On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Trip Reynolds wrote:
TO: mmassie@worldnetdaily.com

"Black people have a definition of right and wrong that is fluid and predicated completely upon skin color."

Mr. Massie, you are absolutely correct. Plus, as clearly demonstrated by the past, current, and ongoing overt racism against Black people in every aspect of the criminal justice system, these convicted APS school teachers and administrators were stupid to believe they’d actually receive a “fair” trial. Dumb Black people. Of course, if these were White teachers and administrators located in Montana they would have all received nothing more than a perfunctory fine, because such is the benefit of White privilege. Conversely, the absolute benefit of Black privilege is the double whammy of conviction and incarceration.

Finally, the Black Star Project (BSP) is NOT “ . . . committed to improving the quality of life of Black and Latino communities in Chicago (yada, yada, yada).” Like many so-called “pro-Black” organizations, the BSP is only committed to receiving handouts from White people. Plus, consistent with other so-called “pro-Black” organizations that are lead by buffoons, its leadership is unable to think or act outside-of-the-box. Here’s proof: http://www.tripoetry.com/Film/Reviews/12-Years-PS.htm

Here’s more proof:

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 5:40 AM, Trip Reynolds wrote:

Hello:

At no cost to the Campaign for Black Male Achievement, I propose a web-based and smart-phone project that would generate $2,274,700 within 12 months of implementation - and again, with absolutely no cost impact to CBMA.

As you know, many so-called “Black” organizations supposedly committed to improving the social condition of Black people* literally are only looking for a handout (mostly from White people); they operate in a “piecemeal” fashion, and never in the “big picture” anchored to strategic outcomes; and they refuse to consider or actually perform any actual work to achieve their own fundraising objectives and thereby improve the social condition of Black people*. Fact, to provide more funding to support the mentoring for Black males and females, I personally submitted proposals to Steve Harvey’s Mentoring program for Young Men [http://www.reynos.com/SH2015.htm] and to the National Cares Mentoring Movement [http://www.reynos.com/NCMM2015.htm]. Neither of these organization responded to my initial letters, emails, or phone calls. Finally, after nearly three months of follow-ups on my part, I’m told, “No, thank you!” Notably, I was never even provided an opportunity to make a formal presentation or to even have a discussion with anyone at either organization.

Of course, I can validate (with dated emails, correspondence, etc.) all of the aforementioned. For example, in light of your partnership with Phillip Jackson’s Black Star Project, please be aware he not only refused to meet with me to discuss my proposal, but he also offered the following sarcastic response:

On Jul 29, 2014, at 9:03 PM, The Black Star Project, U.S.A. <blackstar1000@ameritech.net> wrote:

Mr. Reynolds,

We are offered numerous amounts of money by organizations all most every week, but they all are connected to additional activities by us that we do not have the manpower to handle.

If you are offering us $2,274.000.00, we will take it!

We are at 3509 South King Drive in Chicago, Illinois 60653 or I can pick up the check.

Thank you for your generous offer.

Phillip Jackson
773.285.9600

As clearly documented here (http://www.tripoetry.com/Film/Reviews/12-Years-PS.htm) many of these so-called “Black” organizations operate as hypocrites to their own-targeted clientele. Hopefully, such is not true of CBMA.

In summary, I would like to present and discuss a serious proposal to generate $2,274,700 for CBMA within 12 months of implementation. Please respond.

Have a great day!

Trip Reynolds
* (Being Black) http://www.tripoetry.com/Black.htm

By the way, CBMA has refused to respond to my inquiry. Yada, yada, yada!

Keep up the good work, Mr. Massie.

Have a great day!
Trip Reynolds

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	THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A WHITE TEACHER 1 2 3

Educators Help Students Cheat on Tests, Study Charges

Educators desperate to demonstrate excellence are helping students cheat on standardized tests, contributing to scores in 48 states that are misleadlingly "above average," a report charges.

Few states randomly audit test scores to uncover improprieties, according to the study. California, one the few that does, caught 50 schools cheating on the statewide achievement testing program in the last three years. Unlike Atlanta, California teachers were not charged with racketeering (#10 below).

On Apr 23, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Mychal Massie <mychalmassie@gmail.com> wrote:

Trip...your argument is puerile denial and obfuscation...you perceive without evidence of same that white people would do it and get away with violating children as these people did so they should be able to do so with impunity based on their skin color is morally opprobrious and an affront to reasoned minds but obviously not out of character for you...

M

Business as usual.

Like Rekia Boyd, where an off-duty officer Dante Servin, on March 21, 2012, fired an unregistered firearm into an alleyway where four people were standing after he allegedly saw a man brandish a gun. One of the bullets hit Boyd in the back of the head, instantly killing her; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Trip Reynolds wrote:

YOUR COMMENT: you perceive without evidence of same that white people would do it and get away with violating children . . .

RESPONSE: Mr. Massie, I’m not in denial, but clearly you are. White people have engineered tests (from I.Q. to SAT to ACT and more) and curriculum to intentionally exclude people of color in nearly every aspect of American society from public education to voting to employment and more. There has always been, is, and there will continue to be two standards for justice in this country - White privilege vs. everyone else, and for you and the teachers in Atlanta to ignore this “reality" is, well, just sad and stupid. It (White privilege and injustice) is what it is; don’t kill the messenger. I have no need to provide “evidence” of such but I can easily do so.

1. There is enormous, blatant evidence of historic and ongoing inequity (teaching, curriculum, funding, resources, zoning, etc.) of "White controlled" public education against Black people, Native Americans, and Latinos. What rock have you been living under? To begin your education read, “The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men” by Christina Hoff Summer, and pay particular attention to the inequitable treatment given to Black boys and Black young men.

2. Clearly, you need to read the “2013 Sentencing Project” and countless other sources that empirically validate the true power of White privilege is the ability to beat, incarcerate or kill Black men (even when Black men are 100% innocent) with absolutely no expectation of prosecution or conviction.

You see, I agree with you, that many "Black people have a definition of right and wrong that is fluid and predicated completely upon skin color." However, more importantly, Black people must realize they must be “better” and “smarter” than White people because the playing field is NOT equal; because White privilege has dominance in all aspects of U.S. society. Sadly, again, you clearly appear to be in denial.

By the way, your use of the word “obfuscation” is incorrect. Please try to do better.

Trip
http://www.tripoetry.com/Black.htm

Business as usual.

Like Oscar Grant, who was lying face down, arrested, when on January 1, 2009 police officer Johannes Mehserle shot him. Officer Mehserle claimed he meant to taser Grant; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

On Apr 24, 2015, at 2:06 AM, Mychal Massie <mychalmassie@gmail.com> wrote:

Trip...spare me your blind allegiance to criminal behavior because it has the right melanin content...it is tantamount to encopresis of the mouth sans micturition...it is laughable that you people are all the same...if whining, name calling and blaming everything on skin color were an olympic sport you people would be unable to have medal placed around your necks because your heads are buried in that portion of your anatomy that graces toilet seats...now do me a favor and take a hike...make yourself useful...

M

Business as usual.

Like Michael Brown, who although unarmed was killed on August 9, 2014 after an altercation with an officer; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

On Apr 24, 2015 4:11 AM, "Trip Reynolds" wrote:

Our top story tonight . . . conservative Mychal Massie, a Black man, was shot and killed today by Omaha police officer John Doe. According to Doe, Massie was asked to identify himself but “appeared" to ignore the officer and reached for a metallic object inside his jacket. Officer Joe said he felt his "life was threatened" and immediately fired eight-(8) rounds into Massie killing him instantly.

Massie was in Omaha for a public speaking engagement at the Urban League. Since 2007, Omaha has held the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd highest Black homicide rate in the U.S. One of every four drivers pulled over by Omaha police officers in 2010 was Black, and Omaha Police Department stops and arrests Black drivers at rates higher than their proportion of the population. During his speech, Massie said he felt safe and welcome in Omaha.

Business as usual.

Like Walker Scott, who although unarmed was shot in the back 8-times and killed on April 4, 2015 after an altercation with an officer; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whateverk, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

On Apr 24, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Mychal Massie <mychalmassie@gmail.com> wrote:

Should I take this as a you making veiled threat against my person and forward it to FBI...

M

Business as usual.

Like Tamir Rice, a 12 year-old boy who, on November 22, 2014, was killed holding a BB gun seconds after Officer Tim Loehmann spotted him at a park; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, holding the wrong thing in his hand, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

On Apr 24, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Trip Reynolds wrote:

Your stupidity is absolutely amazing!

Surely you should be able to recognize blatant sarcasm when you see it. However, at your discretion, you can take my sarcasm as a "reality check” the very next time you drive your car in any poverty-stricken, lower socio-economic area where the majority of people share the same race and color you possess. There is a statistical “reality” that YOU can and will be beaten, shot, or killed - and your innocence makes absolutely no difference. You’ll just be another dead Black man.

1. You don’t believe me, come to Omaha, drive up and down Ames Avenue obeying all traffic laws, and nevertheless, discover how your race gets you stopped by the police 1 out of 4 times.

2. You don’t believe me, open your eyes, do the research, and discover as validated by The Sentencing Project 2005 and 2013, Starr & Rehavi, Mandatory Sentencing and Racial Disparity, 2013, that at minimum, Blacks received 23% longer sentences than Whites. At the state level, 43.2% indicated harsher sentences for Blacks, and 27.6% indicated harsher sentences for Latinos. At the federal level, Blacks are 68.2% more likely to receive harsher sentences, and Latino are 47.6% more likely to receive harsher sentences.

Let me be clear, I don’t dislike or like you; I have absolutely no “emotional” interest in you whatsoever. Sadly, it’s arrogant of you, or perhaps an indication your psychosis for you to think I actually “care” about you. I contacted you because I "agreed" with your assessment of the judges decision regarding the teachers and administrators in Atlanta - and I told you so. I even ended my initial email telling you, "Keep up the good work, Mr. Massie.” Instead of simply saying “Thank you," YOU WENT ON THE ATTACK against me with your conservative “big word” rhetoric and related yada, yada, yada. Unlike you, I’m not a conservative, or liberal, or democrat, or republican; I don’t align myself with any such worthless affiliations. Given the historic and ongoing atrocities against people who share my ethnicity, I’m proudly Black, that’s my affiliation!

In summary, as with all Black men in the U.S., your threat is not coming from me (which would be ridiculous), but from the police, any police officer, and all aspects of law enforcement, because you’re just a Black man, and even better, a very dark-skinned Black man, i.e., an easy target. Do you actually think you’re any different or any better than Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. a Black man, who was arrested at his Cambridge, Massachusetts home by an over-zealous police officer? Well, do you?

Massie, again, there has always been, is, and there will continue to be two standards for justice in this country - White privilege vs. everyone else. "When it comes to dealing with the police, you better watch your back, and don’t talk back, and don’t look Black.” ©Trip Reynolds

Don’t contact me again, because your lack of intellectual prowess is both disappointing and annoying.

Trip
http://www.tripoetry.com/Black.htm

Business as usual.

Like Freddie Gray, who was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police on April 12, 2015 for possession of a switchblade, and soon died from spinal cord injuries while in police custody; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

Date: April 24, 2015 at 3:21 PM
From: mychalmassie@gmail.com

To: Trip Reynolds
Re: Hypocrisy of the Black Star Project

Trip...if what you say is true don't bother me...

M

Business as usual.

Like Akai Gurley, who had no outstanding warrants, was unarmed, and without warning was shot and killed in a dark stairwell on November 20, 2014; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

On Apr 24, 2015, at 3:29:05 PM CDT, Trip Reynolds wrote:

FINAL NOTICE: Again, I instructed you to never contact me again. Your lack of intellectual prowess is both disappointing and annoying. I consider your communications as harassment.

DO NOT CONTACT ME AGAIN.

Business as usual.

Like Carlos Alcis, who on August 15, 2013, died of a heart attack after the police mistakenly raided his home in search of a cell phone thief; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?

EPILOGUE:

There's a "clear and present danger" to give any value to the Willie Lynch-based intellectual buffoonery conveyed by conservatives like Mychal Massie. These so-called intellectual buffoons ignore the facts and reality of their Blackness.

1. Millions and millions of Black people are upset with the ongoing unilateral and indiscriminate murder of Black men and women by police throughout the United States. Not all Black people are inclined to sit back and let White people continue to use White privilege to deny Black people jobs and education, and to beat or kill Black men with absolutely no expectation of prosecution or conviction.

2. Seeking "civil justice" is pointless, because the allocation of "justice" in the U.S. has never been, is not now, and will never be equal. At minimum, Blacks received 23% longer sentences than Whites. At the state level, 43.2% indicated harsher sentences for Blacks, and 27.6% indicated harsher sentences for Latinos. At the federal level, Blacks are 68.2% more likely to receive harsher sentences, and Latino are 47.6% more likely to receive harsher sentences. Source: The Sentencing Project 2005 and 2013, Starr & Rehavi, Mandatory Sentencing and Racial Disparity, 2013.Albert Einstein truly said it best, “Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

ANDY CORNISH (National Public Radio): How were prosecutors in the Atlanta case able to apply racketeering charges in this instance? I mean, you're writing - these cases are sort of described, as you mentioned, white-collar crime. But racketeering - that's not what we normally think of in terms of white-collar crime.

DANA GOLDSTEIN (A staff writer at the Marshall Project): No, we think of racketeering used to prosecute maybe corrupt politicians or drug lords, Mafiosos. So certainly, to apply racketeering to teachers was really unusual. But basically racketeering can come in handy for prosecutors if what they're trying to establish is a pyramid scheme - a scheme in which the people in charge at the top of some sort of organization - in this case, a school district - were directing those below them to do something illegal and to do a criminal act. And perhaps the people at the top didn't themselves go in and erase those answer sheets, but they were encouraging and tacitly kind of forcing, perhaps, or encouraging teachers and lower-level administrators like school principals to do these illegal acts.

So that's why the prosecutor chose to use RICO in this case, although they could have made a different choice and just prosecuted each individual with tampering with public records, which is what prosecutors have chosen to do in other places in the country were cheating is alleged to have occurred. SOURCE: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/13/399414392/sentencing-begins-for-atlanta-teachers-convicted-in-cheating-scandal

Consistent with a society anchored to White privilege, the allocation of "justice" against Black people, even teachers and school administrators, is consistently harsher.

3. Seeking "political" justice through blatant resistance and the immediate destruction of public and private property is not only consistent with "American History" it's the exact method of protest to be expected. As clearly validated in 1773 by the Boston Tea Party, which was the key event in the growth of the American Revolution, and the American Civil War, non-violence has never been an effective means to end oppression and racism, or to effect major cultural or political change. As clearly documented throughout human history, it's stupid to expect anything other than extreme violence and revolution to "dethrone" the elite and powerful (and their lackeys).

4. In the United States, White privilege defines all rules and all exceptions to the rules. Consequently, it's ridiculous for Black people and other minorities to expect egalitarian treatment when the concept of " . . . all men are created equal" has never, never ever existed in any aspect of governance of this country. White people tell Black people and other minorities " . . . to be patient . . . change doesn't happen overnight." Given the perpetual state of poverty and oppression shared by the overwhelming majority of Black people and other minorities, change is definitely not on the horizon - just ask the Lakotah Indians.

5. It's blatant hyprocrisy to label White pioneers and colonialists as "patriots," because these White people: openly enslaved and murdered Black men, women and children; openly murdered Native American men, women and children; stole Native lands; incarcerated Native Americans on reservations (prison camps) and successfully achieved genocide against Native American people; then their White descendants continue the onslaught of White privilege by labeling chronically oppressed Black people as "stupid" and "thugs" and "criminals" and people with no ambition or initiative, people with "mental disorders," etc.

Bottom line, unlike White people, Black people don't have the same right to rebel against their oppressors.

Black people don't have the same right to rebel against their oppressors.

Black people don't have the same right to rebel against their oppressors.

Black people don't have the same right to rebel against their oppressors.

Steven Eugene Washington 27, Los Angeles, CA—March 20, 2010

Police officers spotted Washington on a Los Angeles street. He reportedly approached them, appearing to be removing something from his waistband. He was shot and killed. No weapon was found on him. Later, Washington's family revealed that he was autistic. Aftermath: Police Chief Charlie Beck recommended that Officers Allan Corrales and George Diego be cleared of charges, but the civilian commission that oversees the LAPD disagreed. Washington's mother received $950,000 in a settlement with Los Angeles.

Prior to their conviction, it would have been just as easy for any of the teachers and school administrators in Atlanta to have been beaten, shot and killed by police. So, in this regard they were lucky.

Instead, as expected, the convicted teachers and school administrators in Atlanta received the double whammy of conviction and incarceration, AND consistent with the mandate of White privilege, they also received harsher sentencing.

Business as usual.

Business as usual.

Like Trayvon Martin, a 17-year old Black male who, although unarmed, was shot and killed on February 26, 2012 after an altercation with a neighborhood watch volunteer; how long before Mychal Massie finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, doing whatever, innocent or not, but being judged and executed by one or more White police officers?