[Peace-discuss] Organize!

Tue Jul 16 02:01:06 UTC 2013

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.
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.
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.

David Johnson
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" 
  To: Paul Mueth 
  Cc: Rachel Storm ; C. G. Estabrook ; Peace Discuss 
  Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 5:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Organize!

  American history is very interesting and the affected reactions of people similarly interesting.
  Americans really are too sensitive about particular words.

  Mencken writes [American Speech, vol. 19 (1944), pp. 161-74)], regarding the etymology of "coon":

  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:

      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. 

  "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.

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  Note (ewj):

  All Coons Look Alike to Me sold more than 1 million copies, 
  and was the first song of the genre called Ragtime,
  which name and type was originated by Ernest Hogan,
  who called himself the "Unbleached American".

  On 07/16/13 2:09, Paul Mueth wrote: 
    This is wrong,
     "stand your ground" was referred to in instructions to the jury, ck Dem Now today. 
    It may be standard op in FL, I guess particularly when the accused prep is the son of a judge, 

    There should be an argument about whether Z used the word "coon" on
    The 911 call or not.
    Chew on this for a while,
    Everything is fine in FL
    http://mobile.alternet.org/alternet/#!/entry/black-woman-gets-20-years-for-firing-shot-at-wall,51b7609bda27f5d9d0dd3c29

    Sent from my iPhone 3GS, It doesn't chat!

    On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:16 AM, "C. G. Estabrook" <cge at shout.net> wrote:

      '...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”)...'

      - See more at: http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/07/11/uncomfortable-truth-the-state-of-evidence-in-the-george-zimmerman-prosecution/#sthash.j89tcZbp.dpuf

      On Jul 14, 2013, at 10:31 AM, "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" <ewj at pigsqq.org> wrote:

        The Martin/Zimmerman incident is not like the 

        Champaign Police shootings of young black men.

        Zimmerman may be an asshole or not.  I am not sure.

        Most but not all cops and wannabee cops are 

        indeed quasi-assholes.  Not all.

        But clearly Zimmerman was attacked, and on that basis he 

        has been set free, because of the self-defense argument.

        The cause of the dispute betwen Martin and Zimmerman

        becomes irrelevant when Zimmerman is attacked.

        It's not like Zimmerman just pulled out his gun and 

        Oba-nam Style executed him because he was wearing a hoodie.

        The law permits people to have encounters and disagreement.

        When it erupts into physical violence particularly life-threatening

        violence, then a line is crossed.  The situation was

        examined very clearly.

        Justice my ass.

        It's not justice that they are crying for.  

        It's blood.

        They want an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

        They want blood for bloodshed.

        Well, actually what they want is Money.

        But since there isn't any money available,

        they'll settle for a few pints of blood,

        and several ounces of testicular flesh if that

        becomes available.

        It is really a disgusting distraction for a noble movement

        like Occupy! to get down and grub for cooties

        with the blood-lust crowd.

        On 07/14/13 22:02, Karen Aram wrote:

          Rachel

          After today's AWARE meeting at 5:00, I will be attending the protest, bringing a neighbor as well. 

          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.  

          Karen Aram

          From: rachelstrm at gmail.com

          Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:51:39 -0500

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          Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Organize!

          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.

          Okay, here's what I got to start. https://www.facebook.com/events/206857249471575/?context=create

          Please forward widely. 

          No Justice, No Peace x Protest the Verdict

          Sunday, July 14th, 2013 | 6pm-8pm

          Douglass Park | 512 E. Grove St. Champaign

          "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

          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. 

          Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/206857249471575/?context=create

          On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:36 AM, Rachel Storm <rachelstrm at gmail.com> wrote:

          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.

          Can we plan to meet somewhere very public tomorrow (Sunday) at 6pm-ish?

          WHERE?

          Rachel

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