“The next wave of young people running out here, who are complaining and protesting about the murders of young black men and women by the police all over the country, they will protest but they will not rise up in an organized fashion, with an agenda, to create revolutionary change… We advocated community self-defense organizations to be formed, so that we would not be assaulted by the police, so that we would bear arms and assume our human rights.”

These were harsh words from Elaine Brown, a former Black Panther, regarding the Black Lives Matter movement.

She basically said she has no idea what they do an went even further accusing the movement of having ‘plantation mentality’.

Rejecting the idea that the movement is building on the legacy of the civil rights movement and groups like the Black Panthers, she said:

“This to me is a plantation mentality,” and “It smacks of ‘master, if you would just treat me right.’ And it has nothing to do with self-determination, empowerment and a sense of justice, or anything else.

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And regarding the BLM’s meeting with Hilary Clinton, she said:

“I was ashamed of them for asking that racist warmonger what she thought of black people.”

Well, these are very harsh words from a woman that commands respect! And, seriously, even if you stand with BLM whole heartedly her plantation remarks are sure to leave a burn and a shred of doubt over some of the protest actions.

What do you think?

Elaine’s comments came from an article in Spiked Online that you must read! The article where Elaine discusses the degradation of black liberation can be read here.