One of my earlier products, while fiddling with new words for the acronym, BLM, was Black Liberal Mafia. There have been several iterations since (Black Lying Marxists, for example). But the first may prove prescient. In Kentucky, BLM is demanding protection money from local businesses.
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The demands are onerous, invasive, and ludicrous. They include everything from hiring quotas to training mandates to displaying a letter supporting reparations for black people to—perhaps most outrageous of all—paying a “recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization.”
They were kind enough to provide a list.
- Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
- Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
- Require diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a bi-annual basis;
- And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.
If you refuse to comply you might “might be “f*cked with.”
While some area businesses have reportedly caved to the bullying demands, Fernando Martinez, a partner in a restaurant group, referred to the demands and alleged threats if he failed to comply as “mafia tactics.”
Fernando is a successful immigrant business owner (see also, a person of color) but that doesn’t matter to the Black Liberal Mafia. Extortion, intimidation, protection money.
https://twitter.com/jeffmhsmith/status/1290025773164834816
The Cuban community is rallying around the restaurant owner but BLM continues to push for compliance.
No reports on what if anything local or federal law enforcement will do but someone needs to step in and respond. BLM has become the new KKK and even people of color are not safe.
