ferguson – Melanoid Nation Foundation https://www.melanoidnation.org Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:26:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 Racist Trolls Hijack #BlacksOnCampus Twitter Buzz https://www.melanoidnation.org/racist-trolls-hijack-blacksoncampus-twitter-buzz/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/racist-trolls-hijack-blacksoncampus-twitter-buzz/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:26:16 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=2888 This week, the Black players on the University of Missouri’s football team took a stand because in retaliation to the ongoing disparaging treatment they have been receiving…because they’re Black. As this week comes to an end, the Black athletes and fellow Black students on campus are receiving death threats by white extremists…because they’re Black. Campus has been all but shut down, and the young students there are rightfully afraid for their lives.

In light of a heart-wrenching story on Raw Story about how terrified these young Melanoid students are about the possibility of them getting killed by white extremists on campus, many of the same racists have taken to Twitter, letting their presence-and racist intentions–be felt by all who cares to read. On Twitter, there has been a hashtag named #BlacksOnCampus, which has been trending heavy on the popular social media site. However, white supremacist trolls have begun to use the hashtag in their own way, resulting to name calling and an outright display of disrespect towards the brave Melanoid young men who have stood brave in the face of the adversity. Here are just a few of the Tweets left by the trolls:

As you can see, white supremacists are in an uproar over the simple fact that the Black football athletes of the University of Missouri realized that their purpose in society meant much more than just scoring touchdowns and sacking quarterbacks. It’s no secret that for years, Black basketball and football athletes have been accepted–and even celebrated–under the condition that they remained seen and not heard. This means that they’ve been expected to be good athletes, marginal students, and racially transparent.

In conjunction with these laughable expectations placed upon Black athletes by members of the dominant society, it should be noted that in the competitive hierarchy of the NCAA, the Mizzou football team is part of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

This collegiate sports conference has long been recognized as ground zero for its athletic programs which recruit young and impressionable Black males from the rural areas of places of the South such as Alabama and Mississippi, notoriously racist coaches (who are celebrated to this day) like Paul “Bear” Bryant & Adolph Rupp, and last but not least, the extensive network of the “good ol’ boys” who seek out young able-bodied Black “bucks” to lead their respective athletic programs to the promised land (which is a national championship).

In hindsight, after knowing all of this about the University of Missouri’s athletic conference affiliation and its home state’s recent history of racial calamity, it comes as no surprise that this campus was primed and ready for this past week’s series of events to occur in the first place.

B. Clark

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“Culture Vulture” Asks For Sympathy Towards Dylann Roof https://www.melanoidnation.org/culture-vulture-asks-for-sympathy-towards-dylann-roof/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/culture-vulture-asks-for-sympathy-towards-dylann-roof/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:18:51 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=1274 Pat Boone, the super conservative suspected white supremacist who notoriously took the music of legendary Melanoid artists such as Little Richard for his own capital gain, wrote a column that was featured on a right wing website. In the column, he challenges the fact that we live in a system of white supremacy by stating the following line towards Barack Obama.

Sir, that incident had nothing to do with “racism” – but you and Al Sharpton and your attorney general tried your best to make it so.

If that wasn’t enough, he proceeds to refer to the late Mike Brown (the teenage Melanoid victim killed by Race soldier Darren Wilson in Ferguson, MO last summer) as “the very large black man in Ferguson, Missouri, who had been seen and identified on videotape robbing a small store, walking out with a batch of stolen cigars and threatening the small Asian owner who tried to get him to pay might also have been imagined by you as “your son.”

Boone also implies that America’s problem is actually a spiritual/moral one, instead of a racial issue.

“God loves America, Mr. President. But during your watch, His name is being erased from public life, forbidden in schools, ignored and repudiated in much public policy and laughed at in popular entertainment. You declared, “Whatever America once was, she is no longer a Christian nation.”

Whether Pat Boone’s delusional behavior towards blatantly racially motivated incidents such as the one in Charleston is contingent upon his advanced age–or his elevated white privilege as a celebrity–remains to be seen.  Regardless of the aforementioned speculations, “moral” zealots like Pat Boone are actually America’s problem.

by B. Clark

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If America Is A Civilized Nation,Why Are People Rewarded Money For Killing Black Citizens? https://www.melanoidnation.org/if-america-is-a-civilized-nationwhy-are-people-rewarded-money-for-killing-black-citizens/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/if-america-is-a-civilized-nationwhy-are-people-rewarded-money-for-killing-black-citizens/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:28:27 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=385 In  wake of the protests from the recent events in Ferguson,the shame and embarrassment of systematic white supremacy is on center stage for the world to see. As usual,the dialog has become deflective and evasive of the real problem. In media outlets,people are discussing the problem with the “looters” in Ferguson. People are discussing “bad cops”. And people are regurgitating the same tired disingenuous and deflective “what about Black on black crime” talking point.

All of these narratives are red herrings to divert the public from the real issue: Systematic white supremacy. The only dialog that Black people-and the nation for that matter- should be discussing is how are we going to replace the system of white supremacy with justice. And Melanoid people should be asking,  how are we going to protect ourselves to minimize the adverse effects of white supremacy if this system is to remain?

With all of the recent events where unarmed Black  people have been legally murdered by suspected white supremacists all throughout the United States, no one is really discussing one particular factor:

Many of the killers who are  murdering Black people are being rewarded cash money from other white supremacists nationwide.

In Florida when Michael  Dunn murdered Black teen Jordan Davis, there we donations sent to him by supporters online.

Also in Florida,when George Zimmerman murdered Black teen Trayvon Martin, not only was Zimmerman rewarded with donations that many people estimate exceeded the million dollar mark, Zimmerman is treated like a hero and celebrity around white supremacist circles. Promoters were even trying to put together a “celebrity” boxing match for Zimmerman at one point.

Even in cases where  is not murder involved, suspected white supremacists are still rewarded for harming Black people. Police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, the Oklahoma City police officer arrested in August and charged with sexually abusing eight Black women, has supporters online who have raised thousands of dollars for him.

In the recent case where Darren Wilson was given the legal right to murder unarmed Black teen Mike Brown, he has received hundreds of thousands of dollars (some estimate over a million at this point) in donations from white supremacists  supporters around the country.

While some have tried to deny the underlying racism and anti-Black hatred that is driving the support for Darren wilson, the truth always finds a way to reveal itself at some point. The GoFundMe page that was initially taking in donations for Darren Wilson (which has since been taken down) had a  section on the page where people who donated could post their comments.

And the people who were donating the money to Wilson were very clear and very specific about why they were donating. The overall consensus was that the supporters were donating because they were glad that Darren Wilson murdered a Black person.

The comments and support from the Darren Wilson GoFundMe page became so blatantly racists,the site administrators had to take the comment section down. Before they removed the comments,there were some screen shots saved and circulated around the net.

 

“I thank all Police. You are the “Thin Blue Line” protecting normal Americans from aggressive and entitled primitive savages” -Brad Moody $100

“I support officer Wilson and he did a great job removing an unnecessary thing from the public” -David Durant $50

“Darren and those like him are all that stand between Americans and anarchy.After 60 years of supporting the blacks I give up” -Richard Holsinger $100

“All self-respecting whites have a moral responsibility to support our growing number of martyrs to the failed experiment called diversity” -Mike Berman $100

 

Comments like these clearly show the support for Darren Wilson was not about justice: it was about white supremacist domination and ethnic cleansing.

With this type of mindset among us in the United States,we must understand that Melanoid people around the nation are in a state of emergency . We are literally being legally  targeted and hunted in America based on race.

And the people who are acting as “martyrs” for white supremacy are being rewarded.  In cash. That gives every white supremacist in the country the incentive to come after any one of us next.

We are not post-racial.

 

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How Suspected White Supremacists Are Rewarded For Killing Unarmed Black People https://www.melanoidnation.org/how-suspected-white-supremacists-are-rewarded-for-killing-unarmed-black-people/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/how-suspected-white-supremacists-are-rewarded-for-killing-unarmed-black-people/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:56:56 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=287 The decision by the grand jury in the Ferguson MO. area to not indict officer Darren Wilson for the murder of unarmed Melanoid teen Mike Brown has  gained international attention. After the decision,there were several uprisings by young Melanoid freedom fighters in the Ferguson area.

We cannot ignore the message that is being sent with the decision to not charge Darren Wilson with a crime. The message is, not only will a white supremacist (particularly a suspected white supremacist police officer) not go to jail for killing an unarmed Black person,they will be rewarded for doing so.

Darren Wilson raised well over a half million dollars from white supremacist supporters for killing Mike Brown. There was a GoFundMe page dedicated to collecting donations for officer Wilson. The page quickly raised over $500,000 and the white supremacists in the comment section were very specific as to why they donated the money to Darren Wilson. Most of the comment were extremely vile and racist epithets that repeatedly praised officer Wilson for killing a Black person. The comments became so racist that the page was taken down (after the money was collected). Wilson has collected more donation money from other sources as well.

So the fact that Darren Wilson will not be charged with murdering a Black teen, and he will walk away with close to a million dollars in reward money collected primarily from  blatant white supremacists, sends a very disturbing message in a society that is supposed to be civilized.

This is giving every other suspected white supremacist who is pretending to be an officer of the law, an incentive and a green light to kill any random Black person they encounter.

This is why Wilson killed Mike Brown. This is why the police killed Eric Garner. This is why the police killed Tamir Rice: Because these officers fully understand that  they live in a white supremacist society where they can get away with killing an unarmed Black person.

This is not a police issue. This is not a media issue. This is not an “elitist” issue. This is a white supremacy issue. Because all of these entities work together under the banner of white supremacy as a way to maintain dominance over Melanese people.

 

The question Melanoid people should be asking each other right now  is how are we going to empower ourselves and protect ourselves from the white supremacists?

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Did You Know That Military Tanks Were Doing Urban Warfare Training Near The Ferguson Area in 2012? (Video) https://www.melanoidnation.org/did-you-know-that-military-tanks-were-doing-urban-warfare-training-near-the-ferguson-area-in-2012-video/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/did-you-know-that-military-tanks-were-doing-urban-warfare-training-near-the-ferguson-area-in-2012-video/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:40:40 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=167 As people are waiting on the grand jury verdict in the Mike Brown/Darren Wilson case to come down,the governor of Missouri Jay Nixon issued a state of emergency in preparation for potential uprisings. There is a heavy military presence in the Ferguson/St. Louis area and many people are suspecting that there may be an issue of Martial Law if any rebellions were to start.

There is one interesting fact that many people were not aware of. Military tanks were brought into an area close to the Ferguson community to do urban warfare training back in 2012: two years before the murder of Mike Brown by officer Wilson in 2014. Some conspiracy theorists have speculated that there is a possibility that this whole situation in Ferguson was planned and orchestrated ahead of time by the government. We have to ask ourselves some serious questions:

Did the government plan a situation that would cause an uprising in Ferguson,so they could justify coming in and issuing Martial Law,as a way to do a “real life” test run on bigger situations to come?

Why is the State of Missouri and the US government willing to spend millions of dollars in law enforcement manpower, overtime,weapons,military vehicles,etc to protect one police officer who several eye witnesses saw kill Mike Brown as he was surrendering?

Take a look at these two videos from news reports back in 2012,and you be the judge.

 

 

 

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Video Surfaces Of Officer Darren Wilson After He Killed Melanoid Teen Mike Brown https://www.melanoidnation.org/video-surfaces-of-officer-darren-wilson-after-he-killed-melanoid-teen-mike-brown/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/video-surfaces-of-officer-darren-wilson-after-he-killed-melanoid-teen-mike-brown/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2014 02:50:22 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=137 After the murder of unarmed black teen Mike Brown at the hands of officer Darren Wilson,Ferguson police officials put out reports that Wilson sustained multiple injuries from Brown. There were several reports about officer Darren Wilson having bruises and having a “swollen face” after allegedly being attacked by Mike Brown. But a new video has surfaced of Wilson immediately after the incident with Mike Brown,and in the video it appears that Darren Wilson does not have any visible injuries.

You be the judge-Does officer Wilson look injured in this video?

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