Posted on 11/20/2015 11:05:02 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Stickers emblazoned with “White Lives Matter†have been popping up around Georgia State’s campus for the past month, and the people behind them are currently unknown.
For Georgia State students who remember the White Student Union controversy back in 2013, Patrick Sharp is an easy scapegoat. Sharp, however, refuted this claim, but does say that many people have approached him about the stickers, many of whom could have been the creator.
“Many, if not most white students are tired of racial double standards but don’t want to have lunatics coming after them, as I have. So I don’t know who did it exactly. It could have been any number of people,†he said.
Still, Sharp defended the stickers and said the message behind them is that white people shouldn’t be attacked based on being white. He said white people are not “uniquely evil.â€
When asked how these stickers should be dealt with, Sharp said they should be left alone.
“Georgia State should do nothing. It’s not the school’s business to tell people what they can say and think. If people want the school to tell them what they should say and think, they are probably a little too delicate to be attending college to begin with,†he said.
Shakira Thomas, Georgia State freshman and biology major, also said the stickers should not be considered offensive, because they are not a threat. She said they have the same message as “Black Lives Matter†or “All Lives Matter.â€
“I think it’s supposed to mean that white people want to direct attention to injustices and inequalities that they face, just like police brutality within the black lives matter movement,†she said.
Tori Franklin, Georgia State sophomore and nutrition major, never noticed the actual stickers, just the flyers for anti-racist demonstrations. She said she felt the message behind the stickers could have been a genuine call for attention to white issues, but they probably came out of ignorance.
“I feel like it’s maybe not coming from a place of ‘we’re more important; you’re more important.’ I feel like it’s coming from a place of ignorance like they don’t understand what it’s like to be a minority. They try to say ‘well I have problems too’, but it’s not the same thing.â€
An anti-racism rally was held by the Progressive Student Alliance, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and The International Socialist Organization on Tuesday, Nov. 10th, in response to the stickers. The rally attracted an array of people, some of whom shared speeches or stories about their experiences.
Julia White, a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, said she feels the stickers support a white supremacist agenda.
“It just means that black lives are useless, they don’t mean anything, so that’s why we’re out here, like, reminding everybody that black lives do matter and that we’re not going to tolerate white supremacy on this campus,†she said.
The main speaker at the anti-racist rally and Chairperson for the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Seyoum Bey said the coalition of the three organizations found over 70 stickers. These stickers are “white lives matter stickers†as well as stickers depicting the celtic cross and “good night left side.â€
Bey believes that these stickers will lead to larger demonstrations of similar sentiments if they are not dealt with.
“Any form of white supremacy, any form of any type of organizing will eventually grow if it’s not nipped in the bud at the beginning,†he said.
Bey also discussed a meeting held by the Black Student Alliance that was “infiltrated†by white supremacists who claimed that black people have not made any relevant contributions to history.
Bey met with the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Darryl Holloman, in hopes of having Georgia State’s support in removing the stickers, but it didn’t go as he’d hoped.
“After speaking with him, his position was that this is a public campus, and at a public campus, at a public university, we cannot infringe on people’s’ ideologies, despite it promoting white supremacy. He said it wouldn’t be fair if Patrick Sharp came up to him and said ‘The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is saying things I don’t like so can you do something about it?’†Bey said.
“So by not acknowledging this issue, we feel like the university is engaging in hypocrisy and they’re perpetuating the same notions that white dominated societies perpetuates about black people just in general.â€
The Black Lives Matter movement was created by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in 2013 as a response to violence against black people, according to USA Today. However, some people have felt excluded and/or threatened by this message.
A Facebook page by the name of White Lives Matter uses its platform to bring attention to issues affecting white people, such as black-on-white crime. They argue that white people are the most discriminated against because of their skin color, and their hardships are ignored in favor of people of color, particularly black people.
According to BBC, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly called the Black Lives Matter movement a “hate group†and believes the movement supports the killing of police officers.
Many people have spoken out in attempts to share their interpretation of the Black Lives Matter movement, including President Obama, who was quoted on PBS.
“I think everybody understands all lives matter,†Obama said. “I think the reason that the organizers used the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ was not because they were suggesting nobody else’s lives matter. Rather, what they were suggesting was there is a specific problem that’s happening in the African-American community that’s not happening in other communities.â€
For now, white lives matter stickers will continue to be posted around campus, and anti-racist demonstrations will continue to be held in response to them.
“Why shouldn’t there be a “whites only†safe space at colleges”
Those have been outlawed in America by the 1965 Civil Rights Act, which allows discrimination against whites by your government. Or anyone else for that matter. Enjoy!
I’m sure he knows “white lives matter” since so many blacks have every need attended to by mainly white taxpayers. He just resents it; he knows if he lived in a black country he’d probably be in National Geographic with flies all over his face.
Fine. Then it outlaws black safe spaces too. Failure to do so violates the equal protection clause in the 14th Amendment.
Todays Jim Morrison moment brought to you by Zeneta and Noumenon.
“Keep your eyes on the road”
These campus lefties are a too easy target. It is soooo easy to get their little panties in a twist. I think “white lives matter” is brilliant if even only for its ability to get the campus Maoists in a tizzy.
“Fine. Then it outlaws black safe spaces too.”
Oh no, no, no, no.., you are ignoring the fine print; the unwritten rule enforced by the Democratic Left, the Big Media, and their GOPe collaborators.
Racial minorities and 3rd world immigrants are allowed to do anything they want, especially if it adds to the destruction of the despised white American natives. “Equal protection” are just words that don’t count. Ask Pharaoh Obama if you don’t believe it.
#WhiteLivesMatter
“The future’s uncertain and the end is always near”
LOL!
Yea, yea, but where can we order some of these stickers?
Amazon has t-shirts.
Yes, I take your point. That's I why I advocate a new generation of protesters applying the Alinsky tactics to aggressively and relentlessly fight the tyranny of fascist minority racism.
All it would take is for enough white people to quit cowering and stand up for their rights.
Yea, yea, but where can we order some of these stickers?
OK, OK.
So we order a bunch of “Pure White” stickers. White letters on the white background. Who could be offended? 8<)
Could be another false flag op from the Black Lies Matter racists.
It’s a one-way street.
If there were such a place, it would end up looking like a country club!
Seriously, any establishment dominated by whites (or simply popular among whites) seems to drive these people crazy. They seem to view it as a white conspiracy. As if we all were despising the riffraff & secretly plotting against them.
Someone black is entitled to a space of his/her own, but if I socialize with people who happen to be all white, or if I simply want to be alone, I am labeled racist or morally deficient.
This reminds me of a time I came home & found my roommate there with friends of hers. I said "hi," then went to my room to do some work. The roommate entered my room & kept insisting that I sit with her friends.
"But I need a quiet place to work," I answered. "I have papers & things to look over."
"We'll make a space for you," she said.
After much arguing, I lost my temper & asked her to leave me alone. Why was it so important that I can't stay in my room?
"Because the last person who lived with me stayed in her room also," the roommate replied. "She didn't want to be around me."
With these BLM people, I feel like shaking them & asking, "What do you want? What do you want? Do you want me to like you? Coddle you? Why are you so obsessed with me?"
Deep down they must still feel very inadequate -- & they know it. They still fear rejection. The worst thing is to ignore them. Unless we are groveling before them or giving them warm fuzzies, they can't heal.
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