{"id":82684,"date":"2022-06-22T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=82684"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:24:50","slug":"82684","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=82684","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He <strong><em>is<\/em><\/strong> right, just not in the way this gun grabbing communist is thinking though. People who want to be free to enslave you, want to take away your right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/ibram-kendi-links-freedom-to-enslave-with-gun-rights\/\">Professor Ibram Kendi links \u2018freedom to enslave\u2019 with gun rights.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>There are some who fight for \u2018freedom to exploit, freedom to have guns,\u2019 Kendi said<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is a link between the \u201cfreedom to enslave\u201d and the \u201cfreedom to have guns,\u201d according to Boston University Professor Ibram Kendi.<\/p>\n<p>Kendi told host Margaret Brennan that \u201cthroughout the nation\u2019s history, there\u2019s been two perspectives on freedom, really two fights for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnslaved people were fighting for freedom from slavery, and enslavers were fighting for the freedom to enslave, and in many ways, that sort of contrast still exists today,\u201d Kendi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are people who are fighting for freedom from assault rifles, freedom from poverty, freedom from exploitation, and there are others who are fighting for freedom to exploit, freedom to have guns, freedom to maintain inequality,\u201d Kendi said.<\/p>\n<p>Kendi did not further elaborate or explain the connection between white supremacy or \u201cthe freedom to enslave\u201d and gun ownership.<br \/>\n[<em>He can&#8217;t &#8216;<\/em>further elaborate<em>&#8216;, because there <strong>is<\/strong> no connection. He just thinks you&#8217;re so stupid you&#8217;ll simply accept his BS <\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Pew Research Center\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2017\/06\/22\/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership\/\" rel=\"noopener\">polling data<\/a>\u00a0shows that while the percentage of gun ownership compared to the general population is highest among whites (36 percent of white Americans say they are gun owners), 24 percent of blacks and 15 percent of Hispanics also say they own a gun.<\/p>\n<p>Kendi described how parents can explain racism and white supremacy to their children and protect them from its effects. Despite protective measures, however, Kendi likens white supremacy to an inescapable danger like car traffic which can only be prudently managed, not challenged or entirely avoided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way that we protect our kids from [white supremacy] is ensure they can identify white supremacist ideology and the way they can identify white supremacist ideology is to teach them about it,\u201d Kendi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no way they\u2019re going to be able to protect themselves from it just like they can\u2019t protect themselves from cars. They have to understand to look both ways whether they\u2019re teenagers or young people so they won\u2019t get harmed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kendi\u2019s ongoing efforts to equip children for an allegedly white supremacist world include two new books \u201caimed at counteracting racism,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/ibram-x-kendi-new-childrens-book-goodnight-racism\/\"><em>CBS News Boston<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reported June 13.<\/p>\n<p>One is a parenting book called \u201cHow to Raise an Antiracist,\u201d and the other is a child\u2019s book called \u201cGoodnight Racism,\u201d a play on the classic text \u201cGoodnight Moon,\u201d CBS reported.<\/p>\n<p>The author told CBS it\u2019s wrong to assume that \u201ckids don\u2019t see color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 3 years old, kids are attaching skin color to positive or negative traits,\u201d Kendi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want us to counteract that as parents,\u201d he told the news outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is right, just not in the way this gun grabbing communist is thinking though. People who want to be free to enslave you, want to take away your right to keep and bear arms. Professor Ibram Kendi links \u2018freedom to enslave\u2019 with gun rights. 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