zoux posted:

Oh look a 1950s Superman is 10 times more progressive than half of the country in 2015.

computer parts posted:

Note that there's one Black/Hispanic dude (as far in the background as possible) and an Asian child, surrounded by white people.

Luigi Thirty posted:

"So what you're saying is if we abolish SNAP we'll eliminate obesity AND diabetes?" -R voter

My Imaginary GF posted:

I think the solution to food insecurity in America is clear: privitize SNAP

Radish posted:

I get the feeling that if they re-ran the Superman vs the KKK stuff a lot of people would complain the comic is being too PC.

quote:

In the comic, which debuted last week, Captain America confronts the subversive racist group Sons of the Serpent on the United States-Mexico boarder, where the longtime Avengers adversary is serving as an armed militia dedicated to stopping illegal immigration.

"Attention all trespassers!" the Supreme Serpent tells a group crossing the border. "By invading this sovereign land, you defy the laws of God, nature, and the United States Constitution. Therefore, I hereby apprehend you by the power vested in me by the aforementioned God, nature, et cetera, et cetera."

...

"So who is this Serpent?" asks Tucker Carlson of "Fox & Friends." "Is this Serpent an Islamic [extremist], an ISIS member bent on destroying Western civilization? No. The Serpent is an American who has misgivings about unlimited immigration and the costs associated with it. That, according to the comic book, is evil."

Morrow posted:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/fox-friends-slams-captain-america-sam-wilson-1

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

I'm baffled as to why people keep engaging with Fishmech.

quote:

Now he was looking for work as a livery driver. Brown also used to work in the casinos, at the Showboat, bussing tables, and at Trump’s Castle, stripping and waxing floors. “When Donald and Ivana came to the casino, the bosses would order all the black people off the floor,” he said. “It was the eighties, I was a teen-ager, but I remember it: they put us all in the back.”

Morrow posted:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/fox-friends-slams-captain-america-sam-wilson-1

Fried Chicken posted:

The report will be up at hungerreport.org. This was a joint report between Let's Move, the USDA Nutrition Division, and Bread for the World, with it being presented by USDA undersecretary Kevin Concannon and Let's Move administrator Deb Eschmeyer

Additional tidbit:
Half of all SNAP recipients are children

Greatbacon posted:

Welfare Princesses (and Princes)

computer parts posted:

Note that there's one Black/Hispanic dude (as far in the background as possible) and an Asian child, surrounded by white people.

computer parts posted:

Note that there's one Black/Hispanic dude (as far in the background as possible) and an Asian child, surrounded by white people.

Animal-Mother posted:

Superman is an alien with forged documents.

My Imaginary GF posted:

This is Obamacare's fault, because Obamacare doesn't fix hospital incentives to get folks eating healthy.

Luigi Thirty posted:

"So what you're saying is if we abolish SNAP we'll eliminate obesity AND diabetes?" -R voter

zoux posted:

Oh look a 1950s Superman is 10 times more progressive than half of the country in 2015.

Fried Chicken posted:

The report will be up at hungerreport.org. This was a joint report between Let's Move, the USDA Nutrition Division, and Bread for the World, with it being presented by USDA undersecretary Kevin Concannon and Let's Move administrator Deb Eschmeyer

Additional tidbit:
Half of all SNAP recipients are children

My Imaginary GF posted:

This is Obamacare's fault, because Obamacare doesn't fix hospital incentives to get folks eating healthy.

Shifty Pony posted:

Fiancee used to work at a hospital as a pediatric dietitian. SNAP and WIC were in many cases the only thing keeping kids alive. Even then you'd have kids coming in for failure to thrive or really nasty complications because even with SNAP and WIC their parents just straight up couldn't afford to get enough calories into them without resorting to foods that would interact with medical conditions. Cheap food is carb-heavy and absolutely wrecks the systems of diabetic kids.

Cutting SNAP and WIC straight up kills people.

Morrow posted:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/fox-friends-slams-captain-america-sam-wilson-1

My Imaginary GF posted:

If a hospital is held accountable for the health of its patients, then why wouldn't the hospital provide good calories to those children in order to prevent readmission? Why is it the responsibility of government to pay those kids' medical bills without providing an incentive for the hospital to fix what the hospital knows is a problem?

Monkey Fracas posted:

I seems like every time there's a popular movie with an over-the-top caricature of a greedy businessman who is obviously The Bad Guy you can find a Fox News clip somewhere where they step in and go "Now wait a minute this guy is a Real American Job Creator and is being unfairly represented!"

It's almost like clockwork.

My Imaginary GF posted:

If a hospital is held accountable for the health of its patients, then why wouldn't the hospital provide good calories to those children in order to prevent readmission? Why is it the responsibility of government to pay those kids' medical bills without providing an incentive for the hospital to fix what the hospital knows is a problem?

Luigi Thirty posted:

"So what you're saying is if we abolish SNAP we'll eliminate obesity AND diabetes?" -R voter

Monkey Fracas posted:

I seems like every time there's a popular movie with an over-the-top caricature of a greedy businessman who is obviously The Bad Guy you can find a Fox News clip somewhere where they step in and go "Now wait a minute this guy is a Real American Job Creator and is being unfairly represented!"

It's almost like clockwork.

computer parts posted:

Note that there's one Black/Hispanic dude (as far in the background as possible) and an Asian child, surrounded by white people.

fishmech posted:

The only problem is the proposal doesn't go far enough. Make a list with at least 315 million more people, for instance, and check against that.

RuanGacho posted:

Personally I think we need more lists, especially ones that include rich people.

In fact I'm pretty sure America's moral decay is rooted in its inability to list things.

For example, why are foreign nationals a threat to America? List three reasons

fishmech posted:

In 1950, America was 89.5% white.

Monkey Fracas posted:

I seems like every time there's a popular movie with an over-the-top caricature of a greedy businessman who is obviously The Bad Guy you can find a Fox News clip somewhere where they step in and go "Now wait a minute this guy is a Real American Job Creator and is being unfairly represented!"

It's almost like clockwork.

quote:

LAWRENCE, Kan. — A white University of Kansas professor is on paid leave after using a racial slur during a class discussion about race.

The school told Andrea Quenette, an assistant professor of communication studies, on Friday that five people had filed a discrimination complaint against her, she told the Lawrence Journal-World. She requested a leave of absence, and the university says she will have to stay off campus during the administrative leave until the investigation is complete.

Students began complaining about Quenette after she used the racial slur during a Nov. 12 class for graduate students who teach undergraduate classes. The class met the day after a contentious university-wide forum on race and discrimination moderated by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.

The forum followed days of protests at the University of Missouri over concerns about the administration’s handling of racial issues and the subsequent resignations of the system president and chancellor of the Columbia campus.

Quenette, who is 33 and has been teaching at the university for two years, said that diversity in the classroom was on the syllabus, and a student asked how they could talk about race issues in their own classes. The conversation then shifted to how the university should address racial problems.

She said she pointed out that racist incidents on other campuses, including the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus, have been very visible, and used the slur when comparing the University of Kansas to the other incidents. Quenette said she could have apologized ‘‘in the moment’’ if anyone had responded, but no one did, so she continued the discussion.

But Amy Schumacher, a first-year doctoral student who was in the class of nine white students and one black student, said most ‘‘just shut down’’ after Quenette’s using the slur. Schumacher said she believes Quenette ‘‘actively violated policies’’ during the discussion, hurt students’ feelings — including the one black student, who left ‘‘devastated’’ — and has a previous history of being unsympathetic to students.

Quenette is relieved of all teaching and service responsibilities, university spokesman Joe Monaco said. He said administrative leaves are often used ‘‘to address substantial disruptions to the learning environment or concerns about individuals’ welfare’’ while investigations are underway.

Quenette said she hopes to secure an attorney to represent her.

She also said she believes academic freedom protects her comments and that they were not discriminatory.

‘‘I didn’t intend to offend anyone,’’ she said. ‘‘I didn’t intend to hurt anyone. I didn’t direct my words at any individual or group of people.’’

Necc0 posted:

To be fair racists love deliberately making poo poo like this complicated with arbitrary code words. The current hotness is calling black people 'Canadians' iirc

Luigi Thirty posted:

How hard is it to STOP SAYING THE N WORD IF YOU'RE WHITE?

Luigi Thirty posted:

How hard is it to STOP SAYING THE N WORD IF YOU'RE WHITE?

Kristov posted:

Pretty sure social working is outside the scope of a hospital's mission. Traditionally this is arresting imminent death, not warding off looming death.

What you need are more social workers that go into people's homes to follow up and poo poo, which requires a different bureaucracy entirely.

Luigi Thirty posted:

Get ready for more handwringing about God drat uppity college students!

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nat...flow%3Afacebook

quote:

“We students in the class began discussing possible ways to bring these issues up in our classes when COMS 930 instructor Dr. Andrea Quenette abruptly interjected with deeply disturbing remarks. Those remarks began with her admitted lack of knowledge of how to talk about racism with her students because she is white. “As a white woman I just never have seen the racism…It’s not like I see ‘friend of the family’ spray painted on walls…” she said.”

Raskolnikov38 posted:

Remember racism isn't over until white people can say the n-word all day long.

The Kingfish posted: