@rezaaslan @guardian she wasn't making a historical comment. She was making a culturally contextual comment. That was provocative and true.
MIA's Black Lives Matter faux pas shows she doesn't know her historyhttp://gu.com/p/4thkn/stw
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@rezaaslan@guardian are committed by blacks. Pointing that out isn't a faux pas. Beyonce ain't ever going to say Muslim lives matter is truThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@guardian she probably supports the invasion of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria and drone strikes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@guardian black lives matter is an exclusionary movement.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@guardian black activism is insular and often holds the type of prejudice ideas about other groups they decry against their own. -
@therougharts so does every group including non black Muslims.
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@tcandew1 that's a ridiculous inquiry because music is haram in the Islamic religion so u don't really have Muslim popstars. But anti racism -
@therougharts tell me of any prominent non American Arab movement that talks about the racism that Black Americans face in America.
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@tcandew1 when ur very busy getting bombs dropped on ur heads and fighting wars crusading for social justice isn't what ur up to -
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@naayacaliyo@tcandew1 I never did. I defended MIAs comment. I actually stated that I wasnt trying to hate on the BLM movement.
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@rezaaslan@guardian like Muslims and Arabs are suppose to identify w black lives matter but a lot of attacks against Muslims and arabs - 1 more reply
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@rezaaslan So glad this was written.@guardianThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan - is this important ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan Apparently she's not familiar with Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul Jabaar?Black lives & Muslim lives r often one & the sameThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@guardian article was kind of petty and insinuated things from one short quotation and didnt bother to ask mia for clarificationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan True. Tho, she shows she understands better that discourses of anti-black racism & Islamophobic bigotry are policed differently.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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