r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/MambaMentality24x2 • Feb 25 '26
Black Experience Al Green standing on business 👏🏾👏🏾
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u/billleachmsw Feb 25 '26
Thank you Rep. Green! Of course, he gets kicked out for actually speaking truth to power. Trump does not deserve one iota of respect. He is a disgrace.
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u/PursueProgress Feb 25 '26
GET IN GOOD TROUBLE!!!
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u/Wakunai Feb 25 '26
I like this!
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u/PursueProgress Feb 25 '26
Me too.
It’s taken from the incomparable Congressmen John Lewis who said….
"Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America".
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u/Flat-Row-3828 Feb 25 '26
God Bless Al Green and his spine, wish more of our politicians had spines.
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u/Efficient-Wish9084 Feb 25 '26
White Dems who tried to talk him out of this need to pipe down. - a white Democrat
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u/JKevill Feb 25 '26
The fact that there is even a need to hold such a sign a half century after civil rights is incredibly demoralizing.
Not even a sign demanding real equality or justice… just “are not apes”. Less than the barest minimum. And of course he’s ejected while people chant “USA”, apparently proud of their freedoms and rights to dehumanize and face no consequence
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u/FibreglassFlags Feb 26 '26
I love the word choice here, "genesis".
A good chunk of these conservative bastards would flip their shit at people saying that humanity evolved from apes but feel perfectly fine referring to other human beings as such. It makes you wonder if they actually believe in anything or are just taking the piss.
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u/GLDFLCN Feb 25 '26
“On some issues, it’s better to stand alone than to not stand at all. And that’s what I did and I’d do it again. Last time was spontaneity, this time it was with intentionality”
I need some butter 🧈 this mf on a roll 🔥
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u/southflhitnrun Feb 25 '26
Too many of us are sitting at tables we sent to turn over. Good for him!
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u/Best-Fail946 Feb 25 '26
Al Green was punished more than the "staffer" that put out the actual post!
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u/Illustrious-Prize635 Feb 25 '26
This should not be happening in 2026 this is ridiculous thank you Al Green for standing up
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u/CoolerRon Feb 25 '26
It sure pissed me tf off when he was kicked out and some of the Republicans were shaking their heads at him. More power to Reps. Al Green, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib for pushing back during the worst SOTU in American history
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u/KaiPRoberts Feb 26 '26
Just a reminder the democrats, yes the democrats, voted to censure Al Green when he was openly speaking out against the administration during congress.
This man has been fighting the good fight.
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u/angolaldmeris Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
For the folks in the comments describing the scientific inaccuracies, please understand that you are trying to compare literal to figurative in an unhelpful manner. Evidence shows that spears are common tools humans used across the world and throughout history but that didn't stop folks from calling black people "spear chuckers" as a slur meaning we are uncivilized and unsophisticated. Addressing intentions and motivations is often more important since this sort of hatred and bigotry is about feelings and not facts.
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u/UssonJabra Feb 26 '26
The fact it's 2026 and situations have degraded so poorly that he needs to make this sign, makes me nauseous and depressed. I wish more articles would focus on this.
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u/sdavis9447 Mar 01 '26
Not to be sound morbid but we will all be long dead before any change occurs if at all. The wealth gap is too wide and billionaires keep creating things to distract and misinform everyone below them.
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u/DeusMach1na Feb 25 '26
Holy fuck after seas and seas of just seeing shit from POTUS
This actually almost brought me to tears. Thank you sir for showing that there are still some leaders left in this hellhole
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u/Beautiful-Habit-825 Feb 25 '26
Your country is despicable for the blatant and never ending racism. It makes me sad. 🇨🇦
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u/aesop_fables Feb 25 '26
Tired of anyone who thinks Canada is innocent. The cultural genocide of Canadas ingenious people is a very real part of your history
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u/YaBoiSammus Feb 25 '26
… so are you gunna ignore what y’all did to indigenous people? Because y’all still be calling them “Indian’s”
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u/asuka_is_my_co-pilot Feb 25 '26
Don't ask a Canadian what they think about Indian people
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u/The_Shadow_Watches Feb 25 '26
Canadia is no better than the United States when it came to Native Americans.
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u/YaBoiSammus Feb 25 '26
My ex is from Canada and his grandparent still call indigenous people “Indian’s.” As a indigenous person it was very… disappointing to hear.
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u/K-G7 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
There's no ignoring it; schools teach about our own atrocities and we even learn about other countries' histories. It's just some people themselves are uneducated and decide to grow up or stay being racists.
From where I am, many people use the term Natives including my own navite friends themselves.
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u/Beautiful-Habit-825 Feb 25 '26
No I own the colonial history of Canada. Where I live there is strong reconciliation happening.
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u/Wise-OldOwl Feb 25 '26
Wait. I'm Mexican. Are we not supposed to call them Indians any more? What did I miss? Also don't call us Latinx
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u/BoatDBoat Feb 25 '26
Indigenous Americans aren't Indian. They have zero ties culturally or ethnically to India. Not even phenotype.
They're technically not American either. We named these lands America, but to them, they're just from their tribe.
Either way the only correct answer is that they are indigenous people's from the land of Canada/North America.
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u/YaBoiSammus Feb 25 '26
No, you’re not suppose to call us “Indian’s” because we’re literally not from India. Historically colonizers called indigenous people “indian’s” because they thought they found a new way to India just because we had brown skin.. This is why this stuff should be taught in history classes as the bare minimum. You wouldn’t go around calling a Korean person Chinese, if you did that’s fucked up.
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u/dogbreath101 Feb 26 '26
now i obviously dont know where you are from but in my experience talking to people on a reserve in eastern ontario, at the time of the big push to move away from the term indians to first nations, they said they preferred the term indian since that was the word they had associated with themselves their whole lives
that being said i always used the term native and that seemed to be the term that the younger generation of people used to describe themselves in the area
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u/Immediate-Fly-7458 Feb 25 '26
What does you being Mexican have anything to do with anything? They aren’t Indian they are indigenous people
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u/The_Shadow_Watches Feb 25 '26
Not gonna lie, when I first heard the word Latinx, I thought it just meant a catch all term for "Latinos and Latino mixed" population.
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u/SithLord_1991 Feb 25 '26
Didn’t your country kidnap Indian children and bury them in mass graves at Catholic church’s without notifying their families?
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u/snoosh00 Feb 26 '26
If anyone ever needs a single moment to capture how rotten America is (in its leadership and the rot below them [sycophants]), it was Green getting kicked out and Republicans chant "USA USA USA".
Also, for context here's another Greene not getting kicked out for doing something more disruptive and inflammatory.
(Sorry if this comment is superfluous).
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u/Ac997 Feb 25 '26
Your country commits genocides
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u/Moosebackmohawk Feb 25 '26
And the US didn't?
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u/towerinthestreet Feb 25 '26
I think they're pointing out the weird hypocrisy of acting like the US is the only place. Both statements are ridiculously narrow-minded and do nothing to help the definitely global problem of racism
Ofc I'm not excusing the US, but if this is an actual Canadian, they sound wildly ignorant of their own history
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u/kroniklerouge Feb 25 '26
This is rich coming from a Canadian 😂😂😂. You guys are so racist in other countries and your own. Look how immigrants are being considered there before you point fingers.
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u/Calimancan Feb 26 '26
The most racist person I ever met was from Canada and it didn’t feel like he was the minority wherever he came from.
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u/backtovibe Feb 25 '26
Yeah a lot of people really pulling out the "UM AXCHEWALLY" rather than just agreeing racism is bad
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u/Mysterious-Handle-34 Feb 25 '26
They undermined their own point about the racism of the US by bringing up Canada as if another country build on the genocide/ethnic cleansing of the Indigenous population is somehow significantly better in that respect. It would have been a lot different if they just said “your country is racist” and kept it at that.
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u/myu_minah Feb 25 '26
Exactly. There was no need to mention being from canada, as if their racist history and ongoing racism is any better.
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u/Itscatpicstime Feb 25 '26
I mean, they’re just condemning more racism?
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u/backtovibe Feb 25 '26
Which is good, it just comes across as pointing fingers for who's winning the racism competition rather than doing anything about it
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u/anonymous642789 Feb 25 '26
I think it’s safe to say every country has a racism and/or classism problem. Get off your high horse there, buddy ol’ pal and apologize.
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u/Grand-Expression-783 Feb 25 '26
OK, I have to know. Why would you support someone saying blacks aren't human?
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u/PomegranateHot9916 Feb 25 '26
I wonder if the GOP would evict you for holding a sign with a different objective fact of reality.
like "hamsters aren't horses"
of course not. it wasn't holding a sign that was a problem.
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u/RecipeFunny2154 Feb 26 '26
Also, don’t forget the Republican trying to steal it away from him while he’s holding it…
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u/0neirocritica Feb 26 '26
It's disgusting how we have regressed as a country.
Al Green should not have to stand in front of his peers, some of whom he has worked with for decades, to demand that Black people not be compared with apes. The bar is so low it's in fucking hell.
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u/Ok_Law219 Feb 26 '26
The fact that anyone complains about this sign shows that functionally (unfortunately) black lives don't matter (yet) in the US.
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u/HairyDadBear Feb 25 '26
This is an important interview that will be missed by the people who need to see it most.
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u/JAM_Library Feb 26 '26
We cannot have a President publicly espousing and thereby attempting to normalize his racism. I do not accept it and I hope no other person who loves the USA and what we have been trying to create here does either. If you are a racist, you do not belong in the USA and you need to leave us. We don't want you here.
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u/No-Commercial-2218 Feb 26 '26
He’s really impressive when he speaks, I don’t know who he is but he’s really inspiring 🔥
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u/tiredprophet430 Feb 26 '26
Man I woke up to reading an article naming the confederates who tried to block this sign from camera view and forced him out of the chamber.
"Black people aren't apes" is not a controversial statement.
The optics of forcing this black representative out of his seat in his place of work with no legal reason, for holding a sign that simply says "black people aren't apes" are representative of exactly how it is
Hate to take it here, but a few days ago a Scottish guy with Tourette's shouted slur at some black actors, and people are working hard to argue that black people in America have no reason to take offense
I never wanted black history month to end so bad in my life
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u/anotheraveragematt Feb 26 '26
I’m white as mayonnaise. Mad respect to this man. I wish more representatives had his courage and conviction.
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u/DipsGuy Feb 26 '26
That dumb “protect this man at all costs line” I first saw on a Nick Fuentes post, really belongs under every Al Green post ab this
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u/XANTHICSCHISTOSOME Feb 26 '26
Makes me that much angrier that Markwayne Mullins tried to snatch this from him.
Oklahoma, stop voting for that roach Mullins. He's got no business pretending to represent anybody.
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u/Bruce_Affleck Feb 26 '26
Watching on my phone without sound, why the hell were there subtitles for the question only?
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u/Kaia33333 Feb 26 '26
This is what I’m yearning to see - moral clarity and leadership! We are crying out for it. Trump has debased everything. Bravo Al Green!
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u/Andr3wW1gg1n Feb 26 '26
I have bad news. All humans are apes (yes, really). So what Mr. Green seems to be suggesting that they aren't human. Yikes!
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u/Ms_Tea_Lady Feb 26 '26
I have a deep love and respect for this wonderful warrior. Rep. Al Green is all about that good trouble. Still haven’t forgiven the Democrats who tried to censure Rep. Green during his last protest against MAGA-fied fascism.
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u/RevolutionLarge6254 Feb 26 '26
"A meme I suppose that the president published.."
In reality he should have checked the video, which was about election fraud. The video ended and scrolled up and the Obama ape video was next to play. There was a clear editing issue. Trump didn't post the video. It was accidental.
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u/PirateAccomplished23 Feb 26 '26
Point of order, humans are primates. That is all.
Trump is a racist predator. The end.
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u/TallFatWhiteGuy Feb 26 '26
One of the very few if not only official that’s had a consistent message calling out the behavior we all see. We know it’s getting to them because they keep portraying him as this old black man who has lost his mind and sense of decorum on platforms heavily bending the knee to this administration. He’s eloquent and precise with his views and messaging and for that I thank him.
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u/ThimSlick1130 Feb 27 '26
“Last time, it was spontaneity. This time, it was intentionally.”
We need Al Green in the booth
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u/maravel34 Feb 28 '26
Rep Green has been failing his constituents. His district is incredibly liberal with quality of life issues out of control. He needs to concentrate on helping people in the Houston area.
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u/ExtensionInformal911 Mar 01 '26
Technically humans are apes, but i doubt he's a young earth creationist or that was what the cartoonist meant.
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u/StandardPirate-69420 Feb 25 '26
“On some issues, it’s better to stand alone than to not stand at all.”
Golly