Sen. Cory Booker reminded a lot of people at the Democratic National Convention Monday night of Barack Obama circa 2004. He was one of the few speakers to show genuine enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton and preached a message of unity to a deeply divided audience, quoting a favorite African saying: “If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together.”
Up on Broad and Diamond for the Black Resistance March on the DNC. #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/uGY4hd40YH
— Aubrey Whelan (@aubreyjwhelan) July 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/GalloVOA/status/758006857554399233
Members of Tuesday’s Black Resistance March in Philadelphia didn’t go fast, but they did go together — at least until an organizer of the protest ordered media covering the demonstration to rearrange themselves by race.
"White media get to the back. Black media, come to the front," organizer of "Black DNC Resistance March" demands. pic.twitter.com/uqW5vwEWSn
— Shaquille Brewster (@shaqbrewster) July 26, 2016
Black resistance March organizer telling all white people to move to the back, including media #DNCinPHL pic.twitter.com/ompm7kQArU
— Cassandra Fairbanks ?✌️ (@CassandraRules) July 26, 2016
Social Justice Warriors eventually eat their own. https://t.co/ALjUFZ1RVn
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) July 26, 2016
Black Lives Matter protesters in Boston drew up a helpful list of white people’s roles and responsibilities a couple of years back, and those rules seem to remain in effect, including guidance to follow the direction of black leadership.
For what it’s worth, whites aren’t always sent to the back of the march; at demonstrations in Boston in 2014, white allies were ordered to the front lines to do their part when arrests began:
Boston Globe reporting those arrested were mostly not from Boston and were college students. Yes.
— this is erotic fan fiction about my life (@YoNoMePeino) November 26, 2014
because we asked the white allies to stand on the front line, as protection for the rest of the March and to push the police back.
— this is erotic fan fiction about my life (@YoNoMePeino) November 26, 2014
Democracy Spring, who staged the sit-in yesterday blocking the delegates’ entrance to the convention hall before spilling over a tiny border wall that just got higher, were happy to make way for the Black Resistance March.
We're honored to have a media spotlight on us and the democracy movement. Today we redirect that spotlight to the movement for black lives.
— Democracy Spring (@DemSpring) July 26, 2016
This is why today, rather than staging an action of our own, we intend to stand behind (literally) the Black DNC Resistance March.
— Democracy Spring (@DemSpring) July 26, 2016
That’s a convenient excuse to skip protesting for a day to catch the epic “Bernstock” music festival.
"Bernstock" people at Black Resistance March pic.twitter.com/DrtNy6E9Bq
— Things Imagined (@Taylor__Hosking) July 26, 2016
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