BLM co-founder slams Taylor Swift fans as ‘racists’ and Travis Kelce-led Chiefs winning the Super Bowl was a ‘right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy’
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Los Angeles labeled Taylor Swift fans “racists” and called the Super Bowl victory in Kansas City a “right-wing, white supremacist conspiracy” in a series of social media posts.
Melina Abdullah, 51, a professor of Pan-African studies at Cal State University in Los Angeles, took to X, formerly Twitter, to express her thoughts on the pop singer and her gym boyfriend over the course of two weeks.
“Why do I feel like it’s a little racist to be a Taylor Swift fan?” Abdullah wrote on February 11, the day of the Super Bowl.
“I said FEEL, not think,” she continued when another user asked her to elaborate. “Kinda that feeling I get when there are too many American flags.”
Hours later, after the Kansas City Chiefs were declared the winners, Abdullah wrote, “Why do I feel like this was a right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy?!?! Booooo!!!!’
Melina Abdullah labeled Taylor Swift fans “racists” and referred to Kansas City’s Super Bowl victory as a “right-wing white supremacist conspiracy” in a series of social media posts
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles chapter doubled down on her position, stating: ‘Pretty much everything is racist’
Abdullah branded Swifties ‘full-fledged violent white delusions’ after receiving a hateful voice message
As her posts caught the attention of other users, Abdullah doubled down on her stance. “People think they’re attacking me by asking why I think everything is racist… I’m not offended,” she wrote. “Almost everything is racist.”
In response to a commenter, the lawyer clarified: “And I have also decided to work with all my might and in a community of committed people to fight racism and oppression.”
On February 23, Abdullah returned to social media to post a voice message from a man who labeled her “a joke,” “ignorant” and “what is wrong with this country.”
“How dare you throw away the racist ideas you throw out every day?” shouted the man, who identified himself as Ethan George of Texas, before proclaiming that he wished she would “die.”
“If this is what a tweet about Taylor Swift fans being ‘slightly racist’ brings up, I’ll edit myself…Y’all are full-fledged violent white delusions,” Abdullah wrote.
The 51-year-old is also co-director of BLM advocacy group Black Lives Matter Grassroots.
She sued the Los Angeles Police Department in 2020 after they did so descended on her home during a reported swatting incident.
On August 19, 2020, the LAPD received a 911 call from someone claiming to have been holding people hostage at Abdullah’s home in Crenshaw.
The mother of three labeled the Super Bowl results a ‘right-wing, white supremacist conspiracy’
The activist compared her suspicion to “that feeling I get when there are too many American flags hanging.”
The 51-year-old sued the Los Angeles Police Department in 2020 after they raided her home during a reported swatting incident, accusing them of “retaliation” for her efforts to promote her interests.
In court documents filed in California Superior Court, the mother of three said she feared LAPD SWAT officers would fire their weapons at her home and hurt her children.
She accused the LAPD of failing to contact her beforehand despite giving her that contact information, and claimed the department organized the incident as ‘retaliation’ for her activism.
She added that police did not really believe the claims of an ongoing hostage situation.
As evidence, Abdullah cited an example where police had their guard, who the officer did not know, go through a perimeter and enter the house as they walked around it.
Two neighbors were also allowed to enter the house to check on her and walk next to her as she walked outside to talk to officers, the lawsuit alleged.
Abdullah viewed the response as “an attempt to quash the protest, to brand me as someone who has been very visible and vocal in protesting the LAPD.”
She was beaten twice more after the trial was announced.
In a separate legal battle, Abdullah and BLM accused Grassroots Black Lives Matters Global Network Foundation Inc. of collecting donations from the work of city chapters and then disregarding activists in decision-making.
BLM Grassroots consists of twenty BLM chapters across the country, which argued that they were entitled to tens of millions of dollars from the national foundation.
However, that case was dismissed last year by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge after activists were unable to prove that it was entitled to the money, among other unsubstantiated claims.
Abdullah said the group was “stunned and dismayed” by the court’s dismissal order.
“As always, the work of Black Lives Matter will continue regardless of the court’s ruling,” she promised in a statement.