By Mark | September 20, 2018
As some of you may recall, during our recent conversations about the far-right conspiracy theorist collective known as QAnon, a few of the more reality-challenged readers of this site came forward to out themselves as members, and take us on a magical “fan fiction” adventure, explaining in exquisite detail how the Democrats, led by Hillary […]
My favorite part of the Emma Lazarus quote at the base of the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free and I will lift my lamp beside them, separating out the children in the darkness and leading them to military warehouses" — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) May […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-immigrant, authoritarianism, Defense Department, dehumanization, Department of Health and Human Services, Donald Trump, Emma Lazarus, immigrant rights, immigration, immigration reform, Joan Crawford, racism, Statue of Liberty, Sudden Fear |
By Mark | August 24, 2016
As Detroit social media seems to be going crazy over this Facebook post, I thought I’d share it here so those of you who have been banned from social media could weigh in. It’s a wild story, and the online debate it’s given rise to about whether or not the young woman who posted it […]
In early 2011, a University of Michigan janitor by the name of Jean-Claude Toviave was arrested and charged with enslaving four West African children in his Ypsilanti home. The four, it would seem, were forced to cook, clean, iron and shine shoes for the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Toviave, who, when he was unsatisfied with their performance, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Africa, African slave trade, domestic slavery, genetic testing, Jean-Claude Toviave, Restavèks, sex slaves, sex trafficking, slave trade, threats to public education, Togo, Trafficking Victims Protection Act, University of Michigan, Ypsilanti Public Schools |