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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarissa 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 dont 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.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)So yes, they have adopted her as one of their own.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Apparently some now hold her in high regard...especially for one who is just an attention seeking agitator.
Curious.