Last week, a “wall of moms” made a barrier around the rioters in Portland, OR, to protect them from law enforcement.
But now the rioters turned against the Wall of Moms because of allegations of “anti-Blackness.”
Nothin can satisfy these people.
The white leaders of Wall of Moms decided to step down from their roles and hand over the reins to “women of color.”
The new leaders “include Teressa Raiford, executive director of Don’t Shoot Portland, Demetria Hester and Danialle James.”
But now Don’t Shoot Portland wants people to stop supporting Wall of Moms.
From Oregon Live:
The Wednesday post alleges that Wall of Moms founder Bev Barnum filed for business registrations without consulting the newly instated Black leaders and that the safety of Black members at the nightly protests in downtown Portland was overlooked.The post said that issues of Black mothers’ safety have only come to light in the past 24 hours.Barnum appeared to file three business registrations on Tuesday including one that makes The Wall of Moms a 501c3 nonprofit. Don’t Shoot Portland interpreted the filings to mean that Wall of Moms goal was to get federal officers out of Portland — not to support Black Lives Matter, according to the Instagram post. The newly instated Black leaders were not told about the registrations, according to the post.“None of the Black leadership WOM claimed to implement knew about this,” the Wednesday post reads. “Combined with the lack of care for Black women, we were used to further the agenda unrelated to BLM.”
I don’t get how wanting to make your group a nonprofit meant that Barnum only supports forcing out the feds and not the BLM movement. She should have told the new leaders, but see that as the only problem.
The official Wall of Moms Twitter account claimed Barnum “went rogue” and a lot “of us do not agree with her decisions.”
Barnum explained in a private Wall of Moms Facebook group:
“The announcement of the 501c3 really hurt some of you,” she wrote. “That was never my intention. In fact, it was just the opposite. WOM will be led by a BIPOC board and BIPOC advisor committee. WOM is a group that supports BLM, not a BLM group. If that is not good enough for you, please feel free to leave this group. And if you currently volunteer your time, please feel free to leave your positions.”
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