By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--June 10, 2020
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Will Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats show up for George Floyd’s funeral sporting African cloth kente material, dragged out of their costume chest as political props, or was yesterday’s photo-op on Capitol Hill depicting them in kente scarves all just for show?
Congressional Democrats, whose leader Nancy Pelosi said yesterday would be kneeling in a place where they typically recited the Pledge of Allegiance, many of whom show zero respect for the American anthem and flag, have no respect for the traditional, cultural and patriotic colors of some other countries either."Excuse me, dear Democrats," she said. "In your tokenism, you didn't wait to find out that this thing that you're hanging around your neck is not just some African uniform -- it's actually the kente material. The kente belongs to the Ghanaian people, mainly the Ashanti tribe.” (Breitbart) "Excuse me, Democrats," she continued. "Don't treat Africans like we're children. These fabrics and these colorful things that we have within our culture and tradition, they all mean something to us. I know you look at us and you say, 'Oh, Africans are so cute in all of your colorful dresses.' Well, some of those dresses and patterns and colors and fabrics actually do mean something to us.”
I had to say something about the American politicians shameless and ignorantly using the Kente fabric as a prop in their virtue signaling.
— Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) June 8, 2020
*I’m usually more mild mannered than this so please forgive me, I’m upset. pic.twitter.com/aZMjgsHujS
“Ekeocha went on to ask why Democrats were using the cloth for their "own show of non-racism.” “Black commentator Hotep Jesus suggested Democrats were engaging in cultural appropriation. "How is this not cultural appropriation?" he asked, alongside a photo of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.”Haughtily showing their true colors, Democrats took a knee, kneeling in the Capitol Visiting Center while wearing the cultural and traditional colors cherished and prized in Ghana—outrageously flouting them as THEIR political props.
This is Kente Cloth!
— Hotep Jesus (@HotepJesus) June 8, 2020
They demonized Hoteps and then stole our look. They are trying to coop our movement by looking like us. https://t.co/1s86ahnMdi
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“Frederick Joseph, a former surrogate for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., laid out a series of criticisms for Democrats. He took special aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who knelt in the Capitol Visitor Center while wearing the cloth. (Fox) "If anyone can’t understand why Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and them dressed up like they’re trying to sneak into Wakanda is disrespectful and appropriative you have a great deal to learn," he said, referring to the fictional land where Marvel's "Black Panther" takes place. “Others, including Fox Nation host David Webb, piled on as well. "Isn't wearing the African scarves #culturalappropriation or are we past that? "Wakanda mess is this?" author Angie Thomas tweeted. “The kneeling served as an effort to memorialize George Floyd, whose death on May 25 has provoked mass protests around the country. “The kneeling also referenced an ongoing protest trend harkening back to former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and his demonstrations during the national anthem.”
“The family’s legal team facilitated the letter, which was sent on Wednesday, according to NBC News: “The group sent a letter on June 3 to one of the international body’s working groups asking for support for the end of the provision of military equipment and military-type training for police, the teaching of deescalation techniques, independent prosecutions and autopsies for “extrajudicial” police killings, and more. “When a group of people of any nation have been systemically deprived of their universal human right to life by its government for decades, it must appeal to the international community for its support and to the United Nations for its intervention,” Floyd’s family attorney Ben Crump said in a press release.”
“The U.N. issued a statement on May 28, three days after Floyd’s death, and included the names of other black people in the U.S. who died in police custody. Michelle Bachelet, U.N. Commissioner on Human Rights, is quoted in the statement, which says, in part:Meanwhile, we can all hope that prayer and not hatred lifts up all mourners at the Floyd funeral today and that no one is harmed in the protests bound to follow his Christian burial.“This is the latest in a long line of killings of unarmed African Americans by U.S. police officers and members of the public,” Bachelet said. “I am dismayed to have to add George Floyd’s name to that of Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Michael Brown and many other unarmed African Americans who have died over the years at the hands of the police — as well as people such as Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin who were killed by armed members of the public.” “The role that entrenched and pervasive racial discrimination plays in such deaths must also be fully examined, properly recognized and dealt with,” she added.“NBC did not report on whether or not the Floyd family or its legal counsel have heard back from the U.N.”
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