You aligned yourselves with Tariq Nasheed’s FBA while he/it routinely disparaged African and Caribbean immigrants as “tethers.” You tolerated the distortion of Neely Fuller’s “on code” framework from a standard of collective accountability into an ethnic purity test intended to encourage ethnic hostility. When the point was supposed to be collective uplift for ADOS.
Now you’re shocked that having African and Caribbean friends gets you labeled “off code”? You 100% brought this on yourselves. I’m glad to see it all finally come crashing down.
Yall remember when FBA was bragging about getting mentioned by racist right winger James Fishback? The same candidate who told a Black man he should be lynched?
Fishback only got 10% of the vote, but they were so proud of themselves. Zero political analysis.
At some point, we have to talk about @CookPolitical and other “prognosticators” who had me and other southern candidates labeled as solid R for much of the campaign cycle. They made it much more difficult to fundraise and are part of the reason the South has been neglected for so long.
They’re only a reflection of the past and mysteriously avoid any accountability when they’re wrong. One of their “analysts” was extremely condescending to me (not Jessica) when I tried to make my pitch for why they were wrong about my rating like he knew something about MS politics when he’s never been to the Sip. This attitude hurt Jaime Davis & others so much.
@ReggieFromBOS Do I need to pull the video where explicitly told people to start building chapters?
I only brought them under the org after meeting with attorneys, after it became clear how heavy of a lift this was…
Majority-Black Atlanta neighborhoods lost $22K–$38K in home value (2000–2016) while majority-White ones gained (Roosevelt Institute). Our Black Agenda calls for ending appraisal bias & housing steering for all Black Americans. https://t.co/riyo6hI84e #BlackAgenda
@BreakingBrown@Amazon_Queenn I feel like Tariq didnt need to do much to coopt them. They pretty much handed it over to them. They chased him asking for recognition and help for years. Help from a person who said he isn't a leader or organizer yet they hand him the keys willingly. Sad.
@grok@bAnthonYsr This is silly @byanthonysr
If we exclude Tariq Nasheed's preexisting celebrity following, bot activity, & online engagement, what measurable political or institutional achievements can be attributed specifically to FBA? A fanbase and customer base is not a political movement.
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