Nothing Says Internet Popularity Like
Being linked to from a White Supremacist website. Happy Monday!
ETA: Wow, if you all could see my moderation queue right now.
This is the kind of thing that makes people leave the Internet. It really is. I went through a good chunk of my early life never encountering any blatant racism. I’m sure there was some, but my young, naiveté, and probably my parents shielded me from most of it. No one ever called me a Nigger, or said I couldn’t do something because I was black, or anything like that.
I got to wait until I was all grown up for things like that to happen.
But even still, I don’t think I ever encountered the kind of raw, ignorant, stupid, dangerous, and hurtful hate due specifically to my heritage and skin color until I started this blog. I have been called a Nigger 47 times today. TODAY. And it’s not fucking over yet.
This is the kind of thing that turns people militant.
This is the kind of thing that makes people scared for their well being.
This is the kind of thing that silences voices, and I cannot lay any blame on anyone who chooses silence in the face of this.
This is the kind of thing that makes me a FUCKING ANGRY BLACK WOMAN.
I am not only angry because you have the gall to come here calling me names and telling racist lies yet saying I am the hateful, racist one. I am angry because you don’t want anything but to see me hurt and silenced and shamed, and I will not be. I am angry because it is people like your dumb asses that give white people a bad name. I am angry because it’s due to people like you that we can’t move forward as a culture and a country on race relations. Because for every rational, well-educated and well-informed person who wishes not only to understand, but to make things right, there are 20 of you throwbacks trying to drag the conversation down and everyone into the 1930’s.
Fuck you. And fuck that.
This blog isn’t for you or about you. And if you’re pissed that I won’t let you air your opinions, I couldn’t give less of a care than I do right now. This is not your space, it’s mine. And no, I won’t be coming over there to “discuss” anything with you, because you don’t want a discussion.
You think MY blog is racist and hateful, people? Go visit Stormfront and learn what real hate and racism is like. And if you don’t find it completely objectionable over there, then don’t bother coming back. We do not want you.
You wanted to see me angry? THIS IS ME ANGRY.
Daughter of ETA: Two things. First, the blog is currently set so that folks who don’t have an approved comment go straight to moderation. (This is to keep me from having to delete the Stormfront assholes from the posts. As it is, I’m the only one seeing their messages.) However, this also means any messages of support aren’t showing up right away. Never fear, I will approve non-evil comments when I can. (Nora and Karynthia might, as well, if they happen to be online.)
Second, thank you to everyone coming by posting messages of support and solidarity. I will have to revise my ratio of allies to assholes, because so far there are at least as many messages from you as from them, and that’s only because they had a head start. You are all awesome and I cannot state strongly enough how much I appreciate your words.
It is quite unfortunate that racism is still so prevalent that a post such as this is still necessary and still rings true to a degree. Life is far too short and filled with far too many other obstacles to continually have racism in the forefront. Racism is unnecessary regardless of ones race. …from a fed-up Human-Being!!
I get people like that over the phone, minus the name calling. I had a real winner the other night while I was working, he started by telling me he was drunk, and proceeded to rail about how the ‘Spanish speakers’ are ruining the world.
I’m not allowed to tell them that my father is Hispanic, my supervisor told me it is rude to the caller.
Yeah, I think its fucked up too.
I randomly linked to this blog after seeing it on my Dashboard, and I just want to say that I’m truly saddened that there are the “throwbacks” in the world. Just know you have this woman’s support and I hope it helps!
I am a white man who is in a wheelchair so I am a minority, and I write a blog where I do at times discuss the issue of being a minority. And I want to tell you that what you said just now, kicked ass.
I’m so sorry that these hateful, ignorant assholes are invading your blog. I’ve only read your blog occasionally but I liked what I read. You shouldn’t be subjected to these verbal attacks.
ABW:
you are targeted because you threaten those cowards
they are ignorant: about race AND about life
isolationist, narrow-minded, soaked in anger because as the world marches on they cant keep up and THEY ARE LEFT BEHIND.
Someone needs to design a FAIL AT LIFE photo for The Fail Blog to commemorate this incident.
All that crappy energy stuck in moderation and deleted, phhhhhft. And they were trying to accomplish WHAT, exactly? Intimidate a total stranger? Um, yeah, right: Someone with a handle like Angry Black Woman really CARES what the PAID AGENT PROVACATEURS at False Front – – Excusemio, “Storm Front” – – might think of her. Even they’re not THAT stupid, they know they’d have better luck at Weepy Mouse Woman’s site. More likely they’re just trying to earn their paychecks by starting a flamewar that spills over to other sites.
OH well. Foiled by the Moderator again! FAIL!
Roll along boys you’ve failed to earn your paychecks AGAIN. You’ve failed to create your intended shitstorm; try hanging a few more nooses around town. OH WAIT – that didn’t work either! No riots! What kind of agent provacateurs ARE you, anyway? Bad ones apparently. How can we have martial law and a police state if guys like you can’t even incite a FLAME WAR, let alone a race riot?
Fail at provocateur-ing, fail at life. Figures. Couldn’t get a real job I suppose.
Here via Martha Wells at LiveJournal.
I don’t know you, but am standing here to give the finger to those subliterate, corner-pissing, racist imbeciles.
I’m from Oklahoma. I know their revolting ilk quite well. What other commenters have said is true: they are barking like chained dogs because they know they and their ignorant brethren are members of a dying breed.
My sympathies. Dying or not, it’s not dying fast enough.
It sucks that a willingness to be aggressively hateful can have such a distorted impact on the world, when it’s so obviously a sign of arrested development. Please don’t let those loud voices drown out the quieter reality, which is that ultimately, most people just want to live their lives and try to be good to one another.
We’re with you. Keep speaking your truths.
I just wanted to say that I’m very sorry that there are people who are a) stupid enough and b) feel self-righteous enough to think that that sort of vitriol is warranted, or excusable.
The important thing to remember is that for every 20 of these ‘throwbacks’ you have probably another 80 individuals that have been hurt by them, and who are willing to fight against them.
Also, as far as fear goes, likely most of them are obese tv-bots who have nothing better to do than manage a parasitic hate-filled website. Likely the anger you’re seeing in their comments is just the frustration garnered from the recognition of their own uselessness.
Keep rocking.
Just wanted to add another message of support for you from a white chick. Your outspokenness is an inspiration to me.
Keep fighting the good fight! You’re doing good, and don’t deserve this.
Saw your post from jaylake’s LJ. Don’t let the racist jerks get you down. They will all move into their bunkers in when Obama becomes president. ;)
Some days I’m embarrassed to be lumped into the same group as white people. Maybe I’ll just go with melatonin impaired instead.
Just want to add my voice to the “support and solidarity” group. I love reading your blog and (most of) the comments. It teaches me a lot about how to talk to other people about racism.
Just delurking to offer my support. Your words are important, and I’m grateful for your willingness to speak out.
These supremacists and their ilk are beneath contempt. Hang in there.
Jay Lake pointed me here.
Having dealt with fucktards recently, in the past, and now doubt in the future as well, I’m sorry to see them harrassing you.
Just remember to not let them get you down, but to your pissed off for good. ( If that makes sense. I’m home sick, so sorry if I’m not a 100% coherent).
You can add me to the list of support and solidarity.
I’ve enjoyed this blog for some time. The strong opinions and debate found here should not be silenced, by the chorus of jackasses whose intelligence keeps them from appreciating the discussion going on. Stay strong ABW!
you have my unwavering support abw.. i may not know what it is truly like over there however there are experiences shared..
knowledge is power…
know your enemy..
I’m sorry the asshole morons have fixated on you. Hopefully something new will distract them soon, like a shiny piece of tin foil or something. Yay for you for not letting them drive you away.
You want to hear something weird? The times I get the most anti-Semitic comments — not subtly antisemitic, but all-out-hateful “you stupid kike” antisemitic — is when I draw cartoons criticizing white racism. I’ve never gotten as much anti-Semitic hate mail as I did after this cartoon came out.
Oh, to everyone who says racism is a thing of the past….
But I do believe that there are more of us than there are of them. And they are getting older and will die off soon. ;)
(here via Jay Lake’s lj)
More support here, from the UK. I hate that you have to read their bile, but if you’re pissing the bigots off that much you must be doing *something* right! Stay angry, stay eloquent; your supporters vastly outnumber these racist idiots.
Jay Lake posted about this, and I thought I’d come over to let you know I support you. Voices like yours must not be silenced, we need to speak out against injustice and prejudice and hate.
I dunno about these thugs, but I’m a twenty-year-old white guy in upper New York who reads this blog daily. I’ve got nothing but support for you, and don’t let the jackasses get you down…I am deeply sorry that you have to deal with this kind of shit.
Just dropped in from another LJ to register support. These guys love to make noise and then drop back into the internet. They are vocal because they know they’re on the losing side of history. In a few generations, their particular brand of obscenity will be about as relevant as the Flat Earth Society.
Venom is venom but the white supremacy they advocate is already gravely wounded. That’s not to say that white supremacy won’t exist in other forms, but they themselves will be irrelevant to the struggles of the future.
They know this to be true. We know it to be true. All we’re doing now is sweeping up the broken glass and deciding where to put the trash.
Amandla!
(sends e-hugs)
I love the smell of pwned bigots in the morning…
I got here via an LJ link from Jay Lake. I don’t know you, but my partner was recently flamed on the internet although in a similar way (although not an issue with anywhere near the reach this issue has.) It’s painful even though the perps are so stupid. Maybe because they are.
At any rate, I’m with your right & your call to BLOCK THEM ALL. It’s your blog, it’s your country, and you are absolutely in the right on all fronts here.
I’m a mother of two biracial children and I thank you for getting angry and saying so and doing something about it in your sphere of influence.
I followed a link to get here, and just want to add my support along with everyone else’s. My grandmother had a saying–if everyone likes you, you’re doing it wrong. The fact that these assholes are coming over here in droves just goes to show that you’re doing something very, very right.
Thank you for not being silent.
Support from another corner! I am personally sorry that you are personally dealing with this.
God, this is awful.
Sympathy & solidarity!!
Got this link from Prometheus6, and I’m here to register some support for you. I don’t know why the racist trolls are trying to raise the blood pressure, but you hang in there. For all the positive you do, don’t let those folks get you down. The people who come to read you get you and those that respectfully disagree with you are as pissed as those of us who agree with you, because foul is foul.
Want me to help with moderation? I don’t know if I can technically do it, but (cracks knuckles) I would LOOOVE to kill these morons idiocy with a gleeful cackle.
I want to express my sympathy and support for you. I’ve been lurking for a while because I find your posts interesting but I’m my excessively shy even via the internet. But I can’t not post when something like this is happening. I’ve tried to come up with a fitting message of sympathy, encouragement, and hope, but everything I think of strikes me as inadequate.
I support you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart.
Long live ABW! Fuck Stormfront Losers!
I’m digging the fact that we’ve turned this strange situation into a party on the flabby backs of those flaccid morons. Thank you, white people, for giving us racist tools who give us an excuse to party!
ABW, I love what you blog about and that you don’t back down. Keep fighting the good fight, and fuck the haters.
is there a way to block their IP address?
How INFURIATING!!!! I’m sorry these asschapeaus are wasting your time and energy. This is YOUR space.
:) RBG
Just come over here via a link at Amptoons. I don’t know how to say ‘fuck those people’ strongly enough. Your website is awesome, and I’m very glad to have found it, though it’s unfortunate that it was as a result of such suckiness. Please keep it up.
Thank you for speaking! We need voices. Thank you for not being silenced. I’m not a comment leaver, but it’s important for you to know that you are not alone. There are more kind, loving people in the world than there are people like *them*
stay strong!
I am so sorry these coward assholes have made you a target… I hope they do not silence you.
Solidarity
Mary
This happened to me last summer, probably the same people. They picked up one of my blog posts as ‘news’ on their site, and we were off. I was scared initially, but when I finally figured out what their drill was (the scare and silence stuff) I got angry instead. What do they know about multiracial people and multiracial families? What do they know about POC? Nothing. And they weren’t going to threaten and scare me into silence. It also made me recheck all my security settings, and reconsider the information and photos I had online.
Your voice is so important. They have already succeeded in silencing so many others. Keep up the good work ABW, and know that there are many others walking and working alongside you, some of whom have been down this same ugly road.
Peace and Blessings,
Natasha
Hey – I’m new here, and I just wanted to offer support. Don’t let the racist pigs get you down!
ABW, I am thinking of you. When they get tired of this, they will still be inarticulate cowards, and you will still be a courageous woman who says what she thinks and can move the minds and hearts of others.
Eileen
I’m not a regular reader, but I did want to add my voice to the chorus of support. As a white person, I think that you’re right; it is shit like this that gives white people a bad name.
I’ve gotten some pretty nasty influxes of trolls calling me every misogynist name in the book, almost reducing me to tears and keeping me up at night. This honestly sounds much, much worse, and so I wish you well. If there’s anything that the rest of us in the blogging community can do, I hope you’ll let us know.
Hi ABW. It is awful to have one’s blog harrassed. Stay strong!
You are courageous. Go for it!
I’m sorry about the asshats. Stupid jerks.
THey are small and we are large. You impress me daily, ABW. Anything I can do to help, let me know.
You haters, go away. You’re boring and tedious. We’ve got a powerful awesome world to build and with people like ABW, it will happen!
on your side, ABW.
Don’t give up. The hateful insults you’re getting say more about the cowardice and insecurity of these so-called men than anything else.
I will be eternally grateful for the time you have taken to help my clueless white self. If you need anything you got it.
I read this blog everyday, but very rarely comment. But, I think it’s probably time for me to come out of lurking to say that I admire you very much, and admire that you’re not going to let this backward assholes push you into ~flouncing~.
It’s a bit ridiculous that they think that they can.
I’m sorry you’ve gotten such a response, but a fierce reaction like that just means that they recognize some truth and strength in your words.
…or maybe they are just militant trolls?
Anyways, I just found a link to your journal, read your “Thank you White People” post and comments, thought it was brilliant, and had to subscribe to your feed.
Here’s more love being sent your way! I love your blog. Stupidity only adds to the anger!
Here via Brownfemipower. I don’t have much to add to the positive comments already made upthread, but I do want to voice my support for you. As others have said, if you’re pissing those people off, you’re doing something right! Stay strong, stay loud, and don’t let the bastards grind you down!
THANK YOU ABW and the rest of this righteous and right-on blog community…THANK YOU for your ANGER, insight, courage, insistence and truth-telling. Thank you for your work in fighting cowardly ignorant racism that is a cancer plaguing this nation and world, one which we all must work to eradicate.
I have come out of lurkdom to voice my solidarity with you. I read this blog every day since I found it and mostly am here to be quiet and learn but I had to speak up today.
your friend and ally,
a *sigh* white female living in Amerikkka
Offering my support and positive vibes. Sorry you’ve had to deal with these assholes.
Oh lord that’s awful. I’m really sorry that stuff like that still happens today. I’m glad that you went through your formative years shielded from this shit, and I’m sorry that anyone at any age (or race) has to deal with it.
Given that I can’t stop people on the internet from being stupid (who, scarily enough, are also people in “real life”…), I wanted to send you my support.
Their dirty little secret is that there aren’t very many of them, but they are everywhere, and they make so much noise that we think they are legion.
You scare the bejeepers out of them, and bless you for doing it.
Fuck you, white supremacist asshats, YOU’RE the reason things are made more difficult for the rest of us white people.
ABW, you fucking rock. Few blogs have been as enlightening and thought provoking as yours. And while our backgrounds and life experiences may be completely different, I think I can safely say these assholes are our common enemy.
from one ABW to another, “Eff ’em gurl.” And I rolled my neck, too.
;o)
They’re just mad cuz they wanna be you.
You have my support, ABW.
Hoping the tide passes quickly.
*posts in solidarity ;o
Don’t let the assholes run you off, ABW. They’re bullies who have ALWAYS used their hate and violence to silence anyone who refuses to bow down to them, and they think they can get away with it on the internet, too. They wouldn’t be throwing these tantrums right now if you weren’t doing something right!
There are just as many of us who support you, even though we may only lurk here most of the time.
Good for you for standing up to them. I hope you inspire other people who have been the targets of attacks like this, and I also hope the bullies get bored and leave you alone sooner rather than later.
I had to add yet another comment of support, just because.
I read this blog. Daily. These children are nothing more than SCARED.
To the trolls that are reading – when you troll a person for their opinions, because of her race and her gender, nothing is more blatantly obvious than the fact that you’ve got a lot of growing up to do. Your white power numbers continue to dwindle. Scared? You should be. There is no place for scum like you boys in such a world.
I use the term boys because none of you are men. Actually being a man REQUIRES maturity.
So please, if it’s too hot for you here, there is always Antarctica. But I doubt that anything would want to tolerate you there, either.
Your racist threats fall on deaf ears. You want to get loud? We can, and we WILL get louder. You will fail each and every time in your message of hate and division, and you know what, it will be well deserved.
(linked here from Livejournal)
Just wanted to offer my support, don’t let those ignorant bastards get you down!
Constant reader, first time commenter here too. Think I’ll join the general de-lurking to say how grateful I am for bloggers like you.
I really appreciate your blog ABW and I’ve learned a great deal here. Thank you, thank you and please don’t let these scumbags silence you.
One voice among many saying that I love you and your voice!
God, I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this. But you’re absolutely right not to let them spam your blog, and I am so glad you are not letting their hatefulness shut you down.
I can assure you the hate you are receiving right now will be rendered powerless by the demonstrations of love and solidarity I see in these comments. This hate coming to you in the form of racist letters can only make you stronger. Stay strong and loud.
Thank you for your blog. The nutjobs don’t deserve to even read it.
Support, support, support!
I think you should post their comments, along with their names, e-mails and IP addresses.
Thanks to Eric Marin and Jay Lake for spreading the word, and MEGA-THANKS to you, ABW, for fighting the good fight. Your blog amuses, educates, and energizes me and so so many other readers. I know you will prevail over the mindless “stormtroopers.”
*raised fist*
Respect.
Stay strong. For every one shit-spewing racist douchebag that hates on you for the colour of your skin, there are hundreds of people who support you and applaud you. You have the right to be angry. You have the right to be heard. You have the right to protect yourself from their unrelenting, irrational, rabid hatred.
Go kick some bigoted ass.
Not so long ago, I held beliefs that now make me cringe. The change in my worldview came in part through reading work like yours. Your work is important, ABW, and much appreciated.
Bravo for not giving into their bullshit and refusing to be silenced!
Sometimes racism is the only thing social and mental rejects have to hold onto. Sob.
These people (and I use that term loosely) are actually butt-hurt about their comments not being published here? Don’t they already have a forum for their dumb hatred? As if there’s anything to debate … just shows how staggeringly brilliant they aren’t.
It’s very sad when you realize how miserable and cold-hearted some people (again, I use that term loosely)are.
Gross.
*Raises fist in solidarity*
P.S. Ana Thema: Love your name.
At least they’re spending their time writing blog comments that are instantly deleted instead of whatever more damaging thing they might do with their time and insanity.
Getting bullshit generally means you’ve done something worth getting bullshit about. Keep up the good work, ABW!
ABW, not only are you my brain crush, but also my my role model. I’ve learned more about how to be a good ally from you than from anyone else. We need more people with your strength to fight these fucktards, and you’ve inspired me to do so in any way I can.
*hugs*
If those are the peope pissed off at you, you’re obviously doing right. How can I help?
Well done, being on the wrong side of Stormfront is a sign you’re having a positive effect on the world.
Thanks for writing, you’re very informative.
RickB alerted to what’s going on in here.
In my opinion, people who come out with racist attacks are certified losers! Self respecting people do not take pleasure of bashing others inferior!
But I also think if you have managed to gather so many hateful visitors, it means you are touching their raw nerve; and saying a truth that rubs them in the wrong way, and that can only be a compliment to what you are doing!
why get angry at bigots? Anger’s to be saved for those who dress their hatred in politically correct attire, the likes of BillyHilly Clintons for example!! Their racism is FAR more devastating than the deprived white supremacist that dares not have a face or a voice in public, as he knows his blunt misery will discredit him right off!
i’m so glad that those jerks won’t win and make this blog stop. i’ve learnt a lot from your writing, and sometimes when i’m talking to people and trying to explain things to them, i just have to point them to posts in this blog, because you say things so on point.
been a lot of hate lately coming from certain ignorant people, and it can feel pretty helpless on the bad side of that. there are many more of us with you though!
Offering more support here. I must start commenting more often.
I’m a white guy from freakin’ Idaho, and as long as I’ve been reading your blog, I don’t think I’ve seen you say a single thing I didn’t agree with or at least respect.
Cheers.
Oh charming. Yeah, this is the sort of thing that really wakes you up to the fucked side of the Internet, I’m really sorry. Hey, go back to your tinfoil compound, you hateful losers, no one’s fucking interested.
delurking to say…stay strong. thank you for all you write.
“I think you should post their comments, along with their names, e-mails and IP addresses.”
Indeed… pull a Cho on ’em… let’s see how “proud” they truly are of their filth.
http://www.margaretcho.com/attacks_from_the_right.htm
And ya’ll know normal white people want absolutely nothing to do with your ilk, right Stormfronters? That’s gotta sting.
I just want to add one more to the “cheering you on” section. Stay strong, ABW! Thanks for a great blog! I hope this anger inspires you to write and blog even more.
Bravo, AWB and Nora and Karynthia!!! I have loved your blog for years, though I only started commenting within the last one. You were my entre into the Women of Color blogs (which massively rule and are fantastic and wonderful) on the net, something I will always be grateful for. I love the articles you guys write because I always learn so much.
Stay strong!!! And I’m sorry assholes of the same ancestry as mine are such assholes. 8(
another de-lurker, you are amazing and stay strong. hate really is a cancer, and it will eat them up before you.
Just in awe of all the love being shown here!
**feeling warm and fuzzy! ^_^
You probably know this, but it never hurts to hear it – you’ve got my admiration and my full support, as always, ABW.
You’re awesome. Fuck them.
I’m appalled to hear that this is happening to you. Though this is my first time visiting your blog and reading your words, I really feel for you — just to reiterate the near-two hundred comments above.
Don’t let the haters get you down; they have nothing valuable between their ears anyway.