video shows Monahan climbing the fence to trade blows with an anti-cop activist during a wild brawl on the walkway between counter-demonstrators and uniformed bicycle cops.

two injured
© NYPDOther NYPD officers were also injured during the scuffle, including Lt. Richard Mack (right), from NYPD's Strategic Response Group

Comment: The consequences show how wise it was to change the rules of engagement in the middle of a pandemic and a civil protest movement.



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Turkey authorities sign protocol confirming Hagia Sophia be preserved as world heritage site


Sputnik
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:30 UTC
Hagia Sophia
© Reuters/Murad SezerHagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) have signed a protocol confirming that Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, recently converted into a mosque, will be preserved as a global heritage site after the change of status, Culture Minister Mehmet Ersoy said on Thursday. He told reporters:
"There is no need to worry, Hagia Sophia will be guarded as it used to. We sign a protocol, which says it will be preserved as a global heritage site in compliance with international standards. Restoration works in the buildings will be accelerated. Foreign tourists will be able to attend Hagia Sophia free of charge,"
The Diyanet head, Ali Erbas, added that the Turkish government expects an increased flow of visitors to Hagia Sophia.
"Hagia Sophia is a heritage of the entire humanity, it is one of the best historical and cultural sites, and we feel honoured to preserve it. I believe that the number of people coming there both for prayer and for a visit will grow to millions."
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Sane Georgia governor bans mask mandates. Hysterical Savannah mayor complains


RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:15 UTC
face mask
© REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has prohibited cities from forcing residents to wear masks in public, voiding requirements put in place by some local governments. The move led to one mayor hurling incendiary accusations at Kemp.

The ban on mandatory face coverings was part of a new executive order which extended state measures purportedly put in place to fight the spread of coronavirus. Although Kemp has encouraged voluntary mask-wearing, his order made it clear that cities and counties could not coerce people into donning a face covering. The move voids orders adopted by at least 15 local governments across the state, including the city of Savannah, local media reported.

Angered by the order, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson claimed the governor "does not give a damn about us" and was putting lives at risk.

Comment: One sane governor fighting against a group of hysterical politicians who are only concerned with keeping their phony jobs. If only more governors were as courageous as Brian Kemp.

The governor of Tennessee is also staying sane, saying that he is not considering any business closures or a mandated mask order.

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Victims of Germany's child molesting 'experiment' tell RT of their nightmare that lives on: 'We're just a pile of misery'


RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:16 UTC
Child abuse
© Futureceylon.com
Decades ago, they fought for survival every single day - now they have to motivate themselves to live. RT listened to heartbreaking memories of two German men placed in the foster care of a known pedophile by Berlin authorities.

Last month, a damning report by Germany's University of Hildesheim revealed that the Berlin Senate orchestrated a crackpot scheme that saw vulnerable children being placed in the care of known pedophiles for decades.

This was a part of a harrowing "experiment" by controversial sexologist Helmut Kentler, whose perverted teachings claimed that sexual contact with adults does no harm to children. Pedophiles taking care of them would only "emancipate" their "sexuality," as Kentler repeatedly put it in countless books and on TV.

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