"I had a Sarah Palin button on backpack" Who is BLMS's Marissa "Johnson" Jenae?

[onpatrol98]

252. I've got a thought....(Worth the hide!!!)

Maybe when she was younger, she liked a candidate that she would NOT endorse today. Maybe, she's simply a young black woman frustrated with the notion that her movement should take a back seat, as we're about to approach an event that will shape our country for the next, four to eight years. And, she ain't that old, if IN HIGH SCHOOL, she had a Palin button. My kids certainly weren't sporting Palin buttons, but, oh well.

Perhaps, she's simply someone's young black daughter, stepping into the political arena and wanting her country and her country's politicians to "see" her and the frustrated group of young people she represents. Maybe the comment about the republicans should have picked her up, was more about, political parties are throwing away the young and disaffected. Maybe like Bravenak, she's saying..."Hey people, wake the hell up, or you're going to start bleeding a traditionally consistent group.

If there's a 50% chance, she's a plant, then there's a 50% chance she's not. She just decided to be politically active. I've got a question. What's the harm in Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton speaking TO people of color? If Hilary Clinton hasn't had her opportunity to be shouted down, perhaps it's because Hilary Clinton has kept a tight lid on who gets into her events.

Do you have a clue as to what this thread looks like to me? I'm a normal, black woman with normal black children. This young woman looks like she could be my daughter. Not some evil plant from Hilary or the republicans. She simply looks like someone's daughter finding her way into our American space and finding her political voice. Me personally, I can't stand hecklers. I didn't like it when Sturtz heckled Michelle Obama. But, on DU, I was told IT WAS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE. I asked, why didn't she heckle republicans. I was even given good reasons for that. I was told Frederick Douglas would be proud of Sturtz INSTEAD of Michelle Obama (yeah, I printed that post and passed it around so friends could read it too). Do, I wish she had found another way to make her point. YES! But, a damn thread designed to take this young woman down. What the hell? That's just damn creepy, a democratic board that has a greatest page item dedicated to tearing down a young, black woman. HAVE YOU ANY IDEA HOW THIS WOULD LOOK TO PEOPLE OF COLOR? DO YOU EVEN CARE?

Maybe DU should be trying to reach out TO HER. Instead of trying to trash her. Because, guess the hell what? Her life matters. When I see her (from my eyes as an older black woman), I see a young woman who represents the future. I see her as a future leader to be groomed. I see her as someone to sit down and talk TO.

When her Facebook friends circle back to DU? What will they think of us? Well, heck not me, because all I do is lurk. And, now that Bravenak is gone...I won't even be doing that anymore. I do not believe for one minute black lives matter to you. Black lives are expendable to you. That young, black, life was worth taking down "for the cause" to you. Otherwise, it CLEARLY simply DID NOT MATTER.

Her life matters. It matters to me.

To Marissa, if YOU EVER HAPPEN TO FIND THIS "HOSTILE TO BLACK FOLK" board. I wish you good fortune in life. I wish for you a country that will reach out to you. You matter!

To Bernie Sanders "real supporters", you have GOT to get a handle on this nonsense, before you alienate many (NOT ALL) in the black community. Disaffected voters don't HAVE to vote for the opposition. Crap like this suppresses the vote. You didn't listen to Bravenak, so I have no illusion that you'll listen to me.

(Worth the hide!!!)

Again, a WHOLE THREAD DEDICATED TO TEARING DOWN "ONE" young black woman. Really?????