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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Well despite the quaint folkloric origins, it
became a term of insult and derision, thus intended to be hurtfull to all people
of African origin.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They did similar hurtfull propoganda to the
Irish, depicting the men in cartoon illustrations during the 1800's and early
1900's as passed out alcoholics, and the women and children as ape
like.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Divide and conquer is the ruling class's
traditional technique to keep us down and distracted, ignorant and weak. Hence
no threat to their rule.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>David Johnson</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ewj@pigsqq.org href="mailto:ewj@pigsqq.org">"E. Wayne Johnson
朱稳森"</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=paulmueth@yahoo.com
href="mailto:paulmueth@yahoo.com">Paul Mueth</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=rachelstrm@gmail.com
href="mailto:rachelstrm@gmail.com">Rachel Storm</A> ; <A title=cge@shout.net
href="mailto:cge@shout.net">C. G. Estabrook</A> ; <A
title=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net
href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace Discuss</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 15, 2013 5:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Peace-discuss]
Organize!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>American history is very interesting and the affected reactions
of people similarly interesting.<BR>Americans really are too sensitive about
particular words.<BR><BR>Mencken writes [American Speech, vol. 19 (1944), pp.
161-74)], regarding the etymology of "coon":<BR><BR>Coon, though it is now one
of the the most familiar designations for a Negro, apparently did not come
into general use in that sense until the 80's; Thornton's first example is
dated 1891 and the DAE's 1887. For many years before that time the term had
been used in the sense of a loutish white man, and in Henry Clay's day it had
designated a member of the Whig party. It came originally, of course, from the
name of the animal, Procyon lotor, which seems to have been borrowed from the
Algonquian early in the seventeenth century, and was shortened from raccoon to
coon before 1750. "How the Negro Got the Name of Coon" is the title of one of
the stories in a collection of Maryland folk-lore published by Mrs. Walter R.
Bullock, Jr., in 1898, but all it shows is that the Negro who is the chief
figure called himself a coon, and that the name was afterward applied to
others. Why he did so is not explained, nor when. The popularity of the term
seems to have got a lift from the vast success of Ernest Hogan's song, "All
Coons Look Alike to Me," in 1896. Hogan, himself a colored man, used it
without opprobrious intent, and was amazed and crushed by the resentment it
aroused among his people. Says Edward B. Marks in They All
Sang:<BR><BR> The refrain became a fighting phrase all over
New York. Whistled by a white man, it was construed as a personal insult.
Rosamond Johnson relates that he once saw two men thrown off a ferry-boat in a
row over the tune. Hogan became an object of censure among all the Civil
Service intelligentsia, and died haunted by the awful crime he had unwittingly
committed against his race. <BR><BR>"All Coons Look Alike to Me" was followed
in 1899 by "Every Race Has a Flag But the Coon," by Heelan and Helf, two white
men, and in 1900 by "Coon, Coon, Coon," by two others, Jefferson and Friedman,
and from that time forward coon was firmly established in the American
vocabulary.<BR><BR>****<BR>Note (ewj):<BR> <BR>All Coons Look Alike to Me
sold more than 1 million copies, <BR>and was the first song of the genre
called Ragtime,<BR>which name and type was originated by Ernest Hogan,<BR>who
called himself the "Unbleached
American".<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On 07/16/13 2:09, Paul Mueth
wrote:
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type="cite">
<DIV>This is wrong,</DIV>
<DIV> "stand your ground" was referred to in instructions to the jury,
ck Dem Now today. </DIV>
<DIV>It may be standard op in FL, I guess particularly when the accused prep
is the son of a judge, </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>There should be an argument about whether Z used the word "coon"
on<BR>The 911 call or not.</DIV>
<DIV>Chew on this for a while,</DIV>
<DIV>Everything is fine in FL</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://mobile.alternet.org/alternet/#%21/entry/black-woman-gets-20-years-for-firing-shot-at-wall,51b7609bda27f5d9d0dd3c29"
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<DIV><BR>Sent from my iPhone 3GS, It doesn't chat!</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:16 AM, "C. G. Estabrook" <<A
href="mailto:cge@shout.net" moz-do-not-send="true">cge@shout.net</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>'...State of Florida v. Zimmerman is a straight up traditional
self defense case. It has never been pled as a Stand Your Ground defense
case, irrespective of all the press coverage, attention and attribution to
Stand Your Ground. It’s never been Stand Your Ground, and certainly is not
now that the evidence is all in on the trial record. It is a straight self
defense justification defense, one that would be pretty much the same
under the law of any state in the union including that which you are in,
and that I am in, now (so don’t blame “Florida
law”)...'</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>- See more at: <A
href="http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/07/11/uncomfortable-truth-the-state-of-evidence-in-the-george-zimmerman-prosecution/#sthash.j89tcZbp.dpuf"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/07/11/uncomfortable-truth-the-state-of-evidence-in-the-george-zimmerman-prosecution/#sthash.j89tcZbp.dpuf</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>On
Jul 14, 2013, at 10:31 AM, "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" <<A
href="mailto:ewj@pigsqq.org" moz-do-not-send="true">ewj@pigsqq.org</A>>
wrote:</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>The Martin/Zimmerman incident is not like
the </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Champaign Police shootings of young black
men.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Zimmerman may be an asshole or not.
I am not sure.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Most but not all cops and wannabee cops
are </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>indeed quasi-assholes. Not
all.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>But clearly Zimmerman was attacked, and on
that basis he </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>has been set free, because of the
self-defense argument.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>The cause of the dispute betwen Martin and
Zimmerman</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>becomes irrelevant when Zimmerman is
attacked.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>It's not like Zimmerman just pulled out
his gun and </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Oba-nam Style executed him because he was
wearing a hoodie.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>The law permits people to have encounters
and disagreement.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>When it erupts into physical violence
particularly life-threatening</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>violence, then a line is crossed.
The situation was</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>examined very
clearly.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Justice my ass.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>It's not justice that they are crying for.
</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>It's blood.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>They want an eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>They want blood for
bloodshed.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Well, actually what they want is
Money.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>But since there isn't any money
available,</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>they'll settle for a few pints of
blood,</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>and several ounces of testicular flesh if
that</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>becomes available.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>It is really a disgusting distraction for
a noble movement</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>like Occupy! to get down and grub for
cooties</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>with the blood-lust
crowd.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>On 07/14/13 22:02, Karen Aram
wrote:</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Rachel</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>After today's AWARE meeting at 5:00, I
will be attending the protest, bringing a neighbor as well.
</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Trayvon Marvin represents the many young
black men from Emmet Till, Jimmie Lee Jackson, Robert Hall etc., etc.
murdered because of their race, with the perpetrators so obviously
being acquitted by unjust laws and or decisions.
</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Karen
Aram</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>From: <A
href="mailto:rachelstrm@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">rachelstrm@gmail.com</A></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:51:39
-0500</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>To: <A
href="mailto:sdas-current@googlegroups.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">sdas-current@googlegroups.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:sdas-list@googlegroups.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">sdas-list@googlegroups.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:occupyCU@lists.chambana.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">occupyCU@lists.chambana.net</A>; <A
href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</A>; <A
href="mailto:peace@anti-war.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">peace@anti-war.net</A></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss]
Organize!</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Hey folks---If anyone has heard of
another demo being planned, I'm happy to send notices out, cancel this
one, and redirect people there. I've contacted a number of
African-American led organizations in town and can't seem to tell if
something is already in the works. Either way, I'm happy to help try
and get the word out and then redirect if need
be.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Okay, here's what I got to start. <A
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/206857249471575/?context=create"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/events/206857249471575/?context=create</A></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Please forward widely.
</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>No Justice, No Peace x Protest the
Verdict</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Sunday, July 14th, 2013 |
6pm-8pm</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Douglass Park | 512 E. Grove St.
Champaign</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>"George Zimmerman, the neighborhood
watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black
teenager, igniting a national debate on racial profiling and civil
rights, was found not guilty late Saturday night of second-degree
murder." We will stand together in Champaign-Urbana to demand
accountability, to stand against racial injustice, and to protest the
verdict that proved the injustice of the system. We stand with
Trayvon’s family and we know that we are called to act---to fight for
civil rights and for the removal of Stand Your Ground laws in every
state, and we will not rest until racial profiling in all its forms is
outlawed. Today we mourn, but tomorrow we organize.
#blacklivesmatter</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Bring your friends, your family, your
children, your neighbors. We stand together as a community--all of us.
Art, protest signs, candles, and messages of
outrage/hope/love/solidarity are encouraged.
</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Share on Facebook: <A
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/206857249471575/?context=create"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/events/206857249471575/?context=create</A></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:36 AM, Rachel
Storm <<A href="mailto:rachelstrm@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">rachelstrm@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>I think we need an emergency
demonstration tomorrow in response to the Zimmerman verdict to show
that Urbana community members/activists/folks in solidarity do not
stand for this outrageous demonstration of
injustice.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Can we plan to meet somewhere very
public tomorrow (Sunday) at 6pm-ish?</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>WHERE?</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
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<BLOCKQUOTE
type="cite"><SPAN>Rachel</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>_______________________________________________</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Peace-discuss
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