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Pelosi’s Kente cloth photo op hearkens to tradition of Ashanti slave ownership and trade
NOQ Report ^ | 10 June 2020 | CQ Livingston

Posted on 06/10/2020 3:39:43 PM PDT by Jewbacca

Democrats love photo ops. That can be said about all politicians, but Democrats in particular are keen to get involved in symbolism and fanfare whenever possible. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a master of producing photogenic moments for the press to fawn over, but her latest attempt to virtue signal in response to George Floyd’s murder appears to include a major misstep that would be comical if it weren’t so sad.

The Kente cloth stoles she and her fellow Democrats wore during their eight-minute kneeling ceremony (socially distanced, of course) have an ironic history as it pertains to this moment. In modern times, they are considered to be a sign of affluence as the colorful woven scarves are often more expensive than their normal counterparts. Most are prints which are more affordable, but the woven scarves the Democrats chose to wore weren’t cheap. But it’s in their historical significance that we see the real faux pas manifest

These scarves were traditionally worn by the wealthy land-owners and dignitaries of the Ashanti (or Asante) tribes of what is now known as Ghana. They were made of silk, making them not only rare but also symbolic of wealth. More importantly, they were adorned by those who were involved in the pervasive slave trade the wealthy of the Ashanti tribe embraced.

You read that right. The elite in the Ashanti tribe who wore these stoles throughout history were slave owners and even slave traders. They were a scourge throughout the reason, taking people from tribes they would conquer and selling them as slaves.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; ashanti; ghana; kente; nlz; pelosi; sidebarabuse; slave; slavery; slaves
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To: Jewbacca

https://www.amazon.com/Dupsies-African-Kente-Print-inches/dp/B012H1BUMG/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=african+hat+and+scarf&qid=1591833384&sr=8-4

You can all get it too! Show how “woke” you are!


41 posted on 06/10/2020 4:56:31 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of the Great King!!!)
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To: VeniVidiVici
Admiral Ackbar is between Pelousy and SJL.

And he forgot to warn them this stunt was a trap.

42 posted on 06/10/2020 5:14:00 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: Jewbacca

“More importantly, they were adorned by those who were involved in the pervasive slave trade the wealthy of the Ashanti tribe embraced.”

... and Ghana STILL practices slavery.


43 posted on 06/10/2020 5:33:41 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: escapefromboston

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44 posted on 06/10/2020 5:34:59 PM PDT by Surrounded_too
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To: Jewbacca

” but Democrats in particular are keen to get involved in symbolism and fanfare whenever possible”

Dumbass line after Trump posed with the Bible in front of that church. I got no criticism of Trump for it, but that makes this hypocrisy on the author’s part.

Now I’ll go read the rest of it.


45 posted on 06/10/2020 5:45:06 PM PDT by JimSp
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To: JimSp

I notice they don’t show the original picture of her kneeling before the statue of Satan anymore. I knew she was a witch.


46 posted on 06/10/2020 5:58:20 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Bommer

They are playing to a base of morons. What do you expect?


47 posted on 06/10/2020 6:01:58 PM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: VeniVidiVici
"..Now, it says here that if we go to the rotunda we'll get free fried chicken, collard greens and hushpuppies!!! Yay!!!.."

Sounds good ta me!! d:^p

48 posted on 06/10/2020 6:07:00 PM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: mumblypeg

Free.

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7182215M/The_negroes_in_negroland


49 posted on 06/10/2020 6:08:29 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: VeniVidiVici

Why are they all the same pattern?
A 2-for sale?

I have seen some that were beautiful.

If they came in a nice Merino wool, I’d have one for the northern Illinois winters.

Might even try a silk-wool blend?

The Grunt Clan tartan?


50 posted on 06/10/2020 6:18:28 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Jewbacca

to be noted: slaves sold by the Ashanti were transported to the west Indies, not America. So it’s nonsensical to use their tribal symbolism as a stand-in for American slavery

In the late 1800’s, 20-some years after the American Civil War ended, and 50 years after a sea blockade by England and the USA against slave transport, the Ashanti, along with a some Nigerian tribes, still held over 2 Million slaves, the most humans held in slavery in the world at that time.


51 posted on 06/10/2020 6:41:04 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: DUMBGRUNT
These people are amateurs! Gadaffi could have shown them a thing or too about gaudy style, but their Secretary of State offed him!

Ah, this is how Nancy's nabobs wish to see themselves, ruling the masses of the unwashed! No kneeling here!

(I suspect that he took a lot of inspiration from the curtains and upolstry in his palaces!)

52 posted on 06/10/2020 6:44:58 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: DUMBGRUNT
These people are amateurs! Gadaffi could have shown them a thing or too, but their Secretary of State offed him!

(I suspect that he took a lot of inspiration from the curtains in his palaces!)

53 posted on 06/10/2020 6:48:26 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Ann Archy
They were kneeling like Chauvin on Floyd! WOWIE!

I'm just certain that a photoshopped picture of this will appear shortly!

54 posted on 06/10/2020 6:50:18 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jewbacca; All


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55 posted on 06/10/2020 6:51:08 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: mumblypeg
...—most of whom btw are sadly unaware of African history.

And American as well!

56 posted on 06/10/2020 6:52:10 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jewbacca

Jewbacca!

Thanks for posting!

So...an extreeem case of cultural (mis)appropriation based on the Nan-Obots addiction to cheap political theater. Hope it totally blows up on them.

Of course Obama still got the black votes even though his (maybe) tribe, the Luo, engaged in the slave trade.


57 posted on 06/10/2020 7:01:18 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
(I suspect that he took a lot of inspiration from the curtains and upolstry in his palaces!)

I saw it in the window and just HAD to have it!

58 posted on 06/10/2020 7:10:38 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Bommer

Pelosi did have a black woman slave rush over to her and help her up.
BTW she is endangering all by not wearing a mask.


59 posted on 06/10/2020 7:14:03 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Thank you!


60 posted on 06/10/2020 7:26:34 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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