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Pelosi’s Kente cloth photo op hearkens to tradition of Ashanti slave ownership and trade
NOQ Report ^ | 10 June 2020 | CQ Livingston

Posted on 06/10/2020 3:39:43 PM PDT by Jewbacca

Democrats love photo ops. That can be said about all politicians, but Democrats in particular are keen to get involved in symbolism and fanfare whenever possible. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a master of producing photogenic moments for the press to fawn over, but her latest attempt to virtue signal in response to George Floyd’s murder appears to include a major misstep that would be comical if it weren’t so sad.

The Kente cloth stoles she and her fellow Democrats wore during their eight-minute kneeling ceremony (socially distanced, of course) have an ironic history as it pertains to this moment. In modern times, they are considered to be a sign of affluence as the colorful woven scarves are often more expensive than their normal counterparts. Most are prints which are more affordable, but the woven scarves the Democrats chose to wore weren’t cheap. But it’s in their historical significance that we see the real faux pas manifest

These scarves were traditionally worn by the wealthy land-owners and dignitaries of the Ashanti (or Asante) tribes of what is now known as Ghana. They were made of silk, making them not only rare but also symbolic of wealth. More importantly, they were adorned by those who were involved in the pervasive slave trade the wealthy of the Ashanti tribe embraced.

You read that right. The elite in the Ashanti tribe who wore these stoles throughout history were slave owners and even slave traders. They were a scourge throughout the reason, taking people from tribes they would conquer and selling them as slaves.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; ashanti; ghana; kente; nlz; pelosi; sidebarabuse; slave; slavery; slaves
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To: Elsie

Madame, precisely!


61 posted on 06/10/2020 7:40:59 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Jewbacca

Pelosi’s Kente cloth photo op was a form of blackface...


62 posted on 06/10/2020 7:48:59 PM PDT by GOPJ (Use Consitutional means to solve issues - not the streets, thugs, violence, looting and intimidation)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt
The elite in the Ashanti tribe who wore these stoles throughout history were slave owners and even slave traders.

This photo op was a form of blackface... it's really tacky.

63 posted on 06/10/2020 7:53:17 PM PDT by GOPJ (Use Consitutional means to solve issues - not the streets, thugs, violence, looting and intimidation)
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To: Bommer

64 posted on 06/10/2020 8:03:18 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Bonemaker

These pics really make me ill.


65 posted on 06/10/2020 8:10:53 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Is the guy with the cane one of the dance team waiting for Gadaffi?

Seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_lYoENIffI


66 posted on 06/10/2020 8:14:16 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Bonemaker

“...What is an 80 year old crone doing wearing an 18 year old slut’s stilletos? Then she needed help getting up.....”

The vile demonic Botoxian was probably drunker than a skunk.
It tends to stay that way these days...


67 posted on 06/10/2020 8:24:23 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: Jewbacca

Dems were the slave traders in the US.


68 posted on 06/10/2020 9:48:16 PM PDT by NoLibZone (BLM Ltd. Concern is limited to those black lives that can be used to generate revenue and power.)
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To: Jewbacca

Geez! The left are masters at shameless pandering. You’d think they would’ve exercised a little due diligence beforehand.


69 posted on 06/10/2020 10:17:35 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: Bommer
Each of them is thinking "I wonder how much of the black vote we'll get?"

That's exactly what I thought when I saw this outrageously pandering, barf-worthy moment. One of the stupidest stunts the 'RATs have pulled in years.

70 posted on 06/10/2020 10:20:06 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Bonemaker
What is Schmucky Schumer reading?? That pink paper on the floor...?

Wasn't he supposed to be deep in prayerful meditation? LOL

71 posted on 06/10/2020 10:22:42 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: VeniVidiVici
That Dreyfuss guy was RIGHT!

There's nothing wrong with the air!!


72 posted on 06/11/2020 4:44:29 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie


One of these days; a few thousand Richard Dreyfuss types are going to remove their masks...


73 posted on 06/11/2020 4:45:46 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

And here it was NANZI Pelosi who called out President Trump for a “photo op” with a “prop”.


74 posted on 06/11/2020 5:59:35 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Jewbacca; All

I think y’all keep forgetting that ALL CULTURES ARE EQUAL - including murderous, slave trading African THUGS!


75 posted on 06/11/2020 5:59:40 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: skimbell
I always just thought it was African camo.

And I thought they were all celebrating in passing Quilting 101.

76 posted on 06/11/2020 6:07:02 AM PDT by spokeshave
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To: Jewbacca

The Jooos! did it, and blamed it on the Ashanti.


77 posted on 06/11/2020 6:16:24 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt
She visited both the Cape Coast and Elmina Castles on that visit. Said not a word about the Africans and Europeans selling slaves to the English colonies.

Nancy Pelosi Commemorates 400th Anniversary Of Slave Trade In Ghana

It was a financial boon to Ghana. I suppose that's worth commemorating.

78 posted on 06/11/2020 6:48:36 AM PDT by SJackson (wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
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