Yep, that’s right.
Could be a bit more, could be a bit less. But American Blacks are basically still living on the plantation.
Who knew?
My great-grandfather grew up in a one room house in North Carolina. Literally one room. The kitchen, living room, and bedrooms were all in the same room. They had to go outside to use the bathroom. He used to tell me he felt proud when he was actually able to own a house with an… pic.twitter.com/6z3HsknKGx
— Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 (@ZeekArkham) September 1, 2023
Mellencamp made his ridiculous assertion during a podcast with Bill Maher, along with a string of other nonsensical BS about race, politics, and guns.
John Mellencamp thinks only 2% of black people in America have better lives than the slaves did.
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) August 28, 2023
This is why celebrities shouldn't be treated as special people. Most of them are idiots. pic.twitter.com/oTMQ1vVJBm
To me the most interesting thing about Mellencamp’s exchange with Maher was not his insane assertion that modern America remains a hellhole for Blacks; by now one has come to expect insane takes from racialists who fetishize invented oppression and marinate in it.
No, it was his admission after Maher called him out on the stupidity of what he was saying. Mellencamp admitted that he just pulled the number 1%-2% out of his ass. He simply made it up, and that is just fine with him.
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