Black Farmer Calls Out Liberal Racism In Powerful Facebook Message

[brassmonkey]

A black farmer has the internet talking after posting a powerful message on social media about race relations in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Chris Newman, owner of the Sylvanaqua Farms in Albemarle County, shared his thoughts on a recent "Love Trumps Hate" counter-protest on Saturday. The rally was held in response to white supremacist Richard Spencer leading a protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

"I'd like to appreciate [the Love Trumps Hate rally]," Newman wrote in a Facebook post published on May 17. "But frankly I just don't."

Newman went on to call out the subtle racism of his neighbors, who purport to be progressive and inclusive but have yet to acknowledge the fact that Charlottesville is, by his estimation, "the most aggressively segregated place" he's ever lived in.

The farmer recounted that he's been racially profiled and questioned by police several times after receiving "strange looks from a passerby."

"It isn't Richard Spencer calling the cops on me for farming while Black," Newman wrote. "It's nervous White women in yoga pants with 'I'm with her' and 'Coexist' stickers on their German SUVs."

The farmer went on to suggest that residents of the town who are interested in racial progress should consider how to effect change in their own everyday lives.

"People are so busy going after that easy fix, going after that Confederate flag, that they're not doing the hard thing, which is thinking, how did we get here, and how the hell do we dig out of institutional racism," Newman wrote.

As of Wednesday, Newman's post has received over 5,000 shares and hundreds of comments from people chiming in with their own thoughts on race in Charlottesville.

In an interview with CBS affiliate Newsplex on Wednesday, Newman said that the racial profiling he receives has gotten so bad that he has stopped doing food deliveries from his farm to wealthier neighborhoods in the area. He told the station that the fact he experiences racism on a day-to-day basis is the main reason he made the Facebook post.

"The thing that bothered me wasn't so much the protests themselves, but the back-patting after it," Newman said. "There's a difference between confronting racists and confronting racism."

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[Bladewire]

It will be interesting to see how this progresses now that he spoke out. Some people haven't been exposed go people of color, and want to be, but are uncomfortable until they're broken in.

[~Ray]

Good for him

Ray
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[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

It will be interesting to see how this progresses now that he spoke out. Some people haven't been exposed go people of color, and want to be, but are uncomfortable until they're broken in.

man when i worked as a beekeeper you know the older brother of crokett honey refused to sell me gear? i mean he is part owner of the company! all the honey we produced went through them. he is hardcore racist! he looked like he wanted to kill me. they service all the west coast not sure if they are national.

[Horatio Caine]

"Sylvanaqua" .. At first I thought it was something else.

[Joshua G]

funny he blames white liberals for the profiling, instead of the fact that those white liberals are afraid of the black crime rate - which is triple every other race.

maybe profiling stops when black culture is more about "self-improvement" & less about "social justice"

but no, white people are to blame for being afraid of thugs. we need to re-train them to ignore the fact that when they get mugged, its almost a sure thing what the race of the perp is.

dumb libs. always blame shifting away from bad behavior.

[Paul Markham]

Maybe he shouldn't be profiling a race because some people of that race look at him with suspicion.

We are all guilty of racism, we look at other races as other races. Few can look at a stranger and not categorise them by their looks. If some of that is the colour of their skin and their assumptions are affected by the colour, be it good or bad, it's racism.

A black man rose to be the leader of the US, so if he can do it why can't a street thug's son or daughter do the same?

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Maybe he shouldn't be profiling a race because some people of that race look at him with suspicion.

We are all guilty of racism, we look at other races as other races.

You were never denied a job or gear or opportunity because of your race. BM has been denied because of his race.

The cool thing about me being white and Gay is I don't get descriminated against until I tell people I'm Gay, they don't know. I was fired from 3 jobs, one right before Christmas after my son was born.

Black folks have it worst, they can't​ hide from fucking low minded idiots and are the walking talking consequence of racist stupidly cruel hateful insecurity.

You know that's true in America Paul come on.

We're white, we know what we say amongst ourselves, they got big dicks and are quicker & stronger than us

[brassmonkey]

what is sad they don't just mind their own. sedona is another horror story. i had 900,000 dollars of windows for a contractor and got lost. stopped on those side snack areas and the set of duck dynasty surrounded my rig i hear what hell are you doing here boy? i hit the fuking gas! i pictured my rig and a missing photo swear to god!

Originally Posted by Bladewire

You were never denied a job or gear or opportunity because of your race. BM has been denied because of his race.

The cool thing about me being white and Gay is I don't get descriminated against until I tell people I'm Gay, they don't know. I was fired from 3 jobs, one right before Christmas after my son was born.

Black folks have it worst, they can't​ hide from fucking low minded idiots and are the walking talking consequence of racist stupidly cruel hateful insecurity.

You know that's true in America Paul come on.

We're white, we know what we say amongst ourselves, they got big dicks and are quicker & stronger than us

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

what is sad they don't just mind their own. sedona is another horror story. i had 900,000 dollars of windows for a contractor and got lost. stopped on those side snack areas and the set of duck dynasty surrounded my rig i hear what hell are you doing here boy? i hit the fuking gas! i pictured my rig and a missing photo swear to god!

Yeah you gotta pick your battles. You still do beekeeping?

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Yeah you gotta pick your battles. You still do beekeeping?

nah i have like 5 hives now. i keep pollen and i love orange blossom honey. you dont even need butter on your toast when eating that stuff. i sold my apiary like 7 years ago

[deonbell]

racism is bad

[brassmonkey]

police showed up on a call of farming while black!!!!

[ilnjscb]

Just like people who scream most against gays are usually gay and afraid of themselves, people who scream most about racism are usually racists. Hilarious cause they all have one, and no more than one, black friend who they treat like a project.

If you actually have black friends you know they joke about white people and self-hating whites a lot.

Regardless, digging out of this won't be easy.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

man when i worked as a beekeeper you know the older brother of crokett honey refused to sell me gear? i mean he is part owner of the company! all the honey we produced went through them. he is hardcore racist! he looked like he wanted to kill me. they service all the west coast not sure if they are national.

that's just fucking weird my brother lol!!!

[Hannes]

seeing more and more of it..

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

man when i worked as a beekeeper you know the older brother of crokett honey refused to sell me gear?

Next time try using cash instead of the EBT card.

[Horatio Caine]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

what is sad they don't just mind their own. sedona is another horror story. i had 900,000 dollars of windows for a contractor and got lost. stopped on those side snack areas and the set of duck dynasty surrounded my rig i hear what hell are you doing here boy? i hit the fuking gas! i pictured my rig and a missing photo swear to god!

Finishing up your Hawaiian punch, homeboy?

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

It will be interesting to see how this progresses now that he spoke out. Some people haven't been exposed go people of color, and want to be, but are uncomfortable until they're broken in.

In Charlottesville, VA?