BLM co-founder slams Taylor Swift followers as ‘racists’
- Melina Abdullah unloaded criticism of the pop singer and her boyfriend on-line
- ‘Virtually every part is racist,’ the BLM Los Angeles co-founder wrote on-line
- She doubled down, calling Swifties ‘full-fledged violent white-delusionists’ after receiving a heated voice message from an unknown man
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles chapter slammed Taylor Swift followers as ‘racists’ and referred to Kansas City’s Super Bowl victory as a ‘right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy’ in a collection of posts to social media.
Melina Abdullah, 51, a professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State University Los Angeles, took to X, previously Twitter, to unload her opinions on the pop singer and her athlete boyfriend over the course of two weeks.
‘Why do I really feel prefer it’s barely racist to be a Taylor Swift fan?’ Abdullah wrote on February 11, the day of the Super Bowl.
‘I mentioned FEEL, not assume,’ she continued when one other person requested her to elaborate. ‘Kind of like that feeling I get when there are too many American flags.’
Hours later, after the Kansas City Chiefs have been declared the winners, Abdullah wrote: ‘Why do I really feel like this was some right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy?!?! Booooooo!!!!’
Melina Abdullah slammed Taylor Swift followers as ‘racists’ and referred to Kansas City’s Super Bowl victory as a ‘right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy’ in a collection of social media posts
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles chapter doubled down on her stance, declaring: ‘Virtually every part is racist’
Abdullah slammed Swifties as ‘full-fledged violent white-delusionists’ after receiving a hateful voice message
As her posts drummed up consideration from different customers, Abdullah doubled down on her stance. ‘Folks assume they’re attacking me by asking why I feel every part is racist…I’m not offended,’ she wrote. ‘Virtually every part is racist.’
In response to at least one commenter, the advocate clarified: ‘And I’ve additionally determined to work with all my would possibly and in a group of dedicated individuals to upend racism and oppression.’
On February 23, Abdullah returned to social media to publish a voice message despatched by a person who blasted her as ‘a joke,’ ‘ignorant,’ and ‘what’s fallacious with this nation.’
‘How dare you throw out the racist concepts you throw out every day?’ shouted the person, who recognized himself as Ethan George from Texas, earlier than proclaiming that he wished she would ‘die.’
‘If that is what a tweet about Taylor Swift followers being “slightly racist” brings, I’ll edit myself…Y’all are full-fledged violent white-delusionists,’ Abdullah wrote.
The 51-year-old can also be a co-director of BLM’s advocacy wing, Black Lives Matter Grassroots.
She sued the Los Angeles Police Department in 2020 after they descended on her residence throughout a reported swatting incident.
On August 19, 2020, the LAPD acquired a 911 name from somebody who claimed he had taken individuals hostage in Abdullah’s Crenshaw residence.
The mom of three decried the Super Bowl outcomes as a ‘right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy’
The activist in contrast her suspicion to ‘that feeling I get when there are too many American flags’
The 51-year-old sued the Los Angeles Police Department in 2020 after they descended on her residence throughout a reported swatting incident, accusing them of ‘retaliation’ over her advocacy efforts
In courtroom paperwork filed with California Superior Court, the mom of three mentioned she feared LAPD SWAT officers would fireplace their weapons into her residence and damage her kids.
She accused the LAPD of failing to contact her beforehand regardless of having her that contact data and claimed the division staged the incident in ‘retaliation’ for her activism.
She added that police didn’t truly consider the claims of an ongoing hostage scenario.
As proof, Abdullah cited an occasion the place police allowed her safety guard, whom the officer didn’t know, to move via a fringe and enter the house as they staged round it.
Two neighbors have been additionally permitted to enter the house to test on her and stroll alongside her as she walked out to talk with officers, the lawsuit claimed.
Abdullah deemed the response ‘an try to put down protest, to focus on me as somebody who’s been very seen and vocal in protesting LAPD.’
She was swatted twice extra after the lawsuit was introduced.
In a separate authorized battle, Abdullah and BLM Grassroots accused Black Lives Matters Global Network Foundation Inc. of elevating donations off the work of city-based chapters and subsequently leaving activists out of decision-making.
BLM Grassroots is comprised of two dozen BLM chapters throughout the nation, who argued that they have been entitled to tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} from the nationwide basis.
However, the case was thrown out by a Los Angeles County Superior Court decide final yr after the activists did not show they have been entitled to the funds amongst different unsubstantiated claims.
Abdullah mentioned the group was ‘surprised and dismayed’ by the courtroom’s dismissal order.
‘As at all times, the work of Black Lives Matter continues, whatever the courtroom ruling,’ she vowed in an announcement.
