"He helped some Black men" does not erase decades of homophobia and misogynoir @ShaunKing. It does not justify him not reckoning with his role in Malcolm's death. We can save our lives without Farrakhan. We can and we will, and you should join us in doing it without Farrakhan.https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/972491834864914432 …
I hear you. Somebody asked me how in the world anybody could ever love or respect such a person. I provided this as an example.
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The extreme focus on what he has done for straight cis Black men though is seriously marginalizing. It reproduces queerphobic misogynoir. Audre Lorde would not be doing this mess. You don't see Barbara Smith doing it. Time to move along and let him be in the past.
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Love Black trans women enough to spend as much time talking about the damage Farrakhan does as you do defending him. Love Black Jewish women enough. And love Malcolm's memory and the lessons he tried to teach us in the end enough.
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I was 17 years old the first time one of Farrakhan's men harassed me for being Black, Jewish, and a teenaged girl who was by herself. Just blocks from Farrakhan's house. While he was saving Black men, what was he teaching them about me?
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If a man is a public queerphobic misogynist but he's nice to Black men then we gotta take it and watch a whole community rally around him because he go called out for true things? What year is it?
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I get that. But how can any so-called "liberal" look at Farrakhan's blatant
#antisemitism and#homophobia and not condemn his words!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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