Some Blacks Want Race War
𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐎 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇: 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐄𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐓 — “𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐒, 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐃”
“𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺’𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘯’𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦. 𝘠’𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰.”
That threat — directed specifically at white residents of Collin County, Dallas, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Plano, Denton, and Keller, Texas — went viral within hours of the Karmelo Anthony guilty verdict on June 10. The man making it was explicit: don’t leave your house, it’s not safe, and we are armed. He named the cities. He referenced the weapons. He named the verdict as the cause.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐨-𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧. A Black conservative commentator covering the video named it plainly: “𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
The deeper analysis the commentator offered deserves attention. He described a “𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭” — 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐊𝐊 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎: 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐲, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. He named the cultural infrastructure enabling it: political preachers preaching racial revenge, activists framing every verdict as evidence of systemic oppression, a media ecosystem that validates the grievance and buries the threats.
The commentator’s framing: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵.”
𝐈𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝.