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We are ready to pull the plug on our Facebook page


blatant refusal to hire minorities. They are also unapologetic about their hiring practices and have resorted to blaming the victim by saying they do not fit the “culture” of their company and there is a “pipeline” issue that is keeping them from hiring minorities.


While the younger generation


has long opted out of using Facebook, older people seem to be tied to it like a bad relationship. They complain about how much of their day it uses, but they still continue to indulge.


With the recent police shootings, BY ANGELA JONES


The Hampton Roads Messenger is considering no longer using Facebook as a vehicle to interact with our readers. As a newspaper with a website that is updated regularly, we already have access to billions of people all of the world. And, since Facebook released its numbers of how few minorities it employs, that was the proverbial nail in Facebook’s coffin, for me.


The tech giant that has millions of minority users seems to have a workforce of which African Americans only make up 2 percent.


To be honest, I never have felt good about using Facebook because of how the platform began. I previously wrote about how Facebook’s owner started the original program so that guys at his college could rate the appearance of women, something that is very disparaging and disrespectful.


When a company starts the way


Facebook did, how can anyone be surprised if it has discriminatory hiring practices. What is surprising, is how many African Americans and women continue to use it regardless of its


people seem to think that Facebook’s live streaming video may save them but as we saw recently, that only makes more money for the discriminators. Many news outlets even added commercials so that they could profit from the last breaths of a dying man.


Do you think Facebook or CBS


or CNN gave any of the profits it made from showing commercials on a video that many African Americans watched in horror and disbelief? Not a penny. As a matter of fact, those funds will probably be used to hire attorneys, so that the same companies who are profiting from the plight of African Americans can continue to discriminate.


I have never had a personal Facebook page; however, the Hampton Roads Messenger does have one for business purposes. Unless we see something different from Facebook in the next 30 days, we will no longer use Facebook for any reasons. There is currently a Facebook type platform for Spanish people. Perhaps one day, one of the African American computer scientist that Silicon Valley companies refuse to hire, will create an alternative to Facebook for African Americans.


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every strong woman in this country; for


Kaine Speech Today,


FROM PAGE 1 for my wife Anne and


Nat, Woody, and Annella, and every young person starting out in life to make their own dreams real; for every man and woman serving in our military, at home and abroad; for every family working hard to get ahead and stay ahead; for my parents and in-laws and every senior citizen who hopes for a dignified retirement with health care and research to end diseases like Alzheimer's; for every person who wants America to be a beloved community, where people aren't demeaned because of who they are, but rather respected for their contributions to


of us who know the brightest future for our country is the one we build together; and for my friend Hillary Clinton, I humbly accept my party's nomination to be Vice President of the United States.


I never expected to be here. But let me tell you how it happened.


I was born in Minnesota and grew up in Kansas City. My folks weren't much into politics. My dad ran a union ironworking shop. My mom was his best salesman. My brothers and I pitched in to help during summers and on weekends. That's how small family businesses work. My parents, Al and Kathy, taught me about hard work, and about kindness, and, most importantly, faith.


I went to a Jesuit boys school – Rockhurst High School. The motto of our school was "men for others." That's where my faith became vital, a North Star for orienting my life. And I knew that I wanted to fight for social justice.


That's why I took a year off law school to volunteer with Jesuit missionaries


kids welding and carpentry. Aprendí los valores del pueblo – fe, familia, y trabajo. Faith, family, and work. Los mismos valores de la comunidad Latina aquí en nuestro pais. Somos Americanos todos.


I got a first-hand look at a system – a dictatorship – where a few people at the top had all the power and everyone else got left out. It convinced me that we've got to advance opportunity for everyone. No matter where they come from, how much money they have, what they look like, how they worship, or who they love.


Back in 1970, in Virginia, the Republican Governor Linwood Holton believed exactly the same thing. He integrated Virginia's


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so black and white kids would finally learn together, and the family enrolled their own kids, including his daughter, Anne, in those integrated inner-city schools.


When Anne went off to college, she brought with her the lessons borne of that experience. And one day, in a study group, she met this goofy guy who had been off teaching kids in Honduras. Anne and I have now been married for almost 32 years, and I am the luckiest husband in the world.


here today, 90-plus and going strong. Lin's still a Republican. But he's voting for a lot of Democrats these days. Because any party that would nominate Donald Trump for president has moved too far away from his party of Lincoln. And if any of you are looking for that party of Lincoln, we've got a home for you right here in the Democratic Party.


Lin's example helped inspire me to work as a civil rights lawyer. Over 17 years, I took on banks and landlords, real estate firms and local


Anne's parents, Lin and Jinks, are public schools, And here's what really struck me. in Honduras. I taught this nation; for all


August 2016


governments, anyone who treated people unfairly – like the insurance company against


across America in issuing homeowners' insurance.


minority


that was discriminating neighborhoods all


fighting my whole life. And that's the story of how I decided to run for office. My city of Richmond was divided and discouraged. An epidemic of gun violence overwhelmed our low income neighborhoods. People were pointing fingers and casting blame instead of finding answers. I couldn't stand it. So I ran for city council.


I won that first race, more than 20 years ago, by 94 votes. And I've said ever since – if I'm good at anything, it's because I started at the local level, listening


their lives and trying to get results. Later, I became Mayor of Richmond, Lieutenant Governor, and then the 70th Governor of Virginia. I was a hard times Governor – steering my state through the


since the 1930's. But tough times don't last – tough people do. And Virginians are tough. Smart, too.


We achieved national recognition for our work – best managed state, best state for business, best state for a child to be raised, low unemployment, high family income. We shed tears in the days after a horrible mass shooting at Virginia Tech, but we rolled up our sleeves, and fixed a loophole in our background check system to make us safer. And we invested in our people – expanding pre-K and higher education, because education was the key to all we wanted to be.


in the Senate. I work on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees to keep us safe at home and strong in the world. I work on the Budget Committee with Bernie Sanders, a great leader, fighting for investments in education, care,


And I serve on the Aging Committee, making sure that seniors have a secure retirement and don't get targeted by rip-off artists who will scam them out of their savings or overcharge them for prescription drugs. And here's a funny thing: I spend time with a lot of Republican Senators who, once they've made sure nobody's listening, will tell you how fantastic a Senator Hillary Clinton was.


that God has created a rich tapestry in


cultural diversity that succeeds when we embrace everyone in love and battle back against the dark forces of division. We're all neighbors and we must love our neighbors as ourselves.


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My journey has convinced me country


incredible research, and transportation. health Now I have the honor of serving deepest recession to people, These are the battles I've been


learning about


Hillary Clinton and I are compañeros del alma. We share this belief: Do all the good you can. Serve one another. That's what I'm about. That's what you're about. That's what Bernie Sanders is about. That's what Joe Biden is about. That's what Barack and Michelle Obama are about. And that's what Hillary Clinton is about.


Now, last week in Cleveland, we heard a lot about trust. So let's talk about trust. I want to tell you why I trust Hillary Clinton.


battled to put kids and families first since she was a teenager – in good times and bad, in victory and defeat, in and out of office, through hell or high water.


kids at the Children's Defense Fund. Fighting to get health insurance for 8 million kids when she was First Lady. Fighting for the well-being of women and girls around the world.


Fighting for First, she's consistent. She has underprivileged


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