Meg Murry is White: In Upcoming "A Wrinkle in Time" Disney Film, Black Director Deliberately Casts Black Actress in White Role

Cultural appropriation. 

Blackwashing (you know, the opposite of whitewashing non-white characters in a movie). 

When you live in a country where black people are promoted to positions of authority/power/influence when they exhibit greater racial loyalty to their people at the exclusion of others, you'll understand why the grossly overrated director Ava DuVernay was allowed racially recreate a beloved children's book as her own black fantasy. 

Madeline L'Engle, a white author, wrote the absolute classic A Wrinkle in Time, and every image/drawing we've ever seen of the primary characters clearly establish them as caucasian. These were all on the cover of paperback adaptions published during her life, with the young heroes/heroine of L'Engle story all caucasian. 

The 2012 graphic novel also depicts the children as white.

But DuVernay and Disney decided the "diversity of the modern world" meant this monochromatic story needed a nonwhite update. [A Wrinkle in Time first look: Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, and more, Entertainment Weekly, July 12, 2017]:

Director Ava DuVernay, fresh off of heavy projects like the civil rights drama Selma and her criminal-justice exposé 13th, was drawn to dabble in uncharted sci-fi territory upon discovering author Madeline L’Engle’s novel as an adult. DuVernay hadn’t read the novel — “I went to school in Compton and it wasn’t on my reading list,” she jokes — but the director, for whom time and energy on any project is a precious investment to saysomething, was impressed with the progressive ideas that L’Engle buried in her beloved 1962 novel. “I saw so much beauty in it, but also so much meaning. She’s a very radical thinker and she embedded her sense of what society should and could be in this piece, and a lot of it I agree with,” says DuVernay. “And through that, the story of this girl saving the world and being out there in the universe slaying the darkness, it also says a lot about slaying our own dragons.” 

Two key elements convinced DuVernay that Wrinkle, with its script by Oscar winner Jennifer Lee (Frozen), was worth investigating when Disney proposed the idea. “The first image [I had in my head] was to place a brown girl in that role of Meg, a girl traveling to different planets and encountering beings and situations that I’d never seen a girl of color in,” she explains. “All of those scenes struck my fancy, and then it was also something that [Disney VP of production] Tendo Nagenda said to me, which I’ll never forget. One of the things that really made me want to read it was when he said, ‘Ava, imagine what you would do with the worlds.’ Worlds! ‘Planets no one’s ever seen or heard of,’ he said. There aren’t any other black women who have been invited to imagine what other planets in the universe might look and feel like. I was interested in that and in a heroine that looked like the girls I grew up with.”

Cultural appropriation. 

Blackwashing. 

Where it white people engaging in whitewashing or cultural appropriation, every connected with the production would be hounded until they quit. When blackwashing and cultural appropriation of white culture happens, you get a Time magazine cover story praising the effort.

Madeline L'Engle no doubt approved every drawing of Meg Murry and her compatriots that would appear on the cover of her story, and they were always white children. 

Disney, obviously looking to score corporate Social Justice Warrior points (or protection from the SJW racket?), gave DuVernay the honor of being the first black woman to direct a movie with more than a $100 million budget. 

She was allowed to make her racial fantasy film off the back of a story written by a dead white woman, primarily because Disney is more concerned with scoring SJW points and favors than producing films of merit (the criminally underrated 2015 Tomorrowland boasted a fantastic all-white cast, an anachronism in the current year). [A Wrinkle in TimeHas Found Its Meg:Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon are also officially on board Ava DuVernay’s reimagining of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel, Vanity Fair, 9-13-2016]:

DuVernay’s original casting announcement called for “a 14-year-old mixed-race girl of African-American and Caucasian descent. This girl is questioning her life, her place in the world and her family. . . . While troubled, she possesses untapped strength and intelligence which carries her through her search for truth.” The listingfor the other kid characters in the film, Charles and Calvin—who is described as red-headed in the book; both characters are played by white actors in the 2003 TV movie—calls for “a 5-year-old mixed-race boy of African-American and Caucasian descent” and “a 16-year-old boy who is an ethnic minority.” 

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, DuVernay said Disney was fully on board with her vision of a multicultural cast: “‘This is how I see the story,’” she recalls telling them during an early meeting. “They were like, ‘Yup, good, O.K. So what do you need?’” 

Cultural appropriation. 

Blackwashing. 

A beloved story by a white author about white children is culturally appropriated by a viciously anti-white black director who blackwashes the entire story to advance her pro-black agenda.

This describes Disney's 2017 A Wrinkle in Time perfectly.

Meg Murry is white.

Two Kroger Grocery Stores in 98% Black communities in Memphis Closing Because of High Rates of Theft

Zip code 38109 is found in Memphis, Tennessee. The residents of this zip code are almost 98% black. 

Zip code 38114 is found in Memphis, Tennessee. The residents of this zip code are almost 97% black. 

Why is this important? 

Two Kroger grocery stores in Memphis, one located in a 98% black community (zip code 38109), will be closing because of high rates of "theft"

Because Kroger is set to close two stores located within these respective zip codes that have lost a combined $4 million + in the past three years. [Kroger to close 2 Memphis grocery stores that have lost millions since 2014, Memphis Commercial-Appeal, 1-3-18]:

Two Kroger grocery stores in the core of Memphis will close next month because they are losing money, the company announced Wednesday.

The Kroger at 1977 South Third in the Southgate shopping center will close after losing $2,090,020 since 2014, according to a company news release. 

The Kroger at 2269 Lamar, near Airways, will close after losing $2,677,665 since 2014, the release states.

Well, why might these two Kroger locations in almost all-black communities of Memphis have lost nearly $5 million over three years? 

Isn't the answer obvious? Because they are located in almost all-black areas, meaning heavy theft. You can't keep the contents of an entire grocery store behind bulletproof glass (Plexiglass®)...[Councilwoman claims Kroger blamed losses on theft, WREG.com, 1-5-18]:

Memphis City Councilwoman Jamita Swearengen is claiming Kroger pointed to theft as a reason for closing one of its stores. 

At a news conference Friday afternoon, Swearengen recounted a phone call said she had with a Kroger representative on Tuesday. 

She said the representative cited millions of dollars in losses over a three-year period at the Lamar Avenue Kroger as the reason for closing it. 

"I then asked, 'What was the contributing factor?' She shared, 'Mostly theft,'" Swearengen said. "I was in disbelief because this is the community that I live in and this is the Kroger where I shop." 

A Kroger representative denied Swearengen's recollection of the phone call, saying "theft" was never cited as a reason for losses at the store. 

"I told her I did not want to speculate as I am sure it is a number of things, but we cannot speculate," Kroger spokeswoman Teresa Dickerson emailed to WREG. 

"It's hard to believe that theft is the problem," said Kroger shopper Jacob Mickens. 

WREG checked MPD's crime database and found 12 instances of theft or shoplifting in the past 90 days at the Lamar Avenue store. 

There were no thefts recorded at the South Third Street store. 

Councilman Edmund Ford Jr. said he also got a call from Kroger Tuesday but said they never mentioned theft. 

"That was not articulated to me. Only the word 'loss' was articulated to me," said Ford. 

'Loss' is a word many Kroger shoppers say they can identify with as they process news of the two pending closures. 

"My family been shopping at Kroger over 55 years," said Mickens, who shops at the Lamar Avenue location. 

With the two stores gone, many worry their neighbors will have to walk for miles in order to find fresh food. 

"For those people who aren't fortunate, I don't know where the heck they gonna go for groceries," said Kroger shopper Sara Lewis.

At the end of the day, publicly traded companies must answer to balance sheets, income statements and shareholders.

The Visible Black Hand of Economics is a foolproof concept, capable to withstand any peer review and providing irrefutable evidence to how and why communities flourish or flounder in the United States of America.

The blacker a community in the USA, the less likely social capital will flourish.

In laymen terms: a food desert is what occurs when you regress to the black mean.

The 2017 Louisville Health Equity Report Makes it Clear: Without a Black Population, the 70% White City would have almost no violent crime or homicides

Shot. [Louisville's 2017 health report shows staggering gaps along lines of race and ZIP code, 11-30-17, Louisville Courier-Journal]:

Louisville leaders unveiled a comprehensive report Thursday that Mayor Greg Fischer said will be used as a guiding light for policymakers to close the city's health disparities.

The health department's 2017 equity report looked at a number of factors, including homicides, mental health, asthma, and drug and alcohol abuse. It found progress in some areas but staggering disparities along lines of race, income and neighborhoods in others.

Most of the analysis was based on five years of statistics, from 2011 through 2015.

Louisville's murder rate has increased since Fischer took office in 2011. The city's homicide rate overall is about 8.9 per 100,000 residents, but that those chances are significantly higher for black males.

"Far and away, the group that is most affected is black men, whose death rates are 5.5 times that of the Louisville Metro rate for homicide," according to the report.

The statistics show black men have a rate of 49.12 per 100,000, which is 10 times higher than their white counterparts. Among African American women, the rate is 6.43 per 100,000 which is more than 100 times higher than white women.

Homicides are also disproportionately the result of gun violence. The report finds 78 percent are due to guns.

Last year, Louisville recorded its all-time high in homicides in a single year with 123 murdered.

Chaser. Our friends at who compiled the 2017 Louisville Health Equity Report gave us important maps, showing not just where the homicides are clustered, but the racial demographics of those geographic regions.

What do you notice? Hint: where you have blacks, you have death. Where you have whites, you have life.

His Name is Larry Falce: White Vietnam Veteran Murdered by Black Career Criminal, Gang Member

A white Vietnam veteran, who had dedicated almost his entire adult life to law enforcement in San Bernardino County.

A black gangbanger, a career criminal at the age of just 30 who has two felony convictions on his record, but somehow is allowed to freely roam society instead of being locked in a prison cell.

Rest in Peace 

What do you think happened when these two individuals - representing the racial dichotomy of the American Dream (white man of honor joining the U.S. military to fight for a country no longer believing in him juxtaposed with a black career criminal who the American state works to keep out of jail by claiming systemic racism or implicit bias is behind his problems with the criminal justice system) - encountered one another? [Suspect in San Bernardino deputy's death described as career criminal, gang member, ABC7.com, 1-3-18]:

The suspect in the fatal attack on a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy was described as a career criminal and gang member who has been in and out of the prison system for much of his adult life. 

Suspect Alonzo Leron Smith, 30, is facing a charge of murder in the death of sheriff's Deputy Lawrence "Larry" Falce. 

Smith has a history of arrests on his record, including two felony convictions, officials said. 

"This person needs to spend the rest of his life in prison," said San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos. 

Ramos was angry at changes to the law and court decisions that, he said, allowed the suspect to be on the street when he should have been in prison. 

He said Smith was convicted of a felony in 2012, described as being a gang member committing street terrorism with use of a gun, that should have kept him in prison for 12 years. 

But an appellate court later overturned the case, saying the law applied only if he was in the presence of a second gang member, when he was actually alone at the time of the crime. 

Falce, 70, was off duty and driving his personal car when he was involved in a minor traffic accident around 10:50 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Kendall Drive and University Parkway, sheriff's officials said. 

The crash occurred when Falce slowed down and swerved to avoid several loose dogs running in the street. The suspect rear-ended his vehicle. 

Surveillance footage, captured from a local business, shows Falce and the suspect outside of their vehicles. The suspect is then seen striking the deputy once. ABC7 has chosen not to include the part of the video that shows the fatal blow. 

Falce was severely injured in the incident, which investigators described as a brutal attack, and he died Tuesday night. 

The suspect involved in the fight fled the scene. A Good Samaritan attempted a PIT maneuver on his vehicle to keep him at the scene, but he was still able to flee. 

Investigators were able to identify a suspect and arrested Smith hours after the incident while he was at his girlfriend's home. 

Smith was arraigned Wednesday morning and pleaded not guilty. He faces a charge of murder and other charges related to prior felony convictions. 

Falce's sister, Marjorie, described her brother as selfless, one-of-a-kind and a man who treated everybody with respect. 

"Luckily, my son and I were able to come, and we were visiting with my brother last week for the holidays and spent Christmas here, and to have this happen is a loss for sure, but to see the honor that they've bestowed upon him this evening and how the department has treated him is beyond anything I ever imagined," she said. 

Falce had been with the department for 36 years and worked patrol at Central Station for the past 32 years. Before joining the department, he served in the U.S. Army. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. 

He joined the force in 1981 and was the oldest sworn member of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. 

A procession to honor the deputy and accompany his body from Loma Linda Hospital to the coroner's office was held Tuesday night.

Criminal justice reform and the idea the American judicial system represents the "New Jim Crow" (those who advocate for the rights of black criminals above the pursuit of law and order) is the reason why Larry Falce is dead.

A black career criminal murdered a white Vietnam veteran who had dedicated his life to law and order, sadly never realizing these ideas were null and void in Black-Run America (BRA).