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underahedgerow

(1,232 posts)
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:17 AM Aug 2015

Marissa Jenea, the woman who hijacked BLM for her own Agenda.

She's NOT part of the legit BLM movement, she's an attention seeking agitator... So stop pinning all the activities of BLM on this woman. She doesn't speak for them.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/09/1410195/-Seattle-BLM-Protest-Was-Not-BLM-Sorta

The protesters are actually members of a group called Outside Agitators 206. You can see the connection here; this is the same "Press Release" as posted on the "Official" Seattle BLM Facebook Page. I am using quotes, because this is absolutely not an "official" page; it was created extremely recently and it seems to me and many others that these two women have co-opted the BLM movement and name to further their own, more extreme message. This is from their About page:

We are the Outside Agitators 206.
First off, we have four points of unity:

We center Black voices to celebrate and affirm Blackness. We believe that any movement to end anti-Black racism must be led by Black people.
We believe that everyone has a right to resist their oppressors and what resistance looks like varies for different individuals and different circumstances.
We don’t directly speak to corporate media, nor do we need them. We are our own voice.
Fuck the police: As an institution fundamentally rooted in white supremacy and anti-Blackness we reject the police presence in our communities, absolutely. It is our responsibility to hold each other accountable and keep each other safe.

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Marissa Jenea, the woman who hijacked BLM for her own Agenda. (Original Post) underahedgerow Aug 2015 OP
Seattle Organizing Committee for Nation of Islam's "Justice Or Else" jberryhill Aug 2015 #1
the founders of the group have stated their support for her notadmblnd Aug 2015 #2
"she's an attention seeking agitator..." R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2015 #3

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
2. the founders of the group have stated their support for her
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:24 AM
Aug 2015

So yes, they have adopted her as one of their own.

 

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
3. "she's an attention seeking agitator..."
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:24 AM
Aug 2015

Apparently some now hold her in high regard...especially for one who is just an attention seeking agitator.


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