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Black activists to violate youth curfew in protest, charging racism
Activist organizations are planning to violate the youth curfew on Center City put into place by Mayor Michael Nutter in response to recent "flash mob" attacks on pedestrians, alleging that it is discriminatory and racist.
Black activists to violate youth curfew in protest, charging racism
This Saturday, activist organizations are planning to violate the youth curfew on Center City put into place by Mayor Michael Nutter in response to recent "flash mob" attacks on pedestrians. According to a Facebook page, people will gather at Broad and South Streets to challenge the curfew, alleging that it is discriminatory and racist.
The "community walk" is being organized by Philadelphia Coalition of the Heart (PCOH), Black is Back Coalition (BIBC), Hip Hop Party for the People (HHPP), and Beats, Rhymes, and Life (BRL):
"We call upon the City Government to immediately lift this discriminatory and unproductive curfew and join us and the masses of people in creating real economic development and opportunities, quality schools, productive recreational activities, and safe spaces for our youth to express themselves freely and without judgement[sic]."
The Facebook announcement, which appears to have been created on Wednesday, has 43 people attending so far. The document's "Principles of Unity" have a black nationalist flavor, though Philly's highest-profile black radical group, International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, is not mentioned. Their candidate for mayor Diop Olugbala has been an outspoken critic of Nutter and the curfew.
Point #9: We reject the government and media criminalization of the resistance and creativity of Black youth and their labeling of them as “flash mobs”.
Point #10: We demand an end to the U.S. and Europe’s war on Africa and Black people in Philadelphia, London, Congo, Haiti and anywhere else in the world where Black people are.
Point #11: We declare that Michael Nutter and forces like him do not represent the best interests of the Black community in Philadelphia or anywhere in the world. They represent white power in Black face.
Point #12: We call on white people to stand in principled solidarity with the demands of this document.
Inquirer reports that Olugbala will be protesting.(http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/roundhouse/Down-with-curfew-says-mayoral-candidate-.html)— daniel.denvir- Uumm, I'm not as knowledgeable about the flash mob happenings as I'd like to be, but I'm not understanding how this is racially motivated. Were the flash mobs made up of all ethnicities in Philadelphia or mainly black kids?— dctophilly
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