Black History

Guilt-Stricken Romans

Republicans like Ron DeSantis and those Republican fuckers in Tennessee claim that teaching Critical Race Theory, which they believe is all black history, makes white people feel bad. Well, maybe white people shouldn’t have done a bunch of horrible shitty things in the past.

These are the same fuckers who claim we should teach facts, even stuff we don’t want to confront…but leave out all that stuff about slavery and the civil rights era. They’re writing laws prohibiting Critical Race Theory from being taught in public schools, even though it hasn’t been taught in any public schools in the nation. But down in Florida, Ron DeSantis has personally banned A.P. courses that teach black history and has proposed a bill that would ban schools and businesses from teaching subjects or conducting training that would cause white people to feel guilt or discomfort on account of their race.

How do you tell a business what it can and can’t teach when it comes to idealogy? Isn’t that suppressing free speech?

People who think the Earth is only 6,000 years old shouldn’t have a say in what’s taught in history and science…or legislate it.

Meanwhile, 61 percent of Republicans want this nation to be declared a Christian nation. This nation was founded by a bunch of Christians, and all the founding fathers were white Christian men, but it was also founded as a secular nation. In case you’re a Republican, “secular” means non-religious. The state is not supposed to favor one religion over another. It’s in the Constitution you supposed constitutionalists keep harping about yet never seem to read except for half the sentence in the Second Amendment about boom sticks. But Republicans believe they should take precedence over other Americans. That includes religion, language, and even political candidates.

They try to overturn elections they lost and in some cases, they expel legislators for exercising free speech, another right protected by the Constitution. It’s also why Republicans are crawling up every woman’s uterus.

This brings us back to schools. Republicans aren’t just saying parents should have a right over what’s taught to their children, but white fundamentalist fucknut parents with sticks up their asses should be able to say what kind of education YOUR child gets. It’s why your kid in Florida can’t see David’s penis (which I’m sure is more impressive than the one I drew in today’s first cartoon.

Like most political cartoons, this is an exaggeration. Today’s Romans don’t feel guilt over the crucifixion of Jesus. In fact, most of them are Christians and Vatican City is in Rome. I hope Romans and the majority of Italians aren’t as uptight and ignorant as Republicans.

I did two cartoons and two blogs on Easter Sunday. Can I take the rest of the day off now?

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Republicans and the Book Banning Factory

New editions of Roald Dahl’s books are being edited to be less offensive. From the examples I’ve seen, these new edits will spare the feelings of fat German kids and bald witches. Oompa-Loompas still have to carry the burden of Trump comparisons.

Roald Dahl is the great British author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Matilda,” “BFG,” “James and the Giant Peach,” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox.”

Dahl died in 1990 at 74 so he doesn’t have much of a say in this, but he had a history of antisemitism so he probably wouldn’t be OK with edits to spare feelings. But it’s the company that controls his copyrights and his publisher who are making these edits.

One of the edits in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” changes a description of Augustus Gloop from “fat” to “enormous” which to me isn’t any better. I’m shocked they didn’t go with “husky” or “robust.” Another edit changes the Oompa Loompas from “small men” to “small people.” I don’t recall seeing any female Oompa Loompas in the film version, but there must be female Oompa Loompas. Don’t Oompa Loompas have to create even tinier Oompa Loompas? Don’t Oompa Loompas have sex lives? Did I just put an image of Oompa Loompas getting busy into your brain?

What’s worse than naked getting jiggy Oompa Loompas in your head is the publisher isn’t just changing a few words but adding language not originally written by Dahl. In “The Witches,” Dahl writes that “witches are bald beneath their wigs.” Now, a new line has been added that says, “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.” Yes, maybe one of the witches had cancer and her chemotherapy treatments left her bald, so all the other witches shaved their heads in support so the cancer-stricken witch wouldn’t feel so self-conscious while they were cooking children in their houses made out of candy. OK, I confess. I haven’t read “The Witches.” I don’t know if there are candy houses.

I have decided I do not like these changes, and I consider myself woke. I care about people’s feelings. I have compassion and empathy. I don’t think it’s necessary to run around making fun of fat German kids and bald witches. I don’t think we should make fun of Veruca Salt because she can’t fight the Seether. But, as a creator who’s very protective and territorial of his work, I don’t think these changes should be made.

I get pissed off when someone takes one of my cartoons and replaces text in the speech bubble. I get outraged. I’m livid. I don’t just feel as though my copyright was violated, I feel personally violated. You can’t improve my work so leave it the heck alone. I’m pretty sure Dahl would feel the same way.

Now, if you don’t want your kids to read about “fat” Augustus Gloop, then don’t read “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” to them. And if you don’t want them to hear about horny Oompa Loompas, then don’t read this blog to them. I’m sure you’re already sorry you read it.

I also don’t think this is the same as the publisher for Dr. Seuss deciding to end the publication of a few titles. That’s their right. They don’t have to publish something they don’t want to publish if a contract doesn’t force them. I’d rather they cease publishing than edit it without the author’s permission. I’m a warts-and-all kinda guy.

Some of the people screaming the loudest about this are the usual screamers, Republicans. They’re all “you’re woke” and forcing political correctness on the rest of us. You’re engaging in “cancel culture.” Wah.

But these are the same fucktoids who are all about banning black history books and outlawing the word “gay” in Florida schools. There are lists of books that are banned from schools in this country. Near my town of Fredericksburg, The Spotsylvania School District seriously considered holding a book burning. Seriously. Spotsylvania is affectionately referred to as “Spotsyltucky” around here.

I can get upset about these edits. Other liberals can too. But if you’re screaming about Critical Race Theory being forced upon our kids and all about banning black history, shaddup.

Oompity doo.

Music Note: I listened to Cake again because sheep go to Heaven and goats go to Hell.

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Bully For History

You don’t have to be a genius to know that if you give a bully your lunch money, he’s just going to bully you for your lunch money again the next day.

You don’t handle a bully by giving in to his demands. It only encourages him to continue bullying, you and others. You’re telling him that his bullying is successful.

So shame on the College Board for giving into the bullying of Ron DeSantis. Ron DeSantis is a bully. He’s bullied Mickey Mouse. He’s a bully to educators. He’s a bully to anyone he deems is a liberal or “woke.” We’ve even seen him bully high school students, scolding them for wearing face masks and jabbing his pointy sticky finger at them. Right now, DeSantis is planning to ban state universities from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in hopes that they will “wither on the vine” without funding.

Florida rejected an AP African American course, claiming it was indoctrinating, political, and woke. The College Board says it didn’t revise the program because of this, but yeah. Just look at what was removed, lessons on Black Lives Matter and on reparations for the harms of slavery and racial discrimination, as well as suggested readings from left-leaning notables such as scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, an architect of critical race theory. 

Joshua Myers, an associate professor of Africana studies at Howard University, said, “This was pure cowardice. and it shows how far liberals will go to confront the creeping fascism in this country. And that’s not very far at all.” Myers is listed as an adviser to the AP course framework.

David Blight, a history professor at Yale University and author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on Frederick Douglass, said he withdrew an endorsement of the course plan on Wednesday after he heard about the revisions. He said “I thought, ‘No, no, wait a minute.'” Blight did not participate in the course development, but he said he wants answers. “This is all a matter of academic freedom.”

It’s funny that the people who claim they’re about freedom, such as Ron DeSantis, are quick to deprive it from people who don’t look like them. It’s like their support of free speech, yet Desantis tries to regulate it with his anti-woke law. DeSantis says “Florida is where woke goes to die,” but how do you ban a viewpoint?

The AP African American course is being tried out in about 60 high schools and will be available nationwide by 2024. But in what form? Other yee-haw states are now considering following DeSantis’ actions, states such as Arkansas which in its wisdom made Sarah Huckabee Sanders its governor, who’s seeking to be a bully in her own right.

Bullying is what Republicans do. Look at Kevin McCarthy trying to bully President Biden over the debt ceiling while he can’t come up with any specifics. He’s just bullying for the sake of bullying.

There’s another thing we know about bullies. They’re all cowards. Usually, all you gotta do is pop one in the nose and they go away. Bullies can only dish it out, but they can’t take it. When a bully challenges you to a fight, the only recourse is to kick its ass.

Creative note: I’m in Indianapolis. I wrote another version of this cartoon two weeks ago but put it aside for other ideas on the subject. But after reading about the College Board’s revisions, I thought of how to re-do the idea during my three flights and two layovers yesterday.

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Dragging On Black History

Did you know that February is Black History Month? In the future, no one in Florida is going to know because its fascist governor Ron Scumface DeSantis is attempting to outlaw black history from being taught in public schools, and you know private schools in that state aren’t going to teach it.

Republicans are more concerned about protecting children from things that aren’t going to get them or don’t even exist at all.

Ron McRacist DeSantis says Florida is where “woke goes to die.” What the hell is “woke”? Basically, it’s having a social conscience and trying to understand situations you’ll never be in. It’s trying to understand prejudice, racism, discrimination, and sexism. If you’re a white person and you know you have white privilege then congratulations. You’re woke. Republicans use “woke” like they used to use the word “liberal,” as a bad word. A lot of Republicans still use “liberal” to attack someone but as more of the public has come to learn the definition of that word and realized that being liberal is a good thing, more and more Republicans are now starting to use “woke” to attack liberals, despite the fact that “woke” is also a good thing. Anyway, Ron DeSatan DeSantis is trying to outlaw “woke” in his state and protect children from having a social conscience.

He’s also trying to protect children from Mickey Mouse and has waged war with Disney which you would think is a dumb thing to do in Florida, but whatever. You do you, Ron DeScumbucket DeSantis.

Republicans are trying to protect children from drag queens unless that drag queen is George Santos. Yeah, that’s weird…and the GOP thinks drag queens are the weird ones.

Ron DeStupid DeSantis also tried to protect kids from science. What he was protecting was the coronavirus. Florida is where the coronavirus goes to thrive.

Ron DeHumanTrafficker DeSantis is trying to protect Florida’s school children from immigrants…in Texas.

And now, Ron DeShithead DeSantis is trying to protect children from history, specifically, black history. Why? Because learning black history might make a little white kid feel bad.

White conservatives who don’t believe white privilege, racism, or discrimination exist and don’t understand why Colin Kaepernick was kneeling shouldn’t be the ones restricting any history lessons.

Now when it comes to protecting children from gun violence, Republicans refuse to do anything except accept checks from the National GoStickItInYourAss Rifle Association.

Ron GoFuckYourself DeSantis is doing everything he can to turn his state into a fascist shithole, believing it’s his route to the presidency. Those who know history will be those who don’t vote for Ron DeIhaveLessCharmThanAhoneyBadgerWithAflamingHemorrhoid DeSantis.

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Don’t Say “Black”

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If this cartoon looks familiar, it’s because it’s a sequel.

Ron DeSantis gave us “don’t say gay.” Now, he’s giving us “don’t say black.”

Officially titled the Parental Rights in Education law, the measure enacted last year bans Florida public school teachers from engaging in classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which really triggers right-wingers when you say it. Don’t say gay, don’t say gay, don’t say gay, don’t say gay, don’t say gay. One of them should be along any second now.

Now, DeSantis’ administration is rejecting a course in African-American studies from being taught in Florida, where he says “woke goes to die.”

The course is an Advanced Placement Placement African-American Studies course which the goon administration claims “breaks the law,” though they’re NOT specifying which law it’s violating. The DeSantis administration sent a letter last month to the College Board Florida Partnership arguing that “the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.” I wonder if the letter was in all caps.

Do you know what really lacks educational value? Anything proposed by Republicans.

Florida Democratic state senator Shevrin Jones, the state’s first openly gay senator, lashed out saying, “Florida is doing its best to tilt the scales and shut down important, much-needed discussions of race, slavery, stolen lands, and undeniable history that have led to where we are as a society today. Governor DeSantis’ whitewashing of history and book bans are his latest assault on American history and our First Amendment rights. Horrifyingly, it is our vulnerable and underrepresented students who will suffer the most as a result.”

Ivory Toldson, the NAACP Director of Education Innovation and Research, said, “Ron DeSantis’ flippant dismissal of an AP African American Studies course is not only a dereliction of his duty to ensure equitable education for all Floridians, but shows clear disdain for the lives and experiences that form part of our national history.”

“Dismissing this important subject as lacking “educational value” defies centuries of evidence to the contrary. African-American history is American history, and failure to comprehend this very simple fact is un-American in and of itself.”

All signs point to the law that’s supposedly being violated is the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act into law, which is commonly referred to as the “Stop Woke Act.” This ridiculous law, parts of which has been shut down by a court, prohibits any instruction that could make someone feel “personal responsibility” for historic wrongdoings because of their race, sex, or national origin.

It basically says you can’t teach anything that makes someone else feel bad which for me, would have been math class. What the goons are doing here is trying to ban black history or anything pertaining to it that could make a white kid feel guilty, such as the fact that white people in this country enslaved black people. The law is a free-speech ban.

DeSantis says the law against “wokeness” is to stop the racism being spread by Critical Race Theory, which isn’t being taught in any schools. Conservatives are arguing that this new Advanced Placement course is CRT, but it’s not. It’s black history which by the way, is American history.

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The New York Times’s 1619 Project, tweeted, “Remember when we were told they weren’t opposing the teaching of Black history, just ‘CRT’? And how many dismissed those of us who said these laws were anti-history laws, and anti-Black? Perhaps one day folks will listen to those who know.”

She also said, “Our history has long been treated as illegitimate. It has always been contested.” In case you haven’t noticed, there are zero efforts in this nation to ban other aspects of American history, just the black parts. Hmm. It makes you wonder.

DeSantis’ spokesgoon said, “The course is a vehicle for a political agenda and leaves large, ambiguous gaps that can be filled with additional ideological material, which we will not allow.” You mean, ambiguous like saying it violates a law without specifying the law it violates?

During his inauguration speech to start the second term he hopes not to finish, DeSantis said, “Florida must always be a great place to raise a family…we will enact more family-friendly policies to make it easier to raise children and we will defend our children against those who seek to rob them of their innocence.” That sounds like some shit the White Citizens Council from the deep south 1950s would say.

Ron DeSantis is a racist. During his first campaign, he aired ads of his toddler building a racist border wall out of Legos. He signed a law making it legal to run over Black Lives Matters protesters. He’s shipped brown immigrants to sanctuary cities from Texas as a political stunt that scores points with yee-haw fuckers. Now, he’s banning black history. Teaching important parts of American history is now illegal in Florida.

Florida isn’t where “woke goes to die.” Thanks to Ron DeSantis, it’s where education goes to die.

Music note: I listened to Pete Yorn.

Facebook Suspension Update: My suspension is over and I want to thank everyone who shared my cartoons, blogs, and videos on the platform during my absence. Since I only had about ten days between 30-day suspensions, some of my readers are talking about having a pool on how long until my next suspension.

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Notes on my book, Tales From The Trumpster Fire: There are 19 copies of my book in stock, which go for $45.00 each, signed. Also, I have copies of my first book from 1997, Knee-Deep in Mississippi available for $20.00.

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