Elon James White and Imani Gandy Interview Marissa Janae Johnson. Very Illuminating. Thoughts?

[daredtowork]

15. I think it's a terrific interview

I've already commented on this elsewhere so this is a cut and paste:


Many people have had a knee-jerk reaction to the "white supremacist liberals" remark. I've been convinced that this remark wasn't just a random insult, and that it's important for people on DU to study its sources. A simple Google search will show you that this remark didn't come out of thin air. I thought it might be a response to "All Lives Matter", but Jenae's posting about Farrakhan makes me wonder if it could have anti-Semitic roots that even the African American community doesn't think about anymore since they've come to use it as a more generalized response to oppression.

Anyway, if people on DU want to make a coherent response to the "white supremacist liberals" accusation instead of just show their "white fragility" with emotional reactions, they should do some research.

This interview is a great place to start!

Some highlights:

Bernie as as a stand-in for Seattle white liberal culture. (Yes, "White Supremacist Liberals" does seem to be the standard way of looking at living in a really progressive city that still doesn't do right by black people. IMHO, that point of view needs to be listened to more: I live in a similar super-progressive white-washed city).

"I don't give a F about your white gaze."

Claim that the Sarah Palin thing was a result of having Tea Party parents, but now her politics are more radical leftist.

Not a Hillary plant: just can't get past Hillary's security. The call of #BLM is to challenge any candidate anywhere.

Doesn't hate white people: her mom is white.

"Most people say they don't hate black people. The question is, do you *love* black people."

Thinks the whole Democratic party is the same, so getting to Bernie will ultimately shift Hillary.

Is not apologetic. Proud she has people thinking/talking about race.

Is not about supporting political candidates, though she will use them to forward her agenda. She wants to break the systems that "never did anything for black people."

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I don't want to cut and paste two comments at once, but elsewhere tonight I also did a comparison of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Free Speech Movement. I want to double down on that comparison after hearing this interview. And the observers of the Free Speech Movement thought they were a bunch of Marissas at the time!