Far-left progressives in the media continue their quest to find things to offended by, and they’re not letting a pesky pandemic stop them. CNN recently published an article that argues wearing face masks in public is racist.
They claim that the CDC encouraged Americans to wear face masks, which is only more recently true. The CDC, like the WHO and people like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, all said early on that wearing face masks is ineffective at best. They have pulled back on such claims more recently in the face of reasonable opposition.
The article writes, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that all Americans wear homemade face coverings in public to help stem the spread of coronavirus. But Trevon Logan, an economics professor at Ohio State University, will not be following this guidance.”
CNN quotes Logan as saying, “We have a lot of examples of the presumed criminality of black men in general. And then we have the advice to go out in public in something that can be read as being criminal or nefarious, particularly when applied to black men.”
The article hinges on the assumption that one; black men are seen as criminals, and two; a black man wearing a medical face mask is dangerous because it causes him to be seen as even more criminal, and three; for white people to wear face masks in this situation is taking unfair advantage because doing so does not raise any concern over criminal behavior.
The article claims that the author has seen “a number of people of color — activists, academics and ordinary Americans — express fears that homemade masks could exacerbate racial profiling and place blacks and Latinos in danger.”
Aaron Thomas, a Columbus Ohio educator tweeted;
“I don’t feel safe wearing a handkerchief or something else that isn’t CLEARLY a protective mask covering my face to the store because I am a Black man living in this world. I want to stay alive but I also want to stay alive.”
CNN remarks that the tweet received over 121,000 likes, suggesting popularity makes a statement more likely to be true. It does not.
The message here is plain. Namely, if you are a white person, wearing a face mask for any reason is racist.
In other words, if you are a white person, you should accept additional risk by refusing to wear a face mask because some people have said that black people are afraid to do the same.
What if they said the same thing about wearing seat belts, or maintaining a healthy diet?
What we have here is yet another example of fabricated hatred and blame placing. Its purpose is to make Trump supporters more likely to contract COVID-19.
Many have said that we have seen far fewer complaints from Leftist culture warriors during the outbreak. But it appears that they are back at it, and their objective is to obtain political power by attrition.
If you are a black male out in public and are not threatening anyone with a gun or knife…..you should be quite OK. and take the dam hoodie off as that tends to be a dead give away for nefarious activities.
CNN & their like fake news cohorts SUCK! They chase Conservatives’s like uncontrollable dogs chase cars.
It takes a bloody idiot like CNN’s Logan to make what is a safeguard into something to be avoided at all costs. It world be a much better world without the Logan’s in it.
God you cant fix stupid.CNN is lost case of everything.
Might have not been so Racist to those on your staff who came down with the Fake News Parts you seem to pass out. America be racist and save your lives and send all the used ones to CNN. The one who said this, some one show him what a real Racist Terrorist will do to him!
Well now, by association only, Antifa is racist! Oh how long I have been waiting to say that and have CNN, cartoon news network, agree with me.
Cartoon news network, they just find a way to show how ignorant and really laughable from day to day. That maybe one reason the virus is hitting the black community so hard? Listening to fools like these clowns.
Well now, by association only, Antifa is racist! Oh how long I have been waiting to say that and have CNN, cartoon news network, agree with me.
How come Sorryass cnn Never said anything about antifa and the masks they wear?
The only people who are responsible for how many people have been infected with Covid19 are First the Chinese Government secondly the W.H.O., And lastly the DNC=Nasty Peeloosely. Who wanted to keep our borders open to all people even. CHINESE TRAVELERS where the Pandemic started. It was only the Republican party And President Trump that shut them down only to calls of racism from Democrats, The DNC is now calling for the country to be fully opened back up, Yet this virus is still not understood by our scientists and China is now experiencing a SECOND OUTBREAK after opening Wuhan back up. Once N95 masks are generally available to the public and all Citizens will wear them or stay at home, Then will be the time to reopen, I think one thing good may come out of all this, Is that our trade deficit with China will go down.
CNN IS NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF HATE FILLED
SCUMBAGS. THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW IS HOW TO LIE AND CHEAT THE WORLD OF TRUTH.
THE MASKS THEY WEAR ARE THEIR NATURAL FACES ENOUGH TO SCARE A BABY.
CNN, you can’t get more absurd!
The closest thing to Nazi’s in America is the Left-Wing-Media! Hitler used the media to brainwash Germany! They were forced to adhere, you initiated it!
I am so sick and tired of the racist card being played when people don’t what they want. I have absolutely no problem with black people. I was at the store yesterday and held the door open for a black guy wearing a bandana and he said thank you and I said “no worries” should I be called a racist because is said ‘no worries”? Kiss my a__. Just keep looking for excuses to start trouble and one day you will find it. Oh, BTW, I am Mexican and I wear a face mask, I dont run around screaming racist this and racist that, if your hiding behind a face mask to cause trouble then your earned the title. If your not and you treat fellow man/woman with the respect of a common descent person, you don’t need to be screaming racist at every turn. Shut the hell up and quit being a racist monger… Oh and BTW, I have several black friends and we don’t sceam racist because were not. We are just black and brown guys earning our way through society as we should. And lastly, my black and Latino friends range from Attorneys to Auto mechanics and Wood worker shop owners and workers so end the bullshit. And do your fricken part and stop being an a__hole.
Mcady, I didn’t write the article, and I agree with you! Peace-Bro!!
Well said and
I agree with you!Some people just wait to make trouble
I AGREE 100% MCADY
President Trumps, 2nd-Term will rebuild our economy and MAGA! Biden is a rapist, and the DNC proves once again that they are a Criminal Organization!
Yes, the Scarecrow, Joe Biden, who needs a brain from the Wizard, is a sexual pervert, and predator, just like his pal, scumbag Bill Clinton, who raped women from Arkansas to Epstein Island. Why they are not in Prison, along with Mrs. Charm, Hillary, is a mystery to me. As for the Democraps, or should I say, Devilcrats, they are a collection of Political Fifth Columnists that need to be arrested, and placed in Federal Prisons for sabotaging our Nation, from Sanctuary Cities, and Driver’s licenses for Illegal Aliens, to working to strip our Country from mining, and exploring our own energy capabilities, while closing Coal fired Power Plants, to produce cheaper energy for our Citizens, and our Businesses, and Industries. They, under Clinton, gave us NAFTA, which ripped American jobs away from Pennsylvania, and throughout the Midwest, leaving low wage Service jobs at Fast Food and Wal-Mart Stores. Then, under Barry Oshithead, they have us ObozoCare, and took away our right to choose our own Doctors, and treatments, while the existing Out-of-Pocket Deductibles skyrocketed to a point where most people couldn’t pay them, so then, they couldn’t go to a Doctor. This was the first time in our history that Americans were Forced to buy a product, or they would be fined by the Government for not doing so. Let me ask you this question: Have you had enough of being lied to, and kicked in the face by these lying sacks of garbage, yet? If so, then what do you plan to do about them?
Racist are people who think this way. Most of us do not. Most of us believe any black or brown person can obtain a photo ID and wear a mask for safety vs criminal activity. Only the Left treats them differently, as if they are inept and criminal. And oh by the way, white parents also give their teens the talk…if stopped by the police…common sense applies to everyone.
It appears that everything is racist. If your white , your black , you wear a red hat , you wear shorts , you wear a black shirt , you only live in a white neighbor hood or you only live in a black neighbor hood & now wearing a mask for protecting yourself against this virus is a racist. What’s next ? Your age ? You height ? Your hair color ? Your shoe size? The color of shoe your wearing ? Absulutly nothing is politically correct anymore. The UNITED STATES will go even farther into the sewer than where Obama put us when that corrupt pile of cow munure was in office if we allow for these minion IDIOTS to get there way .
I believe anyone & everyone that is a legal citizen in our country should be allowed to have a valid ID. But , only if you are legal. Sorry for that. If there are people here & we don’t know there true identity then no ID or DL.
Without a fully operational accurate and validated testing capacity together with the healthcare staff with PPE available to operate it, I believe it will be folly to simply reopen the country on a “Fingers-Crossed” basis. The tests themselves are not pleasant even though they remain vital to inform those controlling the guidance of prevention and treatment of COVID-19 to ensure the majority remain healthy.
China tried reopening and are now experiencing a “Second Wave” of infections and deaths which has caused them to again shut down.
We probably will not come out of this Pandemic quite as rich as we once were, but come out we certainly will – let’s try to be sure we then live to tell the tale to our grandchildren who just might gain some wisdom from the mishaps along the way we will have endured.
Let’s not rush to oblivion – there’s plenty of time and opportunities for Armageddon ahead without inviting it on stage right now.
At this point most of the United States is shut down, I don’t think Trump is looking to open the country to the point it was before the shut down. I live in New York State on the boarder of Orange and Ulster County, southern Orange county is closer to the outer limits of New York Shitty, and has well over 2000 cases with over 200 deaths but as you go into Ulster County and above the amount of cases is next to nothing, these are the areas that should be treated differently, common must prevail.
Playing The Race-Card Is Racist!
There is absoluity nothing wrong with need to wear a protective face mask if that help’s things due to this pandemic. You should wear a face mask like everyone else. The point about Antifa is correct susan why is that not considered “racist, why isn’t CNN saying that to the horrible group of nothings. TROUBLE MAKERS!!!! I think everyone here should stop listening to CNN, they never tell the real truth. Biggest lying network around. I never listen to them, don’t give them the ratings. Everyone might want to re-think who is really the emeny of America, look around people, far left liberals, the left media, the nutty dem’s right here in our own backyards. If you want the real truth about whats going on just watch FOX. Honest and real news!!!. A group of people that really cares. By the way I was a Democrat for 65 years back when the Democratic party was indeed for the people of America, No longer tho, all they seem to care about is Illegals, opening our borders, FREE, FREE, FREE programs. OUR PRESIDENT IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIGHT THIS VIRUS, BUT NEVER RECEIVES CREDIT, Just a lot of hate from the left. Shame on them!!!!.
White People Who Say They Are Sorry For Being White, Fear Others, And It Doesn’t Help Anyone! We Can’t Help How We Are Born, We Can Help How We Treat Others! Hatred Is No Good For The Hater, And No Good For Anyone! We Are Born Lovers, Different Colored Babies, Love Each Other, They Either Learn To Hate, Or Keep On Loving, From Parents, Or Outside Influences! We All Need To End Hatred!
Political Differences Don’t Cause Hatred, Lucifer Does, If You Don’t Believe In Lucifer, He Has You! Lucifer, Is Not An Atheist! We Must Stop Hatred!
HELP, DON’T HATE!
Call me a racist, I couldn’t care less. In the last 73 years I’ve had friends & enemies in all colors & both genders, (there are only 2), and I’ve found that there are a lot worse things you could be called than racist. There’s Communist, Nazi, MASS MURDERER, (see the 2 previous names), pedophile, liberal & democrat to name a few.
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GO TRUMP 2020-2024-2028——————-
The United States Of America, “WE THE PEOPLE” Black, Brown, White, African, Irish, Mexican, Scottish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, ETC…
We Live In The Best, Most- FREE, Most Blessed, Most Opportunistic, Country On Earth! We Do The Earning, The Bill Paying, We Are The TAXPAYERS, AND WE ARE GETTING SCREWED!
POLITICIANS TAKE OUR MONEY, PUT US IN CLASSES ACCORDING TO WHO THEY SCREW MOST!
POLITICIANS LIVE LIKE KINGS, AND QUEENS, AND WE ALLOW THIS!
WHY?
THEY SPEND OUR MONEY ON STUFF WE DISAPPROVE OF!
TOUGH!
THEY IGNORE US!
TOUGH!
THEY LIE TO US!
TOUGH!
THEY MOCK US!
TOUGH!
WE NEED TO GET TOUGH!
WE NEED TO CHANGE THINGS, THEY ACT LIKE THEY BAIL US OUT, BUT THEY MISUSED THE MONEY WE PAYED!
WE ARE THE ONES DYING, NOT THEM! WE ARE THE ONES ILL, NOT THEM!
BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA GET SCREWED MOST! THE DNC HAS HAD 6-DECADES TO IMPROVE YOUR LIVES! YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO THE DNC! ALL THEY DO IS MANIPULATE YOU! 60-YEARS AND THERE ARE STILL PROJECTS! WE HAVE GIVEN THEM ENOUGH MONEY TO CHANGE THAT! THAT IS WRONG!
OBAMA OWNS 2-MANSIONS!
NANCY PELOSI LIVES IN A MANSION!
JOHN KERRY HAS 2-MANSIONS!
BERNIE SANDERS LIVES IN A MANSION!
JOE BIDEN LIVES IN A MANSION!
ADAM SCHIFF LIVES IN A MANSION!
DIANNE FEINSTEIN LIVES IN A MANSION!
HILLARY CLINTON LIVES IN A MANSION!
DONALD TRUMP LIVES IN A MANSION, HE GIVES HIS PAY TO CHARITY! HE LIVED IN A MANSION BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED!
HOLLYWOOD SELF PROCLAIMED STARS LIVE LIKE KINGS, AND QUEENS, THEY SHOULD HAVE HELPED BLACK PEOPLE OVER DECADES! THERE SHOULD BE NO PROJECTS!
BLACK CHILDREN ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANIMALS, ALYSSA MILANO! WHERE IS YOUR CRYING COMMERCIAL FOR BLACK CHILDREN LIVING IN PROJECTS?
Lyndon Johnson-President (D) Texas
“These blacks are getting too upitty, we’eve got to give them something, not a lot, just enough to pacify them! I’ll have those ni__ers voting Democrat for the next 200 years!”
WHAT HAVE YOU POLITICIANS DONE WITH ALL OUR MONEY? WHY ARE OUR ROADS SO BAD? WHERE IS THE MONEY?
WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE WHERE THE MONEY HAS GONE!
WE MUST FIND OUT HOW MUCH WE HAVE PAID IN 50-YERS, AND WHERE ITS GONE!
HOW MUCH OF OUR MONEY HAS BEEN WASTED AS POOR AMERICAN KIDS SUFFERED?
ITEMIZE TAX MONEY SPENT!
HOW MUCH DID WE BRING IN?
HOW MUCH WENT OUT?
WHERE DID IT GO?
50-Year Audit!
DEMAND A 50-YEAR AUDIT!
WE WILL SHUT NANCY PELOSI UP FOR GOOD!
WHY ARE THERE POOR CHILDREN IN AMERICA? 50-YEAR TAX AUDIT!
DEMAND IT!
Keep up the good work and words Robert. You make a lot of sense and tell the truth in your words.
Thank you, my friend!
CNN reporters are stupid. Anyone that believes what they say is stupid. The only news Network worse is MSNBC with that dumb dyke Rachel maddow or is it madcow.
So CNN finally says that ANTIFA is racist, good too know!
Everything to these asinine morons is RACIST, even someone who says GOODMORNING id being RACIST.
Motherfucking Trump doesn’t give a fucking penny to charity he takes you idiots that don’t know him shut the fuck up he’s the worst president ever he got impeached he bought the pandemic and now we’re going to go into a recession what a fucking loser. He’s been ripping people off before most to youth were born idiots. I am a New Yorker I know.
Stop watching cnn and get a life bud
You said it all with I’m A New Yorker, I Know! I haven’t met a fucking yankee in my life that didn’t think he new it all! You shut that fucking cock sucker of yours and sit in a corner until President Trump fixes this glitch, Bitch!
CNN who with good sense wastes their time watching the Liars Media? They are so involved with the Nazi Soros Gang to spread the hate America and Trump for the Socialist Devilrats they wouldn’t know the Truth if it hit them head on.
The Stupidity of the CNN people is unbelievable! Who listens to their drivel any longer? We disregard them completely and only clicked on that to see what Idiocy they came up with now. So unhinged, you can’t put Humpty-Dumpty back together again!
I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT, DEMANDING A 50-YEAR
ITEMIZED STATEMENT ON TAXES
BROUGHT IN, AND DISBURSEMENTS!
I DEMAND AN UNBIASED COMMISSION
TO TAKE ON THE TASK OF A 50-YEAR
ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF TAXES PAID
AND DISBURSEMENTS! THIS WILL BE
MADE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ITS COMPLETION! WE THE PEOPLE!
CN-what? Is it something in an alternative universe? Never heard of it….. Maybe it’s related to Bizarro World.. like in DC Comics Superman.
Are people working at CNN Brain Damaged!!! Is breathing racists …. How is CNN still operating
I was being facetious above… And just for the record, Wolf Blitzer of CNN has gotta be the dumbest celeb to have ever played Jeopardy. I recall back in September 2009 that he participated in a celeb tournament to benefit charity. Now most people can correctly question many if not most of the answers. But not Wolfie. Nah, by the time Double Jeopardy was finished, he was MINUS around $1000, which, normally, would have disqualified him from playing Final Jeopardy. But since it was for charity, the show fronted him $2000 to play Final Jeopardy. Now, I don’t remember the Final Jeopardy answer, but I remember that it was an EASY one to question correctly (which really doesn’t say much for the education or life experiences of the celebs, but that’s another issue), most people would gotten it just from having lived! But not Wolfie. Nah, he got THAT one wrong, too! Wow!, I thought, This guy is so dumb! And people watch and listen to him on TV???? I’d have bet he didn’t even know what day it was if he didn’t have it on a cue card!! What a dolt!
Cocaine is a hell of a drug!
Decades come, and go, we are supposed to learn and go forward with what we have learned to move civilization forward, to progress in a helpful manner! The 60’s came!
Ok, it was 11 years ago and my numbers were off…. Blitzer was -$4600 at the end of Double Jeopardy and they fronted him $1000 to play Final Jeopardy… And he got the question wrong. Look up “Wolf Blitzer on Jeopardy” on your preferred browser. Don’t PANIC, you’ll see an EXCERPT from the show. Those were two of the questions he should have gotten.
So ANTIFA is finally called what it is…
WE MUST BREAK THE CYCLE, DEMAND A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO
TAXES PAID, AND MONEY DISBURSED
FOR THE PAST 50-YEARS!
Correction – Wolfie DID get the Final Jeopardy question correct. Wonderful thing, the internet!!
Man – Candace Owens had it right. MSM and the dems play these Morons for everything they can and they’re ever so willing.
My comment is going to be short sweet and to the point the communist fake news network sucks they lie have a really bad case of TDS and are totally stupid and the thing is YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID and everybody working for these anti american haters should stop and go home and stay there or leave the USA im sure some communist country will take them in .
Never in my life has congress defended our foreign enemies before our people, mocked our history and heritage, then expected us to follow them. Never has Congress created a law to on purpose flood our nation by invading armies of undocumented alien migrants to get assistance and change demographics for political change as far left as communism. Never was someone here illegally automatically been referred to as an immigrant, since democrats decided we can not deport them, yet keep the gates of hell open to get more. Never did congress members demand open borders and no laws opposing entry without documentation, which is an act of treason since. we lose our sovereignty as a free nation and were forced to be taxed for something forced upon us without our consent. Never has the once most respected law enforcement agency lost our faith, support, trust, and love for being pawns of Global Socialist in political office. The democrats and most our sources of information have a plan to work together to destroy our republic without our consent. Our news now leftest propaganda like any other communist country.
Ridiculous! The only thing that could be considered overtly “Racist” about wearing a protective mask is if one donned the mask of the Ku Klux Klan in public.
How about that one, Liberals? Just the fact that you played your omnipresent “Race Card” makes one consider doing so! Don’t you have any different cards in your deck? You might need to “reshuffle”.
ANOTHER FORM OF IDENTITY POLITICS. I would hope that saving your life from this virus is more important that if you can be seen as a criminal. Imagine the threat of not wearing a mask for your health. YES, I can understand the argument that a face scarf is associated with trying to conceal your identity and that bandits are portrayed as criminals in the movies and on TV but a bandanna was also worn as a face protection from dust and during the times of cowboys and Indians everyone wore them. So you must question why a Black man would be afraid of wearing a scarf in public. Could it be that this man sees himself as a stereotype for Black criminals? White criminals do the same thing, to protect their identity. Personally I hate the idea of wearing a mask of any kind for anything other than play acting or in the case of sports face protection. When I heard the recommendation to wear a face mask I ordered some, yet after 3 weeks I have not received. Until I do get them I will wear a scarf. I find it hard to accept all this identity politics. Where I live I just do not see the racism and bigotry everyone is preaching. I do see the rights all US Citizens share abused in so many ways. When one person or a group of people abuse these rights, they abuse the rights of all. Think about it. To be Political Correct means if you do not believe in Political Correctness you are then separate and apart from those who do. You become a Outsider in the realm of politics. The US does not need nations as our enemies, we are doing a great job of destroying the US on our own.
Cartoon News Network (aka: CNN) has clowns for talking heads, and fools that make-up news as they go along. Whatever happened to people like Walter Cronkite? He was “the most trusted man in America”. He told the news like it was, not sticking in his station’s owner’s political beliefs or mandated slanting of the news against President Trump. Please give us some reliable news people that we can trust again.
At least the “Professor” didn’t claim “It was cultural misappropriation”.
If it wearing a face mask in public is racist, then I would say they shouldn’t do it, also, by saying that they are calling all their ANTIFA friends racist, which they are.
I hope all of the liberals don’t wear face masks. I’m good with that!
Where I live face masks are worn by most elderly black or white and no one seems to be upset about it. I often joke about it saying we look like bank robbers in an old western. That gets a laugh.
I recommend all Democrats refrain from using masks of any kind to protest Trump. With any luck, you will contract the Chinese Virus and die. By June, the average IQ of America will go up 3 points.
Don’t wear the damn mask, if you get sick and die, no one will really care anyway.
So if wearing a face mask in public is racist then the Dems and CNN’s heros, Antifa, has been racist all along! CNN; your so full of crap your breath stinks.