Admission Segregation Returns

 Another wave of disparate treatment and diminished impact in our educational institutions is in play now on Black and Brown students in America during the Trump Era

Admission Segregation is back in our educational institutions 

The end of race-conscious college admissions, prompted by the 2023 Supreme Court ruling, has triggered a "cascade effect" across the U.S. higher education landscape, where highly qualified students of color are increasingly enrolling in less selective institutions rather than the most elite universities. 

This phenomenon has resulted in decreased diversity at top-tier schools while simultaneously increasing enrollment of underrepresented minorities at many state flagship and public universities. 

Elite universities will now retreat to thier segregated admission histories where Black and Brown  students were discriminated and excluded from being admitted 

The usual suspects aka White and some Asian students will now be the overwhelming demographic  of students at these elite universities

This is not acceptable and there must be foundational changes now in our elite universities regarding admissions of  Black and Brown students 

Greg Thrasher

Director 

Plane Ideas 

Alternative Think Tank 

USA

The continuing Racial Underdevelopment in White America

Black Americans have Civil Rights fatigue waiting on White America to evolve and mature on Race

Centuries of iterations of racial underdevelopment is not only tiresome but destructive to the progress and growth of our nation 

The continued shelf life of White privilege and entitlement and ignorance on RACE has to have an end.

The endless cycle of White America’s futility and inability to evolve on Race continues to contaminate our society 

I will never accept the excuse that White Americans simply don’t want to change nor lack the capacity to change 

I will continue to insert my efforts to assist White Americans in this evolutionary process 

Holocaust Deniers

Once again I am being assailed by some White Jewish Americans , when I dare to invoke the Holocaust alongside  Slavery in America 

Far too many in the Jewish Diaspora believe that only Jews get to articulate what is a Holocaust . I don’t engage in victim hood contests nor will I genuflect to others seeking to restrain and silence my opinions on whatever .

Many Jewish people and leaders of Jewish organizations want to make the Holocaust an untouchable atrocity without context and when Black activists like me and others reject this narrative there is a unwarranted  attacks and defensive posturing which seeks to diminished our right define and characterize evil and hate.

Of course this defensive rhetoric is designed to deflect the reality of history and present day posturing of many Jews in their contempt for both Black Jews and Black Americans and how We articulate our experiences and encounters with Evil and Hate.

I will never tolerate nor accept any restraints or restrictions on how I express my opinions and perspectives on Hate and Evil,  this includes historical events and present day events as well 

Greg Thrasher

Director 

Plane Ideas 

Alternative Think Tank 

Selective Criticism

Recently I was involved in a discussion of individuals that were truly vile and depraved, of course Trump and Epstein were mentioned but was also quite notable was how many in the room wanted to quickly move on from Epstein.

I encountered this recurring theme often especially when the evil is centered on individuals of selective collectives, privileged and the entitlement in our society 

When I would beat down White racist hillbillies my Jewish comrades would never shy to trash them but when I inserted Madoff and his damage to organizations, pensioners etc there was not the same visceral and intense commendation 

Unfortunately , I have notice the same narrative with Epstein, Netanyahu, Trump, Kirk and a cast of others

Disturbing as well is the social, cultural and religious bias that is always looming in the background even in discussions of condemnation and criticism of evil individuals like the those I have noted ….

Greg Thrasher

Director 

Plane Ideas 

Alternative Think Tank 

The other Agenda of posting racist photos

 I do believe there has been enough posts and content of the racist depictions of the Obama’s 

There is a racist and disturbing agenda of many who continue to post these racist photos of the Obama’s

Greg Thrasher

Director 

Plane Ideas 

Alternative Think Tank

Baldwin & Me

 James Baldwin and Me(c) 

Baldwin for me is my icon muse, the thoughts that flow from his writings are breathtaking  as well as brilliant in the context of being Black in America.

I often feel I am in surreal racial bubble , when in fact none of life  in racial bubbles for Black folks is new at all .

Life in the 50’s  was not all that different in many respects  for Black Folks than this current Era in some respects on a variety of issues and concerns 

The current  interactions with America and ‘Whiteness’ in 2026 is not that transformative on certain issues in our society which is disturbing and Yet not defining nor defeating 

I am more in Baldwin’s camp certainly with regards to valuing the full nature of my character rather than just the experiences one has with a society that is inherently adverse to my existence 

Black Americans are far more expansive and evolved than just the personas  and trauma  of having survived slavery , jim crow , and contemporary race issues 

Grievance is certainly a critical and functioning aspect of being human.Yet for me now is resistance in many  endless iterations is what I have always strived for as an Activist, but I also understand its limitations  it can handcuff and handicap your personal development 

In my earlier years I defined myself as a Black Activist which spoke to the moment as I got older and evolved , I defined myself as an Activist 

Greg Thrasher 

Director 

Plane Ideas 

Alternative Think Tank 

USA

Racist Law Enforcement Responses

 My activism over the past decades allowed me to interact with Federal, State and Local Enforcement Agencies which frequently involved Black Law Enforcement Officers 

Some were asswipes and frequently went out of their way to antagonize me I viewed many as modern day Slave Catchers and I reacted accordingly 

In America there is a deliberate strategic hierarchical level of police response to threats to communities and schools , churches , temples and mosques 

Of course Race is a factor as well as religion in the deployment of law enforcement responses to threats to specific  communities in our country 

Despite Black Americans being the # 1 targeted group of Hate Crimes in America , We rank behind White Jewish Americans in the hierarchy of Law Enforcement Deployment responses to targeted threats 

The history of law enforcement racism towards Black Americans is deplorable as is the racist hierarchy of responses to threats against Black American communities

The Deportation Agenda by ICE against Hispanics reflects this same racist response there is no ICE deployment on undocumented people in America from Europe and Canada as examples 

Resist 2 Exist(c)

Greg/BLM