White Supremacy should be dead, yet those who would try to revive it symbolise the wild writhing of the concept in its death throes. White Supremacy will not persist as dehumanisation and disrespect of our fellow humans is no longer acceptable to evolved humans.
Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa
The parallels between South Africa then and the US today are striking
Justin Jamal Pearson is an American activist and politician. He is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th district, covering parts of the city of Memphis.
Brother of Rep. Justin Pearson among protesters reportedly detained during special session at TN Capitol
Pearson posted videos on Facebook saying his brother was removed from the House chamber before being taken into a law enforcement van to be booked by officers in Nashville.
‘Political lynching’: TN Rep. Justin J. Pearson responds as congressional maps passes
Vivian Nguyen
Thu, May 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM GMT+1
0
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — State Representative Justin J. Pearson said the passing of the map of redrawn congressional districts is a “political lynching” that has set Tennessee back over 150 years.
State Rep. Justin J. Pearson said the following in a response:
“Today’s vote to redraw the congressional districts in Tennessee set our state back over 150 years. It was a political lynching that violated the rights of every Tennesseean. This racist and reckless action was also an attack on Black political power that should appall everyone in the state, whether you are Black or not, a voter or not, live in Memphis or not, or are a Democrat or not. This injurious legislation has made it harder to tackle the urgent challenges that impact working families who are grappling with skyrocketing gas, food, housing and health care costs while their wages and job prospects remain stagnant.
“The authoritarianism that has taken over Tennessee and other state houses across our country not only is a threat to democracy, it drains resources that are better used to improve the quality of life for marginalized communities and increase civic education and engagement. Instead, Tennessee has become the model for abuse of power in the name of racism and political ideology. But we are not powerless.
“We will organize, mobilize and activate People Power across Tennessee, the South and the country to include more voices rather than shut people out as republicans do. We will out-organize despair and out-mobilize racist maps to overcome political malpractice. I am proud of and grateful to everyone who traveled to Nashville and the capitol building to show what People Power and democracy look like. These angelic dissenters are the conscience of America. They are the guardians of America’s soul and the backbone of what truly makes her great. This is not over. We will fight and will not stop until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”
This comes after Gov. Bill Lee, the State Senate, and the House passed the new proposed congressional map, redrawing district lines on Wednesday.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images and Supreme Court of the United States.
Sign up for Executive Dysfunction, a weekly newsletter that surfaces under-the-radar stories about what Trump is doing to the law—and how the law is pushing back.
There is something deeply incongruous about the formal letterhead Chief Justice John Roberts used to lobby his colleagues against President Barack Obama’s signature climate policy. On Saturday, the New York Times published this document as part of a report on a stunning set of leaked internal memos from 2016 that effectively launched the Supreme Court’s modern shadow docket. At first glance, the documents look like a legitimate judicial product. A “Memorandum to the Conference” from the “Chambers of the Chief Justice” certainly appears as if it might have been penned by a judge doing law. But these trappings of formality cannot elevate Roberts’ partisan efforts into a principled judging. The substance of his arguments, as Georgetown Law professor Steve Vladeck has carefully explained, is riddled with errors and oversights, and it appears to be cheap ornamentation gilding a petty vendetta against the Obama administration. And yet, in a time before the current conservative supermajority took hold, the chief’s views carried the day, leading SCOTUS to issue an unprecedented 5–4 stay against the climate plan. And the shadow docket, as we know it today, was born.
Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers.
In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
borderslynn 
You must be logged in to post a comment.