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| − | '''Melina Abdullah''' is | + | '''Melina Abdullah''' is the Los Angeles co-founder and official head of [[Black Lives Matter]] Los Angeles and a professor of pan-African studies at CalState. |
| − | She has officially cemented the relationship between BLM and the Nation of Islam and infamous Farrakhan whom [[Anti-Defamation League]] identifies as the nation’s “leading anti-Semite."<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/the-nation-of-islam The Nation of Islam], Anti-Defamation League.</ref>, Melina Abdullah said, “Minister Farrakhan was calling on folks not to spend their dollars with the white corporations that keep us oppressed, and so we partnered with the Nation and helped to amplify that call.”<ref>[https://newspress.com/blm-l-a-leader-and-anti-semitism/] BLM-L.A. leader and anti-Semitism, by Santa Barbara News-Press Letters July 19, 2020</ref> | + | |
| + | She has officially cemented the relationship between BLM and the [[Nation of Islam]] and infamous [[Louis Farrakhan]] whom [[Anti-Defamation League]] identifies as the nation’s “leading [[anti-Semite]]."<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/the-nation-of-islam The Nation of Islam], Anti-Defamation League.</ref>, Melina Abdullah said, “Minister Farrakhan was calling on folks not to spend their dollars with the [[white]] corporations that keep us oppressed, and so we partnered with the Nation and helped to amplify that call.”<ref>[https://newspress.com/blm-l-a-leader-and-anti-semitism/] BLM-L.A. leader and anti-Semitism, by Santa Barbara News-Press Letters July 19, 2020</ref> | ||
She has a hateful record of appearing at Farrakhan and Nation of Islam events and praising the <ref>[https://laist.com/2019/04/11/nation_of_islam_leader_hails_nipsey_hussle_as_a_prophetic_voice.php] Nation of Islam Leader Says Nipsey Hussle Was 'A Prophetic Voice', Aaron Schrank, April 11, 2019, LaIst</ref> antisemitic hate group and its leader. <ref>[https://lasentinel.net/farrakhan-speaks-on-trump-clinton-and-election-2016.html] Farrakhan speaks on Trump – Clinton and Election 2016. By Charlene Muhammad, Contributing Writer , Los Angeles Sentinel, November 3, 2016</ref> | She has a hateful record of appearing at Farrakhan and Nation of Islam events and praising the <ref>[https://laist.com/2019/04/11/nation_of_islam_leader_hails_nipsey_hussle_as_a_prophetic_voice.php] Nation of Islam Leader Says Nipsey Hussle Was 'A Prophetic Voice', Aaron Schrank, April 11, 2019, LaIst</ref> antisemitic hate group and its leader. <ref>[https://lasentinel.net/farrakhan-speaks-on-trump-clinton-and-election-2016.html] Farrakhan speaks on Trump – Clinton and Election 2016. By Charlene Muhammad, Contributing Writer , Los Angeles Sentinel, November 3, 2016</ref> | ||
| − | When Facebook finally decided to remove [[Farrakhan]] over his hateful rhetoric toward Jews, the | + | When Facebook finally decided to remove [[Farrakhan]] over his hateful rhetoric toward [[Jews]], the Black Lives Matter, she came to his defense. |
| − | She is largely blamed for the June 1, 2020 BLM protest that became a pogrom, including racist targeting of synagogues, " | + | She is largely blamed for the June 1, 2020 BLM protest that became a [[pogrom]], including [[racist]] targeting of synagogues, "[[Free Palestine]]" vandalism. |
<ref>[https://www.newsbreak.com/california/los-angeles/news/1580530735359/the-la-pogrom-that-no-jewish-organization-will-talk-about][https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/sultan-knish/the-la-pogrom-that-no-jewish-organization-will-talk-about/2020/06/09/] The LA Pogrom That No J Organization will Talk About. Los Angeles, CA, JP | June 9, 2020]</ref> | <ref>[https://www.newsbreak.com/california/los-angeles/news/1580530735359/the-la-pogrom-that-no-jewish-organization-will-talk-about][https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/sultan-knish/the-la-pogrom-that-no-jewish-organization-will-talk-about/2020/06/09/] The LA Pogrom That No J Organization will Talk About. Los Angeles, CA, JP | June 9, 2020]</ref> | ||
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| − | <blockquote>over the past several years both the BLM-L.A. head Melina Abdullah and her daughter Thandiwe Abdullah, who is the co-founder of the BLM Youth Vanguard, have racked up long records of anti-Semitic rants and fawning praise for Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan. Farrakhan, who has praised Hitler, recently called Jews "termites" and obsessively rails against Judaism and Jews | + | <blockquote>over the past several years both the BLM-L.A. head Melina Abdullah and her daughter Thandiwe Abdullah, who is the co-founder of the BLM Youth Vanguard, have racked up long records of anti-Semitic rants and fawning praise for Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan. Farrakhan, who has praised [[Hitler]], recently called Jews "termites" and obsessively rails against [[Judaism]] and Jews |
<ref>[https://www.worldtribune.com/kill-the-jews-columnist-calls-out-silence-of-elites-on-black-lives-matter/] 'Kill the Jews’: Columnist calls out silence of elites on Black Lives Matter. By World Tribune on July 10, 2020</ref>.</blockquote> | <ref>[https://www.worldtribune.com/kill-the-jews-columnist-calls-out-silence-of-elites-on-black-lives-matter/] 'Kill the Jews’: Columnist calls out silence of elites on Black Lives Matter. By World Tribune on July 10, 2020</ref>.</blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 01:15, June 7, 2021
Melina Abdullah is the Los Angeles co-founder and official head of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and a professor of pan-African studies at CalState.
She has officially cemented the relationship between BLM and the Nation of Islam and infamous Louis Farrakhan whom Anti-Defamation League identifies as the nation’s “leading anti-Semite."[1], Melina Abdullah said, “Minister Farrakhan was calling on folks not to spend their dollars with the white corporations that keep us oppressed, and so we partnered with the Nation and helped to amplify that call.”[2]
She has a hateful record of appearing at Farrakhan and Nation of Islam events and praising the [3] antisemitic hate group and its leader. [4]
When Facebook finally decided to remove Farrakhan over his hateful rhetoric toward Jews, the Black Lives Matter, she came to his defense. She is largely blamed for the June 1, 2020 BLM protest that became a pogrom, including racist targeting of synagogues, "Free Palestine" vandalism. [5]
Writer noted that:
over the past several years both the BLM-L.A. head Melina Abdullah and her daughter Thandiwe Abdullah, who is the co-founder of the BLM Youth Vanguard, have racked up long records of anti-Semitic rants and fawning praise for Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan. Farrakhan, who has praised Hitler, recently called Jews "termites" and obsessively rails against Judaism and Jews [6].
References
- ↑ The Nation of Islam, Anti-Defamation League.
- ↑ [1] BLM-L.A. leader and anti-Semitism, by Santa Barbara News-Press Letters July 19, 2020
- ↑ [2] Nation of Islam Leader Says Nipsey Hussle Was 'A Prophetic Voice', Aaron Schrank, April 11, 2019, LaIst
- ↑ [3] Farrakhan speaks on Trump – Clinton and Election 2016. By Charlene Muhammad, Contributing Writer , Los Angeles Sentinel, November 3, 2016
- ↑ [4][5] The LA Pogrom That No J Organization will Talk About. Los Angeles, CA, JP | June 9, 2020]
- ↑ [6] 'Kill the Jews’: Columnist calls out silence of elites on Black Lives Matter. By World Tribune on July 10, 2020