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The story behind the kente cloth worn by Black members of Congress at Trump’s SOTU
Grio ^ | 01/31/2018 | Natasha Alford

Posted on 01/31/2018 2:46:26 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

Black members of Congress made sure they would be heard last night, even if President Donald Trump was doing all the talking.

Members of the CBC (Congressional Black Caucus) wore brightly colored yellow, green, black and red kente cloth accents to President Trump’s first State of the Union address, as a sign of defiance against his “sh*thole* comments about African and Caribbean countries.

“The whole idea was to show support for Africa, particularly after the President called Africa and Haiti s-holes,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) in an exclusive interview with theGrio. “We thought it would be important for us to demonstrate our support in some way.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thegrio.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 115th; africa; california; cbc; haiti; kente; kentecloth; maxinewaters; trumpsotu
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To: Responsibility2nd

I hope they are thinking about changing Haiti from being a poverty stricken polluted ghetto to a tourist paradise soon..... Nah, they never will


61 posted on 01/31/2018 3:09:27 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: deport

You sure her name wasnt Tawana Brawley?


62 posted on 01/31/2018 3:09:31 PM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Can anyone please tell me of ANY world benefit that has ever come out of Africa without western influence?


63 posted on 01/31/2018 3:10:24 PM PST by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: shanover

I thought we were past *sitting in the back of the bus*.

They want to separate themselves out....so be it. Hypocrites.

Fools. Damn fools.


64 posted on 01/31/2018 3:11:15 PM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Looks like the Olympic booger-picking team.


65 posted on 01/31/2018 3:11:20 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: wardamneagle
Image result for i wanna bang on the drums all day
66 posted on 01/31/2018 3:12:10 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Right. Honor the kente cloth, while showing nothing but contempt for the American flag. Dishonorable leftist congresscritters showing their true colors.


67 posted on 01/31/2018 3:13:13 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Jemian

I wonder if Maxine Waters and any other pro-Africa protestors have LIVED in Africa for longer than a day or longer than a safari? If they have visited only white people they may not appreciate the Arabic holes in the ground, the plumbing pipe coming even with the ground and the general filth of feces around the holes due to the high level of diarrhea experienced by many in Africa routinely. When they have walked the talk of an African citizen, I might respect them a little more...not much I think.


68 posted on 01/31/2018 3:13:53 PM PST by Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Members of the CBC (Congressional Black Caucus) wore brightly colored yellow, green, black and red kente cloth accents to President Trump’s first State of the Union address, as a sign of defia—”
Corrected: of servitude to their Democrat Overseers.


69 posted on 01/31/2018 3:14:28 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I remember when they wore American flag accessories when Obama callled half the country “bitter clingers”, or when Hildabeast called that same half “deplorable”.


70 posted on 01/31/2018 3:15:43 PM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: shanover

They like to prance about like those despotic dictator peacocks in Africa


71 posted on 01/31/2018 3:16:12 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: micmac

It is. lol


72 posted on 01/31/2018 3:16:20 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Next year, Trump needs to make disparaging comments about circus clowns and prisoners. Then let’s see what these boneheads dress up as.


73 posted on 01/31/2018 3:16:34 PM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: rfreedom4u

Those big cast-iron black kettles used to cook Bugs Bunny in?


74 posted on 01/31/2018 3:16:44 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (God Bless Attorney General Jeff Sessions! Thank You!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
The whole idea was to show support for Africa

Yes, and no support for the United States of America.

75 posted on 01/31/2018 3:17:36 PM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: laplata
They carry around their own toilet paper. It’s reusable, too.

It might be a hot-selling novelty item to manufacture rolls of Charmin, etc, with those fancy colored motifs. Then, when you put it to good use, it would be a reminder of those countries every time. What a nice way of empathizing with how they live over there.

76 posted on 01/31/2018 3:18:19 PM PST by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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To: Bodega

You comment reminds me of what Muhammad Ali said after being in Africa.

“In the early 1970s Muhammad Ali fought for the heavyweight title against George Foreman. The fight was held in the African nation of Zaire; it was insensitively called the “rumble in the jungle.” Ali won the fight, and upon returning to the United States, he was asked by a reporter, “Champ, what did you think of Africa?” Ali replied, “Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat!”

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali


77 posted on 01/31/2018 3:18:21 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

I thought they were wearing the kente cloth, to have a Kunta Kinte moment.


78 posted on 01/31/2018 3:24:12 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Responsibility2nd

That personified “ I’M AN IDIOT WHO HATES AMERICA”!!!


79 posted on 01/31/2018 3:24:13 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Rates right up there with teaching young black kid “esteem” while failing to teach them respect or reading, math, etc...


80 posted on 01/31/2018 3:27:30 PM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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