Source:CSPAN U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat, New York) giving a short but very powerful speech in response to U.S. Representative Byron Donalds (Republican, New York)

Source:The New Democrat

“Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL): “It has come to my attention that a so-called leader has made the factually inaccurate statement that Black folks were better off during Jim Crow. That’s an outlandish, outrageous, and out-of-pocket observation…How dare you make such an an ignorant observation. You better check yourself before you wreck yourself.”

From CSPAN

“So chickity-check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self
Come on and check yo’ self before you wrickity-wreck yo’ self
So chickity-check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self
‘Cause big dicks up yo’ ass is bad for ya health
Mic-mic-microphone check (one, two! Check it!)
Mic-mic-microphone check (one, two! Check it!)”

From hip-hopper Ice Cube.

“Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Named after a Black minstrel show character, the laws—which existed for about 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until 1968—were meant to marginalize African Americans by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities. Those who attempted to defy Jim Crow laws often faced arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence and death.

The roots of Jim Crow laws began as early as 1865, immediately following the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States.

Black codes were strict local and state laws that detailed when, where and how formerly enslaved people could work, and for how much compensation. The codes appeared throughout the South as a legal way to put Black citizens into indentured servitude, to take voting rights away, to control where they lived and how they traveled and to seize children for labor purposes.

The legal system was stacked against Black citizens, with former Confederate soldiers working as police and judges, making it difficult for African Americans to win court cases and ensuring they were subject to Black codes.

These codes worked in conjunction with labor camps for the incarcerated, where prisoners were treated as enslaved people. Black offenders typically received longer sentences than their white equals, and because of the grueling work, often did not live out their entire sentence.” 

From History

At risk of being called a racist by any far-leftist who happens to see this: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sounding all ghetto and hip hop on the U.S. House floor. Hakeem Jeffries and I are from the same generation. He’s about 5-6 years older than me and I was in high school when that song came out in 1992 and I was even moderate hip hop fan at that point. (Don’t judge a man by his German name and background) So I’m pretty familiar with this Ice Cube song and what it’s about.

I guess they didn’t teach history where Bryon Donalds went to high school in New York City in the 1990s. If he really thinks African-Americans were better off under Jim Grow, he should get into that MAGA political time machine that wants to take the country back to the 1950s and 40s when it comes to race, ethnicity, culture, lifestyle, women’s place in the world. But go back to the 1920s instead and try to introduce himself to Jim Crow as a young, African-American man, perhaps the son, or grandson of African slaves and see if he can even survive that experience.