MrsMatt (1,245 posts)
BLM St. Paul planning protest at Minnesota State Fair
Black Lives Matter St. Paul is planning a march and rally during the Minnesota State Fair, the group announced Thursday.
The event, called #BlackFair by the organizers, starts at 11 a.m. Aug. 29 in Hamline Park in St. Paul. The protesters will proceed up Snelling Avenue to the fairgrounds in Falcon Heights.
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In a statement, the group said the State Fair has a history of denying people of color the opportunity to be vendors.
"When I look around the Fair, I don't see an equitable amount of businesses owned by people of color," Turner said. "Yet, if you look at what people call the 'help,' you see plenty of people of color picking up trash and taking tickets, etc., but very few black-owned businesses as vendors."
Hey, man, I hear you. When I think about the opportunity in this country, where all the wealth is, the site of the ACTION, it's the STATE FAIR. Because no one has it cushier than the crackas who stand over 3-day-old oil, frying dough.What a load of horseshit. First of all, how do the BLM assholes know that the business aren't owned by Oprah, who oversees them from her throne while all the cracka-ass slaves do the grunt work? I thought they learned from Dolemite and other educational movies that there is ALWAYS a boss higher up, pulling the strings.
Next, let's see if we can uncover an ulterior motive. Hm. Do BLM assholes really want to own businesses that hawk wares at the State Fair, or do they just want to
bellow and howl in a place where they know thousands of people will be?Try to guess which I think it is. Why isn't BLM milling around on Wall Street, howling about jobs? Too few crackas to intimidate, that's why.
Star Member MineralMan (75,249 posts)
1. They're correct, no doubt. I have not seen a PoC as a vendor
at that fair, and I attend every year. How many have applied, I do not know. That would be pertinent information, I think.
And the MOMENT they start becoming vendors at the Fair, we will be regaled with, "Oh, look, the crackas tryin' to keep us down selling fried dough in 100 degree heat. HEY, 'MASSA', THE SLAVE DAYS IS OVER!!!!"