(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Black Kos Tuesday: Enough already [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-04 Enough Already Commentary by Chitown Kev One thing about living in a racist society is that racist fodder can always be generated for public consumption. University of Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark appeared on ESPN’s Outside the Lines earlier today and said that she’s had enough of the back and forth regarding the “trash-talk” regarding herself and Louisiana State University’s Angel Reese. x "I don't think Angel should be criticized at all." Caitlin Clark said she thought Angel Reese received too much backlash for her celebrations during the championship game. (via @OTLonESPN) pic.twitter.com/i8tZyO8bai — ESPN (@espn) April 4, 2023 Additionally, Ms. Clark also disliked the suggestion by FLOTUS Jill Biden that the Iowa women’s basketball team should join the NCAA champion LSU Tigers at a celebration at the White House. x "I don't think runner-ups usually go to the White House. I think LSU should enjoy that moment for them." —Caitlin Clark on if Iowa should join LSU at the White House (via @OTLonESPN) pic.twitter.com/M35mGY8oPp — ESPN (@espn) April 4, 2023 Just...enough already! I seem to be saying that a lot about a number of things in the news cycle nowadays. Peace out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News round up by dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trash talk has always been a part of basketball, and it only became a problem when it came back to bite the sport’s latest Great White Hope. The Root: Angel Reese Beat Caitlyin Clark At Her Own Game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Imus died four years ago, and we found out over the weekend his spirit still roams the Earth looking for other white people to possess anytime a Black woman athlete makes for a too-tempting target. Last night that target was Angel Reese, the LSU forward who, along with her teammates, were the buzzsaw that shredded Caitlyn Clark and her Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA Women’s Championship. Until then, it was Clark, playing with the destructive force of a power tool, unleashing lethal shots from long range that subdued every opponent she faced, including a Dawn Staley-led South Carolina team that hadn’t lost a game in almost two years. If it was just about Clark’s basketball prowess, this would be less of a story. But Clark wasn’t content to become the star of this year’s March Madness just for her jumper; she became the newest Queen of Shit Talk. She told a Louisville player to shut up because her squad was down by 15 points. She disrespectfully waved off South Carolina guard Raven Johnson as if she wasn’t even worth defending while Johnson had an open jumper beyond the arc. And most notably, Clark spent most of the tournament waving her hand in front of her own face, reviving WWE star John Cena’s “You can’t see me” taunt. And while she did all this, fans and commentators rejoiced. After all, it’s fucking basketball, and shit talk is part of the game. That is, until a Black woman like Reese returns the favor, and white America decides to circle the wagons around her. x “Angel Reese has no class. Caitlin Clark was raised right.” pic.twitter.com/sWZJVh3Sek — KillaChem (@Flour_Ranger) April 2, 2023 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leo D. Sullivan, the groundbreaking Black animator who contributed to the iconic opening for Soul Train and to cartoons featuring Fat Albert, Transformers and My Little Pony during his 50-year-plus career, has died. He was 82. Sullivan died Saturday of heart failure at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, his wife, Ethelyn, told The Hollywood Reporter. The Emmy-winning Sullivan also was a writer, producer, director, layout artist and storyboard artist at studios including Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., Filmation, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, DIC Entertainment and Marvel Productions. He and onetime Disney animator Floyd Norman were among the co-founders of Vignette Films in the 1960s. Their company produced educational films about such Black heroes as George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington and was behind a 1969 Bill Cosby special, Hey! Hey! Hey! It’s Fat Albert, for NBC. The duo also teamed on AfroKids.com, whose mission it is to build self-esteem and reconnect children to their cultural heritage by teaching life lessons, family values, respect and responsibility. (Sullivan was featured prominently in the 2016 documentary Floyd Norman: An Animated Life.) A native of Lockhart, Texas, Leo Dan Sullivan settled in Los Angeles in 1952. His father was in the military, and his family moved around a lot. He began his career running errands for Bob Clampett in the ’50s before becoming an animation cel polisher on the producer’s Beany and Cecil cartoons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, too many in Congress are calling for thoughts and prayers and nothing more, as gun violence claims new victims, as it did this week at a private Christian school in Nashville. The Grio: Senate Chaplain Barry Black is right: We need more than thoughts and prayers to reduce gun deaths ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Barry Black, the first Black person to serve as U.S. Senate chaplain since the position was created in 1789, is a strong believer in the power of prayer. But he made headlines after the mass murder of three children and three adults in a Nashville church school Monday when he told senators they need to do more than pray to reduce the senseless slaughter of gun violence. “Lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers,” Black said solemnly as he delivered the opening prayer at the beginning of the Senate session the next day. “Lord, deliver our senators from the paralysis of analysis that waits for the miraculous. Use them to battle the demonic forces that seek to engulf us.” Black is a clergyman, not a politician. After ministering in churches in North and South Carolina, the 74-year-old Seventh-day Adventist pastor served as a Navy chaplain for 27 years, rising to the rank of rear admiral and becoming chief of Navy chaplains before retiring from the military in 2003 and being appointed Senate chaplain that same year. Like the children murdered at the Covenant School in Nashville, Black and his seven siblings all attended private Christian schools when they were children, as did his own three sons. Black’s parents were too poor to pay full tuition, but church scholarships enabled Black and his siblings to get a Christian education. He credits his faith with saving him from prison by ending his involvement with a gang when he was a teenager. x YouTube Video . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Our opponents may claim to not know intersectionality, but they sure do know how to attack our issues and communities intersectionally,” — LGBTQ activist Preston Mitchum The Grio: Activists say wave of anti-LGBTQ bills makes Black trans community especially vulnerable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Activists took to the streets last week in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the visibility of transgender and non-binary Americans and protest a bevy of proposed bills and laws they say seek to erase their existence and cause them further harm. What’s more, advocates say, Black and brown trans and non-binary people are most vulnerable to societal harm. Queer Youth Assemble, supported by Human Rights Campaign, organized Friday’s march to the United States Capitol to express opposition to the more than 430 bills introduced in state legislatures around the country that would restrict or ban aspects of LGBTQ+ lives, particularly for trans people. Kelley Robinson, HRC’s first female Black queer president, spoke to theGrio at Friday’s rally commemorating International Transgender Day of Visibility. The veteran political and community organizer said the wave of anti-LGBTQ bills is meant to “instill fear [and] to get us back into the shadows.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WELCOME TO THE TUESDAY PORCH [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/story/2023/4/4/2161552/-Black-Kos-Tuesday-Enough-already Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/