Michigan GOP candidate for governor is a Black man who wants to cancel Black History Month

[JimGinPA]

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/02/08/michigan-gop-candidate-for-governor-is-a-black-man-who-wants-to-cancel-black-history-month?fbclid=IwAR3P6iQTGHUkonXZKIuoPgnhLfa090NWLoD_bpEly71OVyNrtYAnTqZ50eg

Michigan's “deeply conservative” 2022 gubernatorial hopeful Austin Chenge — a Black Army veteran and businessman and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's first Republican challenger — announced that if elected, he will abolish Black History Month in favor of an "American History Month."

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Since posting his hot take on Black History Month on Monday, Chenge's post has garnered more than 700 likes and a handful of comments that support the move to abolish the nationally recognized month of education and remembrance that serves as a reminder as to all the work that has yet to be done to ensure a safe, fair, and equal future for Black Americans.

~more at link


Just wow.

[catbyte]

1. Sigh...

I don't think ol' Austin stands much of a chance here in the Great Lakes State. Too much real shit going on to suffer fools like him. Besides, Governor Whitmer's approval rating hasn't fallen much below 60% in the last 2 years.

[North Shore Chicago]

2. Well then,

he sounds like a perfect fit to run as a republican.

[muntrv]

3. Why? Because John James was not crazy enough?

[gibraltar72]

4. I'm betting Midvale College will back him!

[roamer65]

7. Hillsdale College?

[gibraltar72]

8. Yes I refer to them by the name Law And Order used when they did a show

about a small Mid Western college that had, "nothing to do with a story currently in the papers" as a disclaimer.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Someone was recently interviewed on NPR, on the subject of AA and Latino

people (almost exclusively male) becoming immersed in far-right movements across America. Their opinion was that these people believe that if they become a part of a white supremacist movement, then they may "benefit" from some of the by-products of this movement, if you will. And the more rabid their devotion is, the better shot they've got at receiving those benefits.

Case in point - here in Iowa, the state legislature just elected its first Latino member of the House, as a Republican. I read a story about this guy during the campaign, and his social media posts were literally Marjorie Taylor-Greene level obnoxious. Of course, the asshole scrubbed all of that garbage from his Facebook page since taking office - I just checked.

[abqtommy]

6. We see diversity everywhere, in peoples' skin, gender and hair.

There's always something coming down with the white, the black and the brown!

[MrScorpio]

9. Since when is Black history not American history and vice versa?

This Uncle Ruckus has as much a chance of getting elected governor of this state as a 1957 Buick Roadmaster Riviera.