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My observations on the BCF Convention and why President Trump will eventually win 2020 elections

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 I am watching the Black Caucus Foundation Convention that kicked off in August 2020 and will resume in October 2020.The Convention has many speakers from the political legislative platform like Senators, House Representatives and Congresswoman Aayana Presley .

Today's session was as per following :
Monday, Sep 28, 2020
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST
6th Annual State of African American Small Businesses: A Call to Action – Now is the Time
This Issue Forum will focus on what we must do now to advance the conversation about building Black wealth through entrepreneurship. As a community, we have talked about the problems and danced around solutions for decades. Now is the time for change and we must come together to act. Sponsored by McDonald's, General Motors, CSX.
6th Annual State of African American Small Businesses: A Call to Action – Now is the Time
SPEAKER(S):

Panelist: Greg Campbell , Managing Partner & CEO , Medingenii Capital and Rainmaker Inc Honorary Host: Donald M. Payne , Member of Congress representing New Jersey's 10th Congressional District , U.S. House of Representatives Moderator: Jill L. Johnson , Chief Executive Officer , Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership Panelist: Jim Lowry , Senior Advisor , The Boston Consulting Group Panelist: JaNay Queen Nazaire , Chief Strategy Officer , Living Cities Panelist: Tanya Van Court , Founder and CEO , Goalsetter
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EST
Addressing the Black Amputation Epidemic
Black Americans face an epidemic of amputation of their legs and feet as a result of a diabetes related circulatory condition called peripheral artery disease (PAD). Black Americans lose limbs at a rate three times that of others. It doesn't have to be this way. Boston Scientific and these leading physicians will discuss practical preventative, clinical, and policy solutions to close the gap with this disparity and save black limbs.
Addressing the Black Amputation Epidemic
SPEAKER(S):

Panelist: Foluso Fakorede , CEO , Cardiovascular Solutions of Central Mississippi Moderator: Dr Michael R Jaff , Chief Medical Officer , Boston Scientific Panelist: Chamika Hawkins-Taylor , Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacy Practice , Xavier University Panelist: Paul Michael , Medical Director , JFK Wound Management and Preservation Center
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EST
Investing in the community: Minority Banks and community development financial institutions
"Ending redlining: how minority banks and community development financial institutions can ensure equitable recovery for the black community".
Investing in the community: Minority Banks and community development financial institutions
SPEAKER(S):

Honorary Host: Gregory W. Meeks , Member of Congress , U.S. House of Representatives Panellist: Kenneth Kelly , Chairman , National Bankers Association Panellist: Ted Archer , Executive Director, Global Philanthropy , JPMorgan Chase Panellist: David Clunie , Executive Director , Black Economic Alliance Moderator: Hope Knight , Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Panelist: Aron Betru , Managing Director , Center for Financial Markets Milken Institute Panelist: Lisa Mensah , President and CEO , Opportunity Finance Network
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM EST
Leveraging Your Power, Influence and Currency to Make Transformative Societal Changes
Join founding members of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund for a discussion on how Black and Brown executives are leveraging their individual and collective power, influence, and currency in conjunction with corporate and community organizations to make transformative societal changes by addressing systemic racism and racial inequity.

The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund focuses on ending long-standing structural and systemic racism that has impacted Black- and Brown-led nonprofits in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sponsored by Fidelity Investments

Leveraging Your Power, Influence and Currency to Make Transformative Societal Changes
SPEAKER(S):

Panellist: Pamela Everhart , Head of Regional Public Affairs & Community Relations , Fidelity Investments Panellist: Former U.S. Senator William "Mo" Cowan , President, Global Government Affairs and Policy and Developed Markets , General Electric Panellist: Myechia Minter-Jordan , President and CEO , DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement and Catalyst Institute Host: Wendy John , Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion , Fidelity Investments Panellist: Quincy Miller , President and Vice Chairman , Eastern Bank

The issues addressed range from basic subsistence and denial of rights as welfare and employment rights as to credit and financing being denied on the basis of the businesses having Afro American owners or representatives.

When I filmed the short video in this post I was gasping at how speakers still find themselves having to explain discrimination to the panel mediator, like is the case of the Senator speaking at the time.

To deny that the situation is extreme to the point where it can still go further down the line of the worst is the same as denying the Jewish Holocaust or African Slavery because the historical fact is undeniable and there is abundant evidence to suggest that the AA community is not in a disadvantaged position because of social problems caused by single parenthood or social care in or during young Afro Americans lives but simply because there is margin within the mechanisms of society to refuse to acknowledge rights to the AA and work against them by denying them rights based on them not filling the criteria.

We can take the example of George Flloyd who died a few months ago and though holding a job as a security during lockdown found himself without any money or rights and even when cashing a cheque was falsely accused of being forging a cheque, only because of being AA.

I know of people in Britain who during lockdown were offered money by the British Government, more than they were entitled , they are all Eastern European, Polish and Russian. I have not heard of any Portuguese or African in Britain who was not going up the walls in despair with regulations enforcing the closure of their business.

The same occurs in the US , there is margin within the mechanisms of society to reward people of certain localities ( and implicitly ethnicity) while denying business funds or furloughs to people of other areas because there is estimation that their business was not so severely impacted or they are single and therefore should have their own savings or be ok while 8 weeks unemployed.

When leaders like the one I filmed speaking on the background of this short video, have to over explain a serious problem to other leaders mediating panels, we can only assume that there is not an alienation on the part of certain AA leaders but that they actually benefit more from the situation being bad for their community than better for their community as they have the opportunity to rule over others, play the leader and miss on using their leadership position to actually bring change for their own community who has gone through the Civil Right movement not to be a community but to be equal to their counterparts in American society.

The overwhelming presence of Democratic politicians and the embarrassing absence of Republicans in this Convention is rather surprising as the Democratic party did more to destroy Chicago and other areas by promoting European immigration - thousands of Nazis migrated from Ukraine, Poland and other European cities to the US to work in factories that excluded automatically and without mercy AA relegating and containing them further trapped in the inner city.

Having Hillary Clinton apologising for the past and having not one single Black Democratic apologising for the past of their own party is a serious indicative that most of the politicians promising change in this Convention are doing so from a commercial political perspective and not really engaging in a healing partnership with a community that was not protesting when black flags signalling dead soldiers were disproportionately visible in AA neighbourhoods under Obama presidency.

Those black flags will only be kept away from AA windows if the Democrat party comes clean in relation to wars abroad and to the funding and creation of terrorist groups like ISIS because AA community has been as always victim of the most highly violent form of terrorism at the hands of the Democratic party and even if they , contrary to Hillary Clinton , don't acknowledge past mistakes and apologise, the run down estates in New York and Chicago, the thousands of Afro Americans with criminal record because they were pushed to jail by laws made by them, don't lie , not even those black flags lie .

Lying is also denying the past, not just living in denial. So how can AA's now so disengaged with NAAPC and Black Caucus Foundation believe again in anything they are saying when there is no accountability for the past?

General Powell and General Bolton , classic Republicans now turned Democratic figures of publicity against President Trump signify wars abroad. So many others as well now talking about their formal boss but what does it signify now to want something , to need something and to have their own right denied? To be pushed down more and more? The Democratic party does not know now but will know on the 1st week of November 2020 when they lose the Presidential elections and by then hopefully, the party will address the need to fully apologise for twenty decades ( Clintons plus Obama presidency) of lack of will , lack of power, lack of common sense to simply abolish the prisons where the members of their communities still are transported from prison to Court in shackles like they were in slavery and still work for free like they worked during slavery.

President Trump will win the elections on one policy only : Foreign Policy, where the Democratic party still refuse to acknowledge Wars abroad have to stop, refugees machines have to stop and oil exploitation abroad has to stop. President Trump did all that already and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

So if he can't bring peace at home, who can, because the shackles are still here and so is forced labour with no freedom!

Ariane Brito

QATAR FOUNDATION "COVID-19 AND EDUCATION: THE LARGEST DISRUPTION IN THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION" ,GERMANY AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM WEBINAR AND EVENING AT VIRTUAL BOOK DISCUSSION "WHITELASH: UNMASKING WHITE GRIEVANCE AT THE BALLOT BOX" BY FORDHAMD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

This month I had the opportunity to attend a few virtual events that brought me closer to understanding in full how Cov-19 impacted in  people experiencing education completely disrupted during lockdown in virtue of not having access to virtual learning platforms or not having access to full energy provision like electricity.

I truly appreciated the opportunity to hear first hand account of the contours of the situation by experts and educators via the Zoom and Facebook session " Covid-19 and Education: The largest disruption in the history of education" by Qatar Education.

 I watched most of this webinar via zoom and Facebook. It is one of the best webinars available online regarding Cov-19 impact on Education and though I watched it live I would recommend anyone watching it recorded as it informs the public of the future implications of Cov-19.

On the 25th of September I attended the online zoomed Webinar: Investment and Trade for Africa's Development , a Germany Africa Development initiative.

The event is still available online and can be accessed here

''Some of my optimistic points for #Africa and #Europe lay in the #digitalisation and ability that young people can play a role in creating dynamic #business environments for the future.'' - H.E Günter Nooke, Africa Envoy to Chancellor Merkel. #AECWebinar #ChamberNews

Germany Africa Business Forum and @AfricaOilPower

I am very excited to be attending the virtual public event "Voting Rights and Discrimination - Insights from book "Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box"". by Fordham University School of Law.

What are you up to this Wednesday night?

Best wishes,

Ariane

HIP HOP POLITICAL EDUCATION SUMMIT

Though I haven't watched all the Summit the bit I watched was very informative and relevant . Senator Cory Booker stated that as a Mayor he battled with Republican senators to get basic resources and funding for locals schools ."There is so much at stake in just a ballot!"

You can watch the recorded Summit here.

The summit organizers stated in the invitation emailed to me,

"Dear Ariane, Our goal is to inform members of the hip-hop community like yourself about the urgency of threats to our right to vote, as well as the larger and growing threats to our democracy. "

I was sad to re-hear of terrible episodes of violence & racial suppression taking place today. Last week I watched a few videos on twitter & tagged the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

Have you watched the Summit, what was your favourite speaker? My favourite speaker is Latosha Brown!

Best wishes,

Ariane

Today I attended the Virtual ' I am Power Rising Summit '

Today I had the pleasure of attending a virtual summit brought forward by inspiring women that wanted to inspire others, support others and appeal to their public in not only voting for Kamala Harris as Vice President ticketed with Joe Biden for President of the United States of America, but also to actively engage in mobilising communities to secure their right to vote and seek a different society from the present United States of America society that is leaving so many behind and excluded.

Here is a brief video vocalising my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IOgILRmXII&feature=youtu.be

What have you been up to this weekend?

Best wishes,

Ariane

What I listened last month : Audible - Amazon-

 

Audible book that most certainly will prove to be one month long hearing!

2019 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance findings for US elections:

  2019 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance findings for US elections: "Manipulation of voter registers is a higher risk as those systems are often online and connected to the databases of various institutions. This makes protecting voters against  breaches and manipulation a key priority. While voting technology vendors are expected to secure their technology, the need for more credible security was underscored at the 2017 and 2018 DefCon conferences, where several examples of election technologies were publicly compromised by white hat hackers. (...)A challenge in cooperation with the private sector is that in the wake of cybersecurity concerns, many small companies emerged that need to be legitimized, which created a new role 4 both the DHS and EAC. The US electoral process relies on polling officials who are not always aware of how to keep technology secure. The EAC therefore offers training to ensure election officials are able to respond to cyberattacks" in Cybersecurity in Elections International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance."

Weekend self-volunteering

 

 This weekend I researched on crime detected so far during this very heated US election campaign period. Last week I focused on hacking notices available on the FBI site. Today I came across information published by the New Scientist indicating that a few months ago, private electoral data was stolen and sold in the dark web. Being in the UK does not help me access US information via internet as I am often blocked because of my location. I asked a user on twitter if I could get the name for Biden aggregator to see if his campaign used the same stolen data. I am assuming that most President Trump's campaign groups like Blexit will be using Brexit Q aggregator as it works with centre right voters. However, I am not aware of who and what is attracting and leading undecided voters, traditional Democrat voters and Republicans disenchanted with Trump to sail towards Biden shore ,when his campaign is overwhelmed with scandals and indications that he is not paying attention to crucial details and often forgets to prepare his media interview's answers. The twitter user has not replied yet. Meanwhile, I read Snooks, Graeme. “Will Trump Triumph Again? The 2020 Presidential Election and the Future of America.” IGDS Working Papers # 22 (2020). This is a quick-read paper and very current and "detail incisive" into President Trump's ongoing re-election campaign. I found Greeme Socks's working paper "Will Trump Triumph Again? The 2020 Presidential Election and the Future of America for Canberra Institute of Global Dynamics" elucidative with regards to the weight of Trump's policy in securing victory for this coming election. The author pointed the following aspects of Make America Great Again policy in securing future voter majority: * Industrial revitalisation *Pursuit of American space power dominance by investing in private sector space industry * Trump's diplomatic gains. His economic analysis of Strategic Leadership and strategic frustration by comparing Obama's Presidency with President's Trump's was historical, but yet I found it conveniently anachronist and tendentious towards President Trump. Would have welcomed a more in-depth analysis of the wars waged abroad and the social consequences -scars mainly- in the general voting age population. He predicted Biden's defeat by mainly emphasising his age in a style of " nail in the coffin- end of paper type of comment" which does not really answer the dilemma of many Americans who just want to get away from Trump as a leader figure with several family members around him (who are not particularly popular) and friends being regularly arrested or vocal against his personality and real motivations to lead the country as President of the United States of America. Do I feel that Biden personality and record is that bad that will lead Trump haters to vote for Trump instead? Depends on how well Trump election campaign managers expose Biden's past leadership of his Federal State in juxtaposition to his future leadership performance. Fear mongering just based on the way he dealt with the protests won't do , yet the fact that he met with the family of someone who apparently was unfairly treated by law enforcement agents , is a decisive factor in lending the public trust in Biden as an objective and compassionate leader who can meet the weakest and not always most correct members of society and still offer his close leadership as potential future leader of America. Perhaps the fact that Jacob Blake was on the wrong the whole time not only in the offence previously committed to the police shooting incident but also for refusing to follow authorities' directions and for having a knife in the car - will weight mostly with the majority of the voting population who certainly does not have a criminal record and have access to private property and self-preservation principles shielding them from the future concept of " Anarchist USA " where citizens don't stop when they are told by the police and still aim at reaching for their weapon and evade the police by entering their car as if nothing had occurred. American voter’s self-preservation principles most likely will weigh heavily in the upcoming elections. 

Ariane Brito 07th of September 2020