{"id":116729,"date":"2026-05-12T16:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116729"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:08:15","slug":"116729","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116729","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZeekArkham\/status\/2054301932613751133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zeek Arkham\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Democrats have been screaming that Jim Crow is back! Just to test it out, I went outside to see if I now have less rights as a black man. I started humming a negro spiritual and set out on my way.<\/p>\n<p>Got on a bus. Sat in front. No one said anything to me. Took it one stop and then did the walk of shame back to my truck.<\/p>\n<p>Went to a restaurant. Sat at the counter. The nice man behind it asked me if I wanted a menu. I informed him this was just a test and he passed. The look of confusion on his face let me know the Democrats hadn\u2019t informed him I can\u2019t sit at restaurant counters.<\/p>\n<p>Looked for separate bathrooms and water fountains. Couldn\u2019t find a single one. Got immediate side eye from an older black woman when I asked her if she\u2019d noticed any separate water fountains or bathrooms. Her answer wasn\u2019t Christian.<\/p>\n<p>Tried looking for a freedom march so I could join it and see if I\u2019d get hosed or dogs turned on me. No marches. I did see someone with a Pomeranian dog, though, but it didn\u2019t attack me.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 based on my evidence, Jim Crow is still dead. The Democrats lied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zeek Arkham\u00a0 The Democrats have been screaming that Jim Crow is back! Just to test it out, I went outside to see if I now have less rights as a black man. I started humming a negro spiritual and set out on my way. Got on a bus. Sat in front. No one said anything &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116729\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-o-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116730,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116729\/revisions\/116730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}