I_Got_Da_Burna
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Black Lives Matter Activist Deray Running For Baltimore Mayor
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notPsychosiz
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I_Got_Da_Burna
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Why don't yall want pro blacks in position of power?
he's not pro-black, he's pro-rainbow. big difference
McKesson's Colbert Appearance is the Direction Imperialism Wants for the Black Lives Matter Movement
by Danny Haiphong
“McKesson expressed his hope to hear more from the Democratic Party candidates on what they plan to do about racial injustice.”
Little excites US imperialism more than a Black spokesmen with deep ties to the corporate media. Corporate media comedian Stephen Colbert invited Campaign Zero and self-identified Black Lives Matter leader DeRay McKesson on his evening show to discuss white privilege and race relations. The discussion occurred conveniently on the Martin Luther King holiday. The Black Lives Matter twitter celebrity did not disappoint as far as US Empire is concerned. McKesson's media appearance contained all of the ingredients of the Empire's preferred political direction for the young Black Lives Matter movement.
With phone in hand, McKesson displayed his full array of twitter politics during the interview. He explained his thoughts on white privilege and the phrase "All Lives Matter." McKesson disagreed with the phrase on the basis that if all lives mattered, then Black people would not be protesting in the streets. He took credit as the lead organizer of the Ferguson and Baltimore protests and helped Colbert understand what it meant to be "woke." The conversation quickly shifted to the police. The focus of the Black Lives Matter movement, McKesson explained, should not be on "bad apple" cops but on "police culture" and "accountability."
“The ruling class would rather have oppressed people in the US seek conversations with Democratic Party candidates and television talk show hosts than truly confront power.”
The interview introduced these topics to warm up the audience for the Empire's true hopes for the Black Lives Matter movement. After McKesson stated that the focus of the movement needs to be on how to "undo the impact of racism," Colbert predictably asked him to compare the Civil Rights movement of today to the Civil Rights movement of a half-century ago. He answered by explaining how Martin Luther King was a radical and revolutionary for economic justice, but immediately shifted the conversation to Twitter. McKesson stated that twitter greatly enhanced the movement's capabilities beyond what the movement could do in the past. He made no mention of what actually made King a radical and what gave McKesson the credibility or accountability to comment on the subject in the first place.
But the Democratic Party debate was mentioned and McKesson made sure not to disappoint his future paymasters in Washington. He explained how he felt the candidates were progressing in their acknowledgement of white privilege and "systemic injustice," especially Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. McKesson expressed his hope to hear more from the Democratic Party candidates on what they plan to do about racial injustice. Colbert then asked McKesson to educate him on white privilege. They switched seats for style points and McKesson explained to Colbert how his position of power could be used to "dismantle" white privilege.
As Umi Selah noted in the Black Radical tradition Conference, McKesson's twitter activism has been an "asylum of neo-liberal values." His rise to stardom has been dependent upon the promotion of white privilege politics and coded support for Democratic Party imperialists. McKesson remains a favorite of Teach for America and served as an HR rep for Baltimore and Minnesota public schools. A New York Times article called him a "ruthless administrator."McKesson showed off his HR background when he claimed support for charter schools on twitterand egregiously compared them to the Black Panther Party's free breakfast program.
“He explained how he felt the candidates were progressing in their acknowledgement of white privilege and ‘systemic injustice.’”
US imperialism wants the Black Lives Matter movement to loyally follow McKesson and his politics. The ruling class would rather have oppressed people in the US seek conversations with Democratic Party candidates and television talk show hosts than truly confront power. Teaching white elites how to extend their privilege will always be accepted by the profiteers and war-mongers that control Washington. Racial sensitivity sessions are the antithesis of independent, radical organization to secure power for the oppressed, dispossessed, and brutalized of the earth. The reliance McKesson places upon the very architects of the racialized order keeps his career prospects safe and power snugly in the hands of the oppressor.
Criticism and self-criticism are essential components of a movement that is unafraid to walk a revolutionary path. McKesson shouldn't be allowed to utter Martin Luther King's name without knowing that he is the opposite of everything King represents. King resisted imperialist war, organized the working class, and called for an end to the triple evils of materialism, racism, and militarism. For this, King was assassinated by the same state that currently supports McKesson's counter revolutionary agenda. More organized efforts such as the Black Radical Tradition conference are needed to revive the legacy of King and thwart the Empire’s desire to lead the Black Lives Matter movement into McKesson’s abyss.
by Danny Haiphong
“McKesson expressed his hope to hear more from the Democratic Party candidates on what they plan to do about racial injustice.”
Little excites US imperialism more than a Black spokesmen with deep ties to the corporate media. Corporate media comedian Stephen Colbert invited Campaign Zero and self-identified Black Lives Matter leader DeRay McKesson on his evening show to discuss white privilege and race relations. The discussion occurred conveniently on the Martin Luther King holiday. The Black Lives Matter twitter celebrity did not disappoint as far as US Empire is concerned. McKesson's media appearance contained all of the ingredients of the Empire's preferred political direction for the young Black Lives Matter movement.
With phone in hand, McKesson displayed his full array of twitter politics during the interview. He explained his thoughts on white privilege and the phrase "All Lives Matter." McKesson disagreed with the phrase on the basis that if all lives mattered, then Black people would not be protesting in the streets. He took credit as the lead organizer of the Ferguson and Baltimore protests and helped Colbert understand what it meant to be "woke." The conversation quickly shifted to the police. The focus of the Black Lives Matter movement, McKesson explained, should not be on "bad apple" cops but on "police culture" and "accountability."
“The ruling class would rather have oppressed people in the US seek conversations with Democratic Party candidates and television talk show hosts than truly confront power.”
The interview introduced these topics to warm up the audience for the Empire's true hopes for the Black Lives Matter movement. After McKesson stated that the focus of the movement needs to be on how to "undo the impact of racism," Colbert predictably asked him to compare the Civil Rights movement of today to the Civil Rights movement of a half-century ago. He answered by explaining how Martin Luther King was a radical and revolutionary for economic justice, but immediately shifted the conversation to Twitter. McKesson stated that twitter greatly enhanced the movement's capabilities beyond what the movement could do in the past. He made no mention of what actually made King a radical and what gave McKesson the credibility or accountability to comment on the subject in the first place.
But the Democratic Party debate was mentioned and McKesson made sure not to disappoint his future paymasters in Washington. He explained how he felt the candidates were progressing in their acknowledgement of white privilege and "systemic injustice," especially Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. McKesson expressed his hope to hear more from the Democratic Party candidates on what they plan to do about racial injustice. Colbert then asked McKesson to educate him on white privilege. They switched seats for style points and McKesson explained to Colbert how his position of power could be used to "dismantle" white privilege.
As Umi Selah noted in the Black Radical tradition Conference, McKesson's twitter activism has been an "asylum of neo-liberal values." His rise to stardom has been dependent upon the promotion of white privilege politics and coded support for Democratic Party imperialists. McKesson remains a favorite of Teach for America and served as an HR rep for Baltimore and Minnesota public schools. A New York Times article called him a "ruthless administrator."McKesson showed off his HR background when he claimed support for charter schools on twitterand egregiously compared them to the Black Panther Party's free breakfast program.
“He explained how he felt the candidates were progressing in their acknowledgement of white privilege and ‘systemic injustice.’”
US imperialism wants the Black Lives Matter movement to loyally follow McKesson and his politics. The ruling class would rather have oppressed people in the US seek conversations with Democratic Party candidates and television talk show hosts than truly confront power. Teaching white elites how to extend their privilege will always be accepted by the profiteers and war-mongers that control Washington. Racial sensitivity sessions are the antithesis of independent, radical organization to secure power for the oppressed, dispossessed, and brutalized of the earth. The reliance McKesson places upon the very architects of the racialized order keeps his career prospects safe and power snugly in the hands of the oppressor.
Criticism and self-criticism are essential components of a movement that is unafraid to walk a revolutionary path. McKesson shouldn't be allowed to utter Martin Luther King's name without knowing that he is the opposite of everything King represents. King resisted imperialist war, organized the working class, and called for an end to the triple evils of materialism, racism, and militarism. For this, King was assassinated by the same state that currently supports McKesson's counter revolutionary agenda. More organized efforts such as the Black Radical Tradition conference are needed to revive the legacy of King and thwart the Empire’s desire to lead the Black Lives Matter movement into McKesson’s abyss.
Y'all cant make up your mind. Is BLM an aimless org with no political direction or is it all about political power?
Some of these dudes are crossed up as hell.
So what happens if the man who is soley elected mayor because of black lives matter wins?If you truly believe that, you don't understand how politics work
YoungFlyGentleman
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You mean never since Sunday... you know, when you joined this site.
Yeah, because i only started watching the news when i joined this forum
You are why coat hangers will always be in wide distribution
If Deray becomes mayor, Baltimore becomes worse yet his political career takes off.....what would you say?
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Didn't that cac thief Shaun King allude to this back in December when he was beefing with Deray? 
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I'm still mad my man had a smart phone in his hands, like a 5 yr old, throughout his I interview with Stephen Colbert.Will he stop wearing that vest?
He isn't running solely on the platform of black lives matter. He's using that as a base to ask for a seat at the table.
This isn't a new thing. If he gets that seat at the proverbial table, he will act "accordingly", they always do. He will use this position to go for bigger and better things (if he were to get it)
I don't want to sound negative and cynical, but you can view his twitter and his quotes to see what this guy is really about. As @Poitier points out, this is just neoliberalism wearing one of its many masks.
Regardless, my original post was mocking the fact that you think that a leader of BLM has to spend 1 dime or 1 minute catering to black people to get elected.
That's like saying Obama had to cater to black people to win the black vote from McCain/Romney.
notPsychosiz
I started this gangsta sh-
Lets see...
You joined Sunday...
But by Monday you were in full swing with your "look at me I'm black but against BLM" minstrel character routine.
Exhibit A:
Its almost like you made this account simply to pretend to be black and disparage black movements.
Don't forget to tell your jewish masters to eat a dikk when you head back to whatever lice cave you crawled out of.
Its almost like you made this account simply to pretend to be black and disparage black movements.
What is BLM stumping for that makes it a Black movement.....trans violence and police brutality aint it. Bernie Sanders was for those things and told he was anti-black by BLM because he doesn't think reparations are feasible.
Point me to ANYTHING by Deray or BLM, please....and no twitter followers do not count.
YoungFlyGentleman
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Lets see...
You joined Sunday...
But by Monday you were in full swing with your "look at me I'm black but against BLM" minstrel character routine.
Exhibit A:
Its almost like you made this account simply to pretend to be black and disparage black movements.
Don't forget to tell your jewish masters to eat a dikk when you head back to whatever lice cave you crawled out of.
OR maybe i always thought blm was bullshyt like everybody else does
Nothing but a lgbt movement in nikka camoflauge
I also like how you skipped the post where i praised game for sending water to detroit
But go on ahead, tell me why i should support some faq with a corporations hand up his ass that dont even got a job
If you want to know how Deray helped gut education in Black inner cities: The Movement Lives in Ferguson: Teach For America, Black Leadership, and Disaster Capitalism | Black Agenda Report