I’m tired of responding to DMs about black panthers storming the White House in 1967.
The two groups employed different tactics, fought for different causes and -- predictably -- elicited different reactions in vastly different places and times. But the 1967 incident serves as one example of the way Americans tend to respond to black protest -- which some say is always likely to be different from the way Americans react when it's white people doing the protesting.
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Among other things, the Black Panthers' agenda involved taking up arms and patrolling their communities to protect against rampant racism in policing. And that's what they did in the first few months of the party's existence, carrying guns openly in compliance with California law, driving around their neighborhoods, observing arrests and other law enforcement activity -- effectively policing the police. Newton was even known for packing a law book alongside his rifle that he'd recite from when informing an officer that a civilian's rights were being violated.
The patrols weren't meant to encourage violence. The Panthers were committed to using force only if it was used against them, and at first, their mere presence appeared to be working as a check on abusive policing. But the Panthers' willful assertion of their rights -- like the day Newton reportedly stood up to a cop in front of a crowd of black onlookers -- was unacceptable to white authority figures who'd come to expect complete deference from black communities, and who were happy to use fear and force to extract it.
Thank you, Huffpost. There’s clearly a difference between the two groups
edit, for people who still don’t understand : Proud boys and Black Panthers ARE NOT THE SAME GROUP. Stop lumping them together...one is racist and the other was to PROTECT us from racism. Black Panthers had a reason to protest, and even though they were allowed in the Capitol, met with extreme opposition and hostility across the country (think, this is 1967!).
White dudes can storm the Capitol and no cops come, no one bats an eye. White dude blows up a city, no one bats an eye. White dude shoots black people IN CHURCH, no one bats an eye. Groups of white folks destroy black Wall Street, no one bats an eye.
...Black Panthers stand against racism, are casted as domestic terrorists. Black folks protest against racism, are shot with rubber bullets, blinded, soaked in tear gas. Black folks register to vote, Republicans try to disenfranchise them (...yet we prevailed). That’s the fucking difference you morons
edit, again: "BuT a wHiTe gIrL gOt ShOt!" One?? White girl?? Got shot?? How many black folks got shot by cops for protesting?? For driving?? For playing?? For eating?? For living?? But y'all want to use a technicality to try to remove the credibility from this post?? Fuck off
jamesfigueroa01 on January 6th, 2021 at 20:47 UTC »
Shit you can’t even take a knee bruh
lcqs on January 6th, 2021 at 20:54 UTC »
Carrying a confederate flag into the capital sounds like an act of war not to be too dramatic
UnivStudent2 on January 6th, 2021 at 21:05 UTC »
I’m tired of responding to DMs about black panthers storming the White House in 1967.
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Thank you, Huffpost. There’s clearly a difference between the two groups
edit, for people who still don’t understand : Proud boys and Black Panthers ARE NOT THE SAME GROUP. Stop lumping them together...one is racist and the other was to PROTECT us from racism. Black Panthers had a reason to protest, and even though they were allowed in the Capitol, met with extreme opposition and hostility across the country (think, this is 1967!).
White dudes can storm the Capitol and no cops come, no one bats an eye. White dude blows up a city, no one bats an eye. White dude shoots black people IN CHURCH, no one bats an eye. Groups of white folks destroy black Wall Street, no one bats an eye.
...Black Panthers stand against racism, are casted as domestic terrorists. Black folks protest against racism, are shot with rubber bullets, blinded, soaked in tear gas. Black folks register to vote, Republicans try to disenfranchise them (...yet we prevailed). That’s the fucking difference you morons
edit, again: "BuT a wHiTe gIrL gOt ShOt!" One?? White girl?? Got shot?? How many black folks got shot by cops for protesting?? For driving?? For playing?? For eating?? For living?? But y'all want to use a technicality to try to remove the credibility from this post?? Fuck off