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| The Women's March continues despite controversy. Tamika Mallory faces heat for praising Louis Farrakhan. |
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and every other woman of color who became a lawmaker: Keep doing your thing!
Ignore the Republican Party. They are distracting Americans from their failures to open up the government.
On Saturday, the Women's March is happening.
One of the founding members is finding herself embroiled in a controversy. She took a picture with Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader who often says things many believe are anti-Semitic.
Writer Tamika Mallory is being slammed by the right for taking a picture with Farrakhan.
And she called him the GOAT.
Mind you that she is a Black woman. Tamika Danielle Mallory is an American activist who currently serves as co-president of the 2019 Women's March. She was one of the leading organizers of the 2017 Women's March, for which she and her three other co-chairs were recognized in the Time 100 that year.
Mallory is also an advocate of gun control, feminism, and the Black Lives Matter movement. In 2018, Mallory drew criticism for her attendance at an event with controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, which prompted calls for her resignation from the 2019 Women's March.
Mallory is currently one of the co-presidents of the anticipated 2019 Women's March. She has assumed leadership of the march along with her co-chairs from the 2017 March: Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez, and Bob Bland.
Mallory has been criticized for her relationship with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and support for Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member convicted of murder.
On February 25, 2018, Mallory attended a Saviours' Day speech led by Farrakhan where he made various anti-Semitic remarks, and later posted positive comments about the event on social media accounts.
On Twitter she called Farrakhan the "greatest of all time".
This led some supporters of the march calling for Mallory and other Women's March leaders to resign. Teresa Shook, who co-founded the March, wrote that the "community has totally lost faith in the Women’s March because they have lost faith in" Mallory and other leaders. In December 2018, The New York Times reported that "charges of anti-Semitism are now roiling the movement and overshadowing plans for more marches next month."
Mallory responded by releasing a statement that condemned racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia, also writing "I do not wish to be held responsible for the words of others when my own history shows that I stand in opposition to them." She added that she believed building coalitions required working with people with whom she disagreed.
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| The right are offended by a picture. |
Another organizer, Evvie Harmon, said that she witnessed Mallory and her co-chair Carmen Perez berating Wruble, saying "your people hold all the wealth," remarks that Harmon described in an account to both The New York Times and Tablet.
Mallory denied Wruble and Harmon's allegations but said in a statement to the Times, “Since that conversation, we’ve all learned a lot about how while white Jews, as white people, uphold white supremacy, ALL Jews are targeted by it."
On The View Mallory stated that she didn't agree with all of Farrakhan's statements and wouldn't use his language, but declined to condemn his previous anti-- semitic statements.
Again, I believe everyone has the right to exist & to be free. That means EVERYONE. & ppl who were living comfortably there should be included - EVERYONE! I want to see the ppl of Palestine treated w/ dignity & respect. U can twist it any way u choose but it’s called equality!— Tamika D. Mallory (@TamikaDMallory) June 4, 2018
Check out my interview on the @breakfastclubam. I’ve grown a lot and won’t allow Meghan McCain or anyone else to FORCE me to match ignorance with ignorance. pic.twitter.com/4EP1PTFuEO— Tamika D. Mallory (@TamikaDMallory) January 17, 2019
This is a campaign by the junk food media to distract Americans from the Republican Party's failure to open up the government. They are just mad that Black women are speaking against injustice.
Tamika doesn't speak for Louis Farrakhan.
Louis Farrakhan speaks for himself. He never called for the death of innocent beings. He has criticized the Israeli government and Zionist leaders who wage an information campaign against opposition. He has criticize homosexuality but called it "other issues." There's nothing I've heard wrong from Farrakhan.
Black leaders don't often agree with spiritual leaders.
Republicans often find savior in Franklin Graham and Jerry Falwell, Jr. They found savior in Pat Robertson and other white religious leaders who said far worse than Farrakhan.
Republicans often find savior in Franklin Graham and Jerry Falwell, Jr. They found savior in Pat Robertson and other white religious leaders who said far worse than Farrakhan.
So I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear any pearl-clutching white folks crying that Tamika has to stand down. Y'all need to chill on that faux outrage. You better worry about getting your tax refunds.
We're coming close to the end of January and Donald J. Trump ain't doing shit about opening up the government. He wants you the taxpayer (not Mexico) to pay for a worthless wall.
The government shutdown is way more important that click bait.
The government shutdown is way more important that click bait.
Fuck Meghan McCain. Ever since she got married to that right wing lunatic, her once charming demeanor became the "bitch no one likes." I am sick of her and those who act like her.
If you want to be Rush Limbaugh and Sean "Softball" Hannity. Fine. Go forth.
But best believe, boycott work both ways. If you want to boycott Tamika Mallory, that's you.
But don't get mad when we call for a boycott of Meghan McCain, Laura Loomer and Fox News.
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