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Racial Slur Likely Sparked Violent Cincinnati Brawl: What We Know
Published: August 6, 2025
A brawl that erupted in downtown Cincinnati on July 26, 2025, continues to spark national conversation about racial slurs and the events that follow them.
According to emerging footage and witness statements, one of the white victims allegedly used a racial slur toward a group of Black individuals and assaulted one of the men just moments before the physical altercation began. The video, which has gone viral, shows multiple people involved in a physical altercation with punches being thrown.
Police have now charged five individuals—Montianez Merriweather, Dekyra Vernon, Dominique Kittle, Jermaine Matthews, and a fifth unnamed suspect—with charges ranging from felonious assault to aggravated riot. None of the white individuals that allegedly hurled racial slurs have been charged.
There is a double standard when it comes to Foundational Black Americans reacting to aggressive language compared to white individuals’ response.
Daniel Penny choked and killed Jordan Neely on a subway because Neely allegedly said “he would kill if no one gave him food or drink.”
Penny took it upon himself to restrain and kill Neely because “Part of my worry was if I let him go and an incoming train comes, as he’s running away, pushes somebody onto the tracks,” Penny said in an interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro. “It’s part of the reason why I did what I did in the way that I did it.”
On the flip side, Foundational Black Americans are expected to let people hurl insults and racial slurs at them and not engage in physical violence. A racial slur is a form of provocation, especially when you factor in the slavery and Jim Crow element of using language to denigrate an FBA citizen. Suspected white supremacists will always say that “words” never justify violence.
Cincinnati officials, including Mayor Aftab Pureval and Police Chief Teresa Theetge, condemned the violence and pledged to increase police presence downtown. Meanwhile, political and community leaders remain divided, with some calling for justice for the victims and others warning against ignoring the racial dynamics involved.
As the investigation continues, the hypocrisy and double standards perpetuated in the media painting Foundational Black Americans as animals will continue to run rampant. This is why we must continue to fight for our own justice and respect as a specific lineage and not a generic “African group.”
The Erasure of Lineage: How "African American" Stripped Foundational Black Americans of Their Identity
Published: July 28, 2025
The term “African American” was introduced into the mainstream in 1988. Championed by Rev. Jesse Jackson, the label aimed to mirror the ethnic identifiers of other immigrant groups, such as Irish American or Italian American. But for Foundational Black Americans (FBAs)—the descendants of Freedman and those enslaved in the United States—this racial generalization has come at a cost.
Rather than affirming heritage, “African American” flattened it. It replaced a specific lineage, tied to slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, redlining, mass incarceration and the war on drugs, with a vague, pan-ethnic identity.
This term erased the unique experience and multi-generational suffering that defines FBA history, and in doing so, positioned the oldest citizens of the United States to that of recent African or Caribbean immigrants—people who did not endure slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, KKK violence and intimidation and many of the other obstacles FBAs endured in this country.
America became the most powerful nation on earth off the backs, blood, sweat and tears of Foundational Black Americans.
The African American label has allowed the U.S. government, institutions, and corporations to apply race-based remedies and programs without addressing the specific historical harms owed to the children of American slavery. It opened the door to shared spaces, shared statistics, and shared benefits—while denying FBAs the recognition, dignity, and justice rooted in lineage.
In their own homeland, FBAs became one of many under the “Black” umbrella, comparable to immigrants, despite their ancestral sacrifices that laid the foundation for civil rights enjoyed by all.
Reparations, policy, and cultural recognition must be lineage-based—not racially generalized.
Recognize and respect Foundational Black Americans as their own protected class. To move toward real justice, it is essential to acknowledge FBAs as a distinct group with a distinct claim.
FBA Reparations are a debt—not a diversity program or Pan-African free-for-all
Non Foundational Black Americans are not eligible for reparations from the U.S.
Published: July 19, 2025
The National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) is trying to position itself as a credible voice in the U.S. reparations debate for the sole purpose of sabotaging Foundational Black Americans' legitimate reparations claim.
The NAARC opposes lineage-based reparations which undermines FBAs, the very people reparations are meant to serve.
By pushing a Pan-African, race-based model that includes ALL Black people—regardless of when or how they arrived in the U.S.—NAARC effectively erases the unique suffering, labor, and generational harm endured by Foundational Black Americans.
Reparations from the United States of America are not owed to African or Caribbean immigrants, nor are they a global payout for all people of African descent. They are a debt owed specifically to the descendants of those enslaved on American soil—whose labor built the nation's wealth, whose bodies endured centuries of racial terrorism, and whose communities were systematically destroyed by Jim Crow, redlining, mass incarceration, the war on drugs, and so much more.
African and Caribbean immigrants did not inherit this burden. They arrived—often by choice—into a country whose legal and social freedoms were earned from the sacrifices of generations of Foundational Black Americans. Yet now, organizations like NAARC wish to sabotage reparations out of spiteful jealousy. They oppose lineage-base reparations for Foundational Black Americans because African countries and descendants would not qualify or benefit from them. This is not solidarity or unity—it’s resentment.
Pan-Africanism has always been a con game, and the one-sided nature of this ideology is finally being revealed.
African organizations have no moral authority to dictate terms to the descendants of American slavery. NAARC’s rejection of "nativism" is a veiled attempt to universalize a justice claim that is inherently specific. It is deeply disrespectful for outsiders—whether individuals or institutions—to hijack a movement rooted in the centuries of blood, trauma, and labor of FBA men and women in the United States of America.
Reparations in the United States of America are for the descendants of American chattel slavery, which are Foundational Black Americans. It is not for global Black inclusion.
Let Africa and the Caribbean fight for their own justice; they have no business getting involved in Foundational Black American politics.
Why Disaggregating Black Demographic Data Is Necessary — Just Like It Is for Asians
Six Regions of the AU graphic via www.worldometers.info
Published: July 19, 2025
In California and across the nation, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have long been classified by specific ethnic groups—Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indian, and more.
This level of detail in demographic data has revealed key differences in income, education, health access, and cultural needs. It's allowed lawmakers and advocates to tailor policy with precision. The same approach is now being considered for Black communities through California’s SB 515.
The current practice of labeling all people of African descent under the broad category of "Black" fails to account for critical differences in history, lineage, and lived experience. Black immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean are greeted with immigration-related resources that Foundational Black Americans can’t access.
While all Black communities face racism, FBAs have endured generations of systemic oppression, from slavery and Jim Crow to redlining and mass incarceration, without the option of a reset or fresh start. FBAs can’t flee the United States for another country that will have special programs for them to start a new life.
Under SB 515, local governments would be required to collect demographic data for:
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Foundational Black Americans who are descendants of persons enslaved in the United States.
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Black individuals who are not descendants of U.S. slavery, including African and Caribbean Blacks.
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And individuals who either do not know or choose not to identify their ethnicity.
By disaggregating Black data into subgroups, SB 515 can collect data based on each subgroup across a variety of categories. This would address specific harms and develop policies that are targeted and effective.
Without this distinction, Black immigrants will continue to take priority over Foundational Black Americans. Data clarity ensures that reparative policies reach the citizens who fought for it and whose contributions built the foundation of the nation. Lineage matters—and so does accuracy.
The African Union's "Sixth Region" Initiative Should Be Rejected by FBAs
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Six Regions of the AU graphic via www.worldometers.info
Published: July 17, 2025
In 2003, the African Union (AU) declared the African Diaspora its official "Sixth Region," a symbolic move to unite people of African descent globally. The African Union Sixth Region USA is a non-profit organization established to mobilize and structure the African Diaspora in the United States, in collaboration with the African Union.
A statement on their website says:" The African Unity Sixth Region USA is a network of People of African Descent, individuals, and their organizations, including both non-profits and for-profits. This AU6RUSA Network is expected to be engaged, through strategic programming and work, to elect representatives for the USA in the African Union ECOSOCC Assembly, in line with the African Union Constitutive Act Article 3(q), which invites the African Diaspora to participate as an essential component in the building of the African Continent, and to build sustainable partnerships between the African Continent and the African Diaspora through sustainable dialogue and effective collaboration with governments for the rejuvenation of the global African family as an instrument of a wider renaissance.
How would building partnerships with the African continent benefit FBAs? There has already been a President of Kenyan descent and you saw the benefits that FBAs enjoyed from those 8 years.
Pan-African unity has not produced anything of substance for Foundational Black Americans, and FBA's should continue to call out those who seek to latch onto the FBA banner in the name of a global blackness.
The “Sixth Region” framework does not acknowledge or address the unique lineage, historical trauma, and struggle of FBA communities, who are the direct descendants of American chattel slavery. Instead, it tries to impose an undefined diaspora identity with the African continent and distorts FBA’s specific demands for reparations from the U.S. government.
Not a single country on the continent of Africa has publicly supported reparations for Foundational Black Americans.
Additionally, the AU’s invitation to the diaspora is symbolic inclusion without substance. Even worse, it could be used to undermine the reparations conversation and muddy the waters. Africa has no argument or standing to try to elicit reparations from the US based on the ancestral experience of FBA’s from slavery to the present day.
Pan-Africanism failed miserably, and FBAs were the ones who suffered because of it. Immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean went out of their way to separate themselves from Foundational Black Americans. At the same time, they were able to secure “black” scholarships, grants, and other resources. Their immigrant status gave them the ability to dip in and out of blackness based on the situation.
There should be no co-sign or FBA support of the Sixth Region.
Sen. Tom Cotton Proposes Legislation to End Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) via Cotton.Senate.gov
Published: July 16, 2025
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), along with Republican colleagues Kevin Cramer (R‑ND), Bill Hagerty (R‑TN), and Bernie Moreno (R‑OH), have introduced the Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act, aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants in the United States.
The legislation would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly deny automatic U.S. citizenship to individuals born to parents who are unlawfully present in the country, foreign diplomats, or individuals engaged in hostile activities against the United States.
Cotton argues that the current interpretation of the 14th Amendment creates an incentive for illegal immigration, including "birth tourism," where non-citizens travel to the U.S. specifically to give birth and secure citizenship for their child. The legislation seeks to clarify constitutional language, reinforcing that birthright citizenship applies only to those “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S.—excluding those without legal status.
The 14th Amendment was created in 1868 to guarantee citizenship to formerly enslaved Foundational Black Americans and their children. Ratified following the Civil War, the amendment overturned the Supreme Court’s infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, which declared that Black people could not be citizens and upheld slavery in the United States.
The language of the Constitution, however, does not explicitly cite the formerly enslaved or their children, and uses broad language instead: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States…”
Cotton’s bill attempts to narrow the scope of a citizenship clause that was historically rooted in the struggle to secure equal rights for the descendants of American slavery.
The text of the bill can be read here.
Historical Truth Sparks Lawsuit in Georgia
A carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, is seen in Stone Mountain, Ga., June 23, 2015. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Published: July 15, 2025
Stone Mountain Park is home to the largest Confederate monument in the United States. A planned “truth-telling” exhibit that will highlight the mountain’s connection to slavery, white supremacy, and the KKK is currently at the center of a lawsuit recently filed. The $11 million exhibit would put in context the actions of Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis, who are memorialized on the mountain’s surface.
The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a lawsuit in July of 2025, claiming the park's management is violating state law by downplaying the site’s Confederate legacy.
The plaintiffs argue that Georgia law mandates the park be maintained as a “suitable memorial to the Confederacy,” and claim recent changes that include moving Confederate flags and altering the park’s logo are part of an unlawful attempt to rewrite history.
The irony is that the Confederacy, its leaders, and the overall legacy of the losers of the Civil War are solidified. They were racists, white supremacists, and against the abolition of slavery. Confederate apologists have every right to celebrate their racist history, but telling the entire story of history does not alter it.
In response, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a motion to dismiss the case, asserting that the lawsuit lacks standing and was filed too late to challenge previous changes. The Stone Mountain Memorial Association oversees the park and insists it is still preserving Confederate history.
The latest data from the Southern Poverty Law Center (April 2025) shows that there are approximately 1,728 Confederate symbols still standing across the United States in public spaces: monuments, statues, schools, street names, parks, and more.
According to Smithsonianmag, Monument Lab’s national audit recorded nearly 6,000 Civil War–era memorials, but only 1% even mention slavery.
Of the roughly 48,000 public monuments cataloged nationwide, a tiny fraction commemorate slavery or enslaved people, while the majority honor white men, militaries, and colonial figures.
Slave-related monuments remain scarce in America’s public spaces; they lag far behind Confederate or other historical figures.
You can learn much about a nation by looking at the history and its historical figures that it chooses to preserve. This is why it’s extremely important for Foundational
Black Americans to celebrate, honor, and preserve their unique history and legacy.
As the legal process unfolds, the future of Stone Mountain Park’s message and framing of Confederate history hangs in the balance.
Spotlight on Delineation - The Ultimate Chess Move
Candace Owens. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Published: July 14, 2025
The Foundational Black American (FBA) lineage is exclusive to Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved in the United States of America. FBA resistance, resilience, and defense against systemic white supremacy in the form of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, racism, terrorism, theft, and violence is the number one reason modern immigrants enjoy the freedoms and privileges in America today.
There would be no land of opportunity for immigrants to migrate to if it weren’t for the slave labor extorted from the FBA ancestors, who built the wealth of this country without compensation for their labor.
The term African American, popularized by Jesse Jackson, stripped FBAs of their specific and unique lineage and labeled them as “generic Africans” comparable to any immigrant that comes to the United States of America. As a result, in the days immediately following the gains of the Civil Rights Movement, melanated immigrants who came from Africa, the Caribbean, and other parts of the diaspora were welcomed as brothers and sisters in the struggle by FBAs.
Many in the FBA community felt if Black immigrants from other countries came to the United States, it would help bolster Black numbers and political power. However, this strategy had a Trojan Horse type of effect and put FBAs in a disadvantaged position politically from the late 1960’s up until the late 2010’s. Many of these immigrants formed their own communities in America, isolated from FBAs, and preferred to work against FBAs while staying connected to the culture and history of their homeland.
You have probably heard the phrase "I'm not Black, I'm [insert country of origin]."
Delineation protects FBA’s unique historical claim to reparations compensation from being co-opted and siphoned off by melanated immigrants and those who attempt to undermine the fight for reparative justice. FBAs are in sole possession of this claim due to their ancestors' unpaid labor and centuries of government-sanctioned oppression.
While the broader term "Black" includes a diverse global population, this generic categorization often erases the specific contributions, struggles, and needs of Foundational Black American descendants of slavery. As a result, FBAs distinct cultural and political identity requires policy proposals that are tailored to their unique lineage.
The validity of delineation can be seen in proper context when you consider the former darling of the right-wing conservative media, Candace Owens, and her effectiveness before and after delineation took off. Her willingness to use her “Black” identity to deliver messages critical of FBA Black culture is seen by many FBAs as undermining, and solely based on opportunism for fortune and fame.
Candace Owens repeatedly has made statements dismissing white supremacy, and has claimed that racism and police brutality are blown out of proportion by media and liberals. Owens blamed Foundational Black Americans for their socioeconomic conditions and stated historic factors like slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, and mass incarceration were inconsequential to the community.
She denigrated Foundational Black American victims of police brutality like George Floyd and that “Black America” has a “victim mentality.” Conservatives loved to quote her talking points because it was a melanated face saying the things they wanted to say, but didn’t want to for fear of being called racist. They used talking heads like Candace Owens to do their dirty work and sabotage Foundational Black American political and justice claims.
When Owens spoke of “Black crime,” “Black victim mentality,” or criticized “Black culture,” everyone inferred that she was talking about Foundational Black Americans. Everyone understood that she wasn’t talking about continental African immigrants, Caribbean immigrants, or any other diasporic immigrant. Her commentary was exclusive to Foundational Black Americans, even though she never called them out specifically.
Delineation caused FBA’s to start asking questions about people’s backgrounds when they started regurgitating white supremacist talking points. According to Wikipedia, Candace Owens is of Caribbean descent, which puts her comments and criticism of Foundational Black Americans into its proper context.
She can talk down on FBA’s because she is not FBA. You will never turn on CNN, FOX News, or any mainstream media and hear a pundit of Jamaican descent speaking negatively about Jamaicans or Jamaican culture, a pundit of Haitian descent speaking negatively about Haitians or Haitian culture, a Nigerian speaking negatively about Nigerians or Nigerian culture, etc.
Candace Owens and figureheads like her are tools of white supremacy. If the talking points were coming from someone that looked “Black,” it validated the message and couldn’t be criticized as racism. Delineation neutralized this tactic.
Foundational Black Americans are no longer allowing Black faces to represent FBA culture or speak negatively about FBA culture, FBA justice claims, and FBA politics. If you aren’t a Foundational Black American, you are not at liberty to speak for Foundational Black Americans. It’s a new day, and it couldn’t have come soon enough.
California Shows More Support for Immigrants in the form of Tangible Benefits
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a news conference at City Hall in June. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times)
Published: July 13, 2025
Recent California initiatives aimed at supporting illegal immigrants highlights the disparate support democrats provide to Foundational Black Americans and the support provided to immigrants.
In response to recent federal immigration raids, the City of Los Angeles has launched a new emergency initiative to provide cash assistance to undocumented immigrants impacted by ICE enforcement. The program, announced by Mayor Karen Bass in July 2025, is part of a broader executive directive titled “Standing United – A Proud City of Immigrants.”
Under this initiative, undocumented individuals affected by raids will receive prepaid debit cards loaded with a few hundred dollars each. These funds are meant to help families cover urgent needs such as rent, food, child care, and transportation. The cards are not funded by taxpayer money; instead, the program is supported by private philanthropy and distributed through trusted nonprofit organizations like CHIRLA and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
Under this initiative, undocumented individuals affected by raids will receive prepaid debit cards loaded with a few hundred dollars each. These funds are meant to help families cover urgent needs such as rent, food, child care, and transportation. The cards are not funded by taxpayer money; instead, the program is supported by private philanthropy and distributed through trusted nonprofit organizations like CHIRLA and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
The cash aid system is modeled after the Angelino Card, which was used during the COVID-19 pandemic to help vulnerable communities. This time, it is being reactivated specifically to provide relief to immigrants left vulnerable by sudden detentions, family separations, or income loss due to ICE activity.
Critics have accused the city of misusing resources, but city officials clarified that no public funds are used for this program. Mayor Bass emphasized that “protecting all Angelenos—regardless of immigration status—is a moral and public safety imperative.”
This effort comes alongside legal aid expansions, rapid response teams, and citywide sanctuary policies to counter the fear and instability caused by federal raids. It signals Los Angeles’ commitment to remaining a safe haven in a turbulent national landscape.
Officials in Culver City, California, recently approved a $50,000 grant aimed at assisting undocumented immigrants. The grant, approved on June 30, 2025, is designed to support programs offering legal aid, food assistance, housing help, and "know your rights" education.
City officials emphasized that no individual undocumented immigrant will receive direct payments. Instead, the money strengthens the city’s commitment to protecting vulnerable residents and expanding its status as a sanctuary city.
Supporters argue the grant is a humane and strategic use of public funds, especially in the wake of increased ICE enforcement in the Los Angeles area. They point to the urgent needs of families who are often left without legal representation or access to basic resources during deportation proceedings.
Critics, however, have labeled the move as irresponsible or unfair, particularly in the context of broader economic challenges. Many Foundational Black American’s are frustrated with the democratic narrative that reparations would be too cumbersome and complicated to approve.
A reparations bill was recently shot down by democrats shortly before the Presidential election in 2024, which many point out as primary reason Kamala Harris lost to President Donald Trump.
As immigration remains a polarizing issue nationwide, especially in the Foundational Black American Community these decisions further spotlight the hypocrisy of political leaders regarding the amount of support they can offer to Foundational Black Americans.
Double Standards: Where's the RICO charges for OnlyFans freakoffs?
Bonnie Blue via US Magazine
Published July 13, 2025
Prostitution is the oldest profession in the world: women performing sexual intercourse or sexual acts in exchange for money. This was once seen as the ultimate scarlet letter in society but in recent years has been glamorized by social media, pornography sites and minimal enforcement of prostitution laws across the country.
Around the dawn of the “Me-Too” movement, many high-profile Foundational Black American Men have been targeted for sex related crimes. R. Kelly is currently serving a prison sentence after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking under the Mann Act. Kelly was hit with a RICO charge while P. Diddy was recently found not guilty in his RICO sex trafficking case, although, he was found guilty of the lower tiered prosecution charges.
Many in the Foundational Black American Community have been outraged by the double standard in enforcing these so-called sex trafficking charges.
US magazine recently did a spotlight on OnlyFans digital prostitutes and the millions of dollars they are making by having sex with thousands of men each month.
Common sense would tell you by the letter of the law, these women and men are engaging in sex trafficking as people travel across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sex. There is no widespread outrage by the mainstream media or any calls to investigate OnlyFans prostitutes because a large majority of their benefactors are white men and women.
This is another example of Foundational Black American behavior viewed through a street and nefarious lens, while the exact same white behavior is viewed as legitimate business.
In both RICO charges against R. Kelly and Sean Combs the prosecution’s case centered around them using their influence and power to operate criminal enterprises like a mafia-style organization as a front to engage in sex trafficking.
Both were framed in the national white media as sexual deviant criminal masterminds, that used their power and influence to keep woman in captivity against their will to perform sex acts for their gratification and pleasure.
Kelly had more of an uphill battle because of his legal troubles in the early 2000s with his child pornography case that he eventually won. The RICO charge was used as the big joker to try to prove decades of behavior, rather than trying him on separate charges that have specific definitions and burdens of proof.
P Diddy benefited from a prosecution that wanted a RICO sex trafficking charge as opposed to trying to get him on what they could prove: the domestic violence caught on surveillance footage in a hotel.
Foundational Black Americans must be diligent in calling out these blatant hypocrisies and demand the same sex trafficking and RICO charges are handed out to people making millions of dollars filming their sexual exploits on the internet.