ronn

I watched some Apple TV+ & then baseball. Reading friends reactions on social media I didn't miss a thing. Well, besides the "very stable genius" proving once again he is a deranged traitor:

"I have concepts of a plan"

"In Springfield, they're eating dogs! They're eating cats!"

"I saw it on TV!"

Those are his talking points? At this point his supporters are just as batspit crazy and racist.

dtownwarrior said:

I would suggest closing the comment section for this story.  

And then the racists when. They overwhelm with off-topic, idiotic statements. I suggest not feeding them and report them when they violate the rules/TOS of AI.

Back on topic: HBCUs are not exclusively for Black students. The "H" in HBCU stands for historically. Indeed, there are several HBCUs that have become majority white post Brown v. Board of Education. The one that immediately comes to mind is Bluefield State in West Virginia. ~80% of its student population is white. When it was formed in 1895 it was exclusively for Black students of coal miners. It became quite successful educating Black students that were not allowed entrance in white state educational institutions. Bluefield still receives funds earmarked exclusively for HBCUs.

One of the reasons that Apple (and other companies) support HBCUs with primarily Black student populations is because racism still infects the education sector of states. IIRC, Maryland was found to have intentionally underfunded its sole state Black educational institute/HBCU for decades to the tune of $500M and counting.

Nationally about ~11-12% of HBCU students are white. Another 12% are Latinx/Asian/Native. And even international students attend HBCUs, including non-Black students.

One of my favorite photos about HBCUs shows Albert Einstein giving a lecture at Lincoln University after receiving an honorary degree:

In 1946, Einstein, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist traveled to Lincoln University where he gave a speech in which he called racism "a disease of white people," and added, "I do not intend to be quiet about it." Lincoln was the first school in the United States to grant college degrees to blacks. Einstein, who was Jewish, identified with the racial discrimination he witnessed towards African Americans in Princeton, New Jersey where he was a faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study. Einstein experienced anti-Semitic threats during his time as a professor at the University of Berlin and chose not to return to his native Germany after the rise of the Nazi party. While at Lincoln, Einstein also received an honorary degree and gave a lecture on relativity.

avon b7 said:

All I can say is wow! 

So China is a hostile power? You mean more hostile than the US? LOL. 

The absolute most horrifying thing about your 'justification' is that it is probably how Biden sees things too. 

Anyway. I have no need to continue with this as there is nothing more I can say. So I will rest my case.

This is a joke, right? 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/30/philippines-and-china-in-new-confrontation-at-scarborough-shoal

The Philippines has accused China of “dangerous maneuvers and obstruction” and reinstalling a barrier at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing blockaded and seized from Manila in 2012.

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Jay Tarriela said two Philippine vessels on maritime patrol encountered four China Coast Guard (CCG) ships and six vessels from its maritime militia in the area on Monday morning.

https://news.sky.com/story/why-has-the-south-china-sea-become-so-contentious-13126474

That's before you add in China's own extremely expansive claim - the nine-dash line which claims nearly the whole sea as theirs. That was rejected by an international tribunal, a decision which China rejected.

https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/03/22/southeast-asia-stymied-in-south-china-sea-dispute/

Regional claimant states — fatigued by ASEAN’s inability to resolve the dispute and facing the brunt of Chinese aggression — may increasingly forge ties among themselves. But such efforts are unlikely to compel China to halt its aggressive campaign in the SCS.

beowulfschmidt said:

ronn said:

The CCP would be foolish to invade a sovereign nation. Which means it's bound to happen sooner rather than later. I think Taiwan and it's partners have plans ready for launch once the CCP goes full-on crazy.

CCP does not consider Taiwan to be a sovereign nation.  They consider it to be just another Chinese province.  So I also expect them to "exercise their legitimate sovereignty over this rebellious province" sometime within the the next decade.

The CCP's consideration is bunk. Taiwan was never ruled over by the communists. Not one year, day nor second. Taiwan has its own legislature, military, monetary system and its citizens are responsible for electing its leadership.

Once the CCP attacks, they will overwhelm Taiwan; but it won't be a short and total "victory" in any sense. Indeed, the ramifications will be just as swift and long-lasting, to the CCP's detriment in the long run.