So..about that “DailyNos” post that is still pissing a lot of POC off
Perhaps you heard about a post on Daily Kos a few days ago that basically went viral on twitter:
Black activists unknowingly organized events for Russia, helping effort to create divisions in U.S.
Uh oh, “unknowingly”? Black activists needed Russian trolls to tell them that something needs to be done??
It’s also deeply disturbing because it shows the lengths that the Russians are willing to go to in order to wreak havoc in our country. And mainly, it’s infuriating because it shows how black people are once again victimized—even by countries we don’t necessarily live in. As Conrad James said, its “angering,” adding, “they were using black culture here in America as a springboard for a divisive tactic and strategy.”
The comments at DK are, sadly, predictable (nowadays), and not even worth sampling.
But, on Twitter many received this ‘news’ very differently.
https://twitter.com/PrettyBadLefty/status/921780669826596865
Benjamin Dixon has been VERY vocal about this (he’s the one who uses DailyNos), and relates how the piece has had some very real negative effects:
Black People Are Losing Their Jobs and Being Blacklisted As Russian Trolls: https://t.co/BC1tVVSYsV via @YouTube
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) October 24, 2017
Anoa is also very upset by this:
To @TheAtlantic and all others publishing this BS…the struggles of marginalized people & our self-determination IS NOT Russian Influenced
— 🖤 Snappy Black Womxn 🖤 (@TheWayWithAnoa) October 23, 2017
And Glenn Greenwald couldn’t help but notice the brouhaha:
High-level black official of Stacey Abrams' campaign forced to resign: gave 1 interview to Sputnik about Confederacy https://t.co/irVKbegDOF
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 23, 2017
Relatedly, as @BenjaminPDixon also notes, the J. Edgar Hoover dream of depicting black activism in the US as a Moscow plot is now fulfilled pic.twitter.com/R6TqvPyG4Q
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 23, 2017
Turns out black activists don’t appreciate their efforts being portrayed simply as being the result of unwitting pawns of Russia.
Hopefully there will more care taken towards our black brothers and sisters in their struggles towards justice, and hopefully all progressives will step up and take their very real concerns seriously.
#BlackLivesMatter
P.S.
I realize that the writer of that DK piece is a WOC. I will look around to hear if she has reacted to what many considered a bad ‘take’. She deserves her chance for a rebuttal.
Thanks for bring this to my attention. I really don’t follow what they are doing. Between this and previous tweets by its owner they are speeding their way to irrelevancy. The inmates are still running that asylum.
He is white but still has an opinion on this.
And the insult doesn’t stop with black activists. You’ve probably already seen this assertion:
Report: Russian Trolls Posed as Standing Rock Activists
How Russians Attempted To Use Instagram To Influence Native Americans
Notice how the, what I now consider evil Daily Beast (apropos name!), twitter headline uses the ‘this happened’ style of writing:
while the actual article uses the words “Attempted To Use”. So deceptive!
It’s cynical manipulation to the max for neolibs/centrists to use very-much-urgently-fought protests to cast shade on Russia, and by way of association, all POC including indigenous activists.
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@_Anunnery 3h
3 hours ago replying to @thedailybeast
I guess it wasn’t enough erasing #BLM, now you have to take it there and erase Native Americans, protect police *and* oil companies. #NoDAPL
Everyone is at fault for Hiliary losing the election except her and the corporate Dems.
Was that to the overflow?
Per LD’s 10/24 O/T:
http://www.wcvb.com/article/sanders-to-rally-with-candidates-in-somerville-cambridge/13068308
Not to belittle the matter sometimes a bit of humor helps.
Love these.
wow. thanks for bringing this to our attention. t&r, mags.
Oops, wrong thread.
How to End Crony Capitalism
Reich is helpful, most of the time.
My bold. Caitlin’s been pushing for just this for a while, now.