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Showing Original Post only (View all)Kentucky Governor: Black Kids Playing Chess 'Not Something You Would've Thought of...' [View all]
Kentucky Governor: Black Kids Playing Chess 'Not Something You Would've Thought of' in Black Part of Town
Michael Harriot
Apparently, astounded that all black children dont spend their time shooting hoops or exploring new avenues of committing black-on-black crime, the governor of Kentucky regurgitated a small amount of previously digested racism when he declared how surprised he was that black kids could play chess.
On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin visited Nativity Academy at St. Boniface, a Louisville, Ky., middle school that is 86 percent black and only 1 percent white. Before entering, Gov. Bevin recorded a brief introduction for his Twitter followers.
Im about to go in and meet the members of the West Louisville Chess Club, he explained. Not necessarily something you wouldve thought of when you think of this section of town.
The video montage, appropriately set to Appalachian banjo riffs, shows Bevin actually standing next to the blacks and imploring teachers to give them the chance to succeed, to pursue the American dream.
While I could point out how Bevin doesnt give a damn about black kids or their dreams being that he supports Donald Trump, the Tea Party, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, lowering the minimum wage, gun-toting teachers and the Blue Lives Matter law, Id rather focus on a more important question:
What does Matt Bevin, and other white people expect from that part of town?
Well, The Root has obtained an exclusive copy of an internal memo circulated by the Bevin administration listing the top 10 things Gov. Bevin expects to see when he visits black schools:
10. Dance-offs: Weve all seen the movies. When white people go to black schools, the first person they want to meet is the liberal, white woman who took a job at an inner-city school and saved the miniature negroes from a life of gangbanging by teaching them how to channel their anger and pain into the annual statewide dance competition usually dominated by nonblack students from the Becky Y. P. Pull Ballet Academy.
https://www.theroot.com/kentucky-governor-black-kids-playing-chess-not-somethi-1827515372?utm_source=theroot_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Michael Harriot
Apparently, astounded that all black children dont spend their time shooting hoops or exploring new avenues of committing black-on-black crime, the governor of Kentucky regurgitated a small amount of previously digested racism when he declared how surprised he was that black kids could play chess.
On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin visited Nativity Academy at St. Boniface, a Louisville, Ky., middle school that is 86 percent black and only 1 percent white. Before entering, Gov. Bevin recorded a brief introduction for his Twitter followers.
Im about to go in and meet the members of the West Louisville Chess Club, he explained. Not necessarily something you wouldve thought of when you think of this section of town.
The video montage, appropriately set to Appalachian banjo riffs, shows Bevin actually standing next to the blacks and imploring teachers to give them the chance to succeed, to pursue the American dream.
Link to tweet
While I could point out how Bevin doesnt give a damn about black kids or their dreams being that he supports Donald Trump, the Tea Party, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, lowering the minimum wage, gun-toting teachers and the Blue Lives Matter law, Id rather focus on a more important question:
What does Matt Bevin, and other white people expect from that part of town?
Well, The Root has obtained an exclusive copy of an internal memo circulated by the Bevin administration listing the top 10 things Gov. Bevin expects to see when he visits black schools:
10. Dance-offs: Weve all seen the movies. When white people go to black schools, the first person they want to meet is the liberal, white woman who took a job at an inner-city school and saved the miniature negroes from a life of gangbanging by teaching them how to channel their anger and pain into the annual statewide dance competition usually dominated by nonblack students from the Becky Y. P. Pull Ballet Academy.
https://www.theroot.com/kentucky-governor-black-kids-playing-chess-not-somethi-1827515372?utm_source=theroot_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
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Kentucky Governor: Black Kids Playing Chess 'Not Something You Would've Thought of...' [View all]
MrScorpio
Jul 2018
OP
I'm in Chicago . Chess is very popular here and it's not just Chicago . He is an idiot
lunasun
Jul 2018
#7
Kids from my old elementary school went to compete at the Chess SuperNationals...
MrScorpio
Jul 2018
#8
I played chess as a young black girl growing up; and my black son-in-law played golf in high school
politicaljunkie41910
Jul 2018
#10
It's insulting because chess has a history in the black community in many places
lunasun
Jul 2018
#16