Thank you Thom Hartman for your perspective on the Marissa Johnson diatribe

[daredtowork]

102. White Supremacists

This is why I spent the last two days begging people to google and do some research. While "White Supremacist" may have that connotation Jews, it doesn't seem the same resonance for BLM. It is a commonly used term that escalates white privilege into a problem inherent in the social structure: White Supremacist Society that is designed to benefit white people. It sounds vaguely academic, so it may come out of African American or Ethnic Studies departments. Because it *does* have anti-Semitic connotations, it's worth looking into whether that phrase originally came from Malcolm X or perhaps it's from a more recent Black Muslim leader like Farrakhan. However, it's used in a totally non-religious context by people are obviously outside a religious milieu: if that term emerged from an anti-Semitic context, I think it has shed that meaning.

For the greater good of keeping the peace and promoting Bernie's campaign, I was hoping that people would tamp down their "knee-jerk reaction" and research the history of the phrase before deciding if it had any anti-Semitic resonance at all.

If "White Supremacists" did still have an anti-Semitic vibe, I hope people would realize that they were taking on the entire BLM movement, and perhaps all of African American culture in addressing it - not just a couple of women during a one-time event - when they protested the insult.

If they chose to continue their protest, I would hope they would take a tone of education rather than outrage and remember that the BLM movement is composed of people who are suffering and people who after specific power-goals: the Bernie campaign can only negotiate with them or make offers to them, they can't lecture or scold them.