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Right-wing media outlets including Breitbart, TheBlaze and Drudge Reportspent the last two days postingaboutBlack Lives Matter Philly, saying the groups black-only April meeting discriminates against white people.

But the organization, which has designated black-centered spaces since its inception in 2015, is defending the practice and asking critics to check their civil rights history.

Black-centered spaces provide black people with the opportunity to come together to strategize, organize and heal in fellowship without the fear of violence and co-optation, said L. Williams, a BLM Philly member who requested Billy Penn not publish her first name for safety purposes.

Earlier this week, Black Lives Matter Philly an affiliate of the national Black Lives Matter organization advertised its April 15 open meeting, noting this is a black only space.When someone tweeted at the organization Monday morning regarding the policy, they pointed out that Malcolm X took our same stance and replied that anyone who identifies as a person of the African Diaspora was welcome to attend. If not, you can support us in other ways.

By Monday afternoon, The Daily Caller published an article titled Black Lives Matter Philly Bans White People From Its Meetingsand Breitbart wrote white people banned from Black Lives Matter meetings in Philadelphia.Later that day, Drudge Report tweeted out the Daily Caller article to its more than 1.1 million Twitter followers. The Blazealso published an article about it Tuesday.

This morning, Black Lives Matter Philly released a lengthy statement about the backlash, writing We are unapologetically Black and believe having Black only spaces where Black people can come together to strategize, organize, heal and fellowship without the threat of violence and co-optation is an important part of Black liberation.

The organization wrote that the idea of black-only spaces is associated with the teachings of Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Marcus Garvey and other black leaders. The teachings, they wrote, saythat we, Black people, are in the best position to define and create our own plan and path towards freedom and liberation based upon our own unique experiences as Black people in the United States.

They continued:

BLM Philly isnt the first or the only membership organization to restrict access to certain spaces based on a variety of criteria. There are religious ceremonies and events that people cannot attend unless they are a member of that faith.There is a huge difference between a systematic denial of a persons access to public spaces such as restaurants, hotels, schools and hospitals simply based on their skin color, and saying that a meeting is a Black-centered space. Trying to compare legal segregation and structural racism to lack of access to our meetings is a false dichotomy and the epitome of privilege.

Williams said Black Lives Matter Philly has routinely held meetings considered black-centered spaces, but this is the first time theyve dealt with widespread backlash.She said the grouproutinely directs others toward other organizations they can get involved with, including the Philly chapter of Standing Up for Racial Justice, a national organization that aims to mobilize white people for racial justice, POWER, Philly for REAL Justice and other groups in the city.

She said despite the relentless online attacks, Black Lives Matter Philly remains dedicated to hosting events with black-centered spaces.

Its been tiring, Williams said. Were trying to actively work to end white supremacy and racism, and our entire last 36 hours we have spent having to defend our position.

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According to The College Fix, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) contingent at UCLA Wednesday shouted down the author of the book The War on Cops.

Heather Mac Donalds lecture at the university descended into chaos as BLM students said she had no right to speak, and shouted black lives matter, America was never great, and bullshit.

Mac Donald is a Manhattan Institute scholar. The universitys Bruin Republicans invited her to speak on Blue Lives Matter and her 2016 book. The tense crowd allowed her to speak for the first half of her speech with a minimum of chants, expletives and insults.

But when she opened the floor to questions, she was yelled at by a group of BLM supporters who gathered at the front of the room and shouted black lives: they matter here, in succession.

After tiring of that mantra, the group continued to wave placards and make gestures at Mac Donald. When a student organizer pleaded for quiet, the BLM supporters began their America was never great! chorus.

Mac Donald waited patiently until the protest subsided and attempted to receive questions from the crowd. A black female quickly asked her if black victims killed by cops mattered.

Yes, Mac Donald replied. And do black children that are killed by other blacks matter to you?

Her answer prompted a fit of apoplexy from the BLM contingent as they gasped, moaned, snapped their fingers and shouted at Mac Donald.

Of course I care, and do you know what? Mac Donald continued. There is no government agency more dedicated to the proposition that black lives matter than the police.

That statement was like pouring gasoline on the BLM flames as Mac Donalds opponents began yelling bullshit!

Unflinching, Mac Donald recited facts: The crime drop of the last 20 years that came to a screeching halt in August 2014 has saved tens of thousands of minority lives. Because cops went to those neighborhoods and they got the dealers off the street and they got the gang-bangers off the street.

She continued to talk questions despite continual interruptions from BLM, including some members who kept reciting I dont trust your numbers, told Mac Donald she had no right to speak, and asked her what about white terrorism?

Mac Donald did not pretend that police enforcement was perfect and without any racial issues but she said it was rectifying those deficiencies. But I have not heard an answer for what we do with the 4,300 people who were killed in Chicago, or were shot last year in Chicago.

The evening ended on a threatening note. As she was preparing to leave, a man in the audience inquired, Have you called the cops? Campus security did arrive to escort the author away from the university.

In an email Thursday to The College Fix, Mac Donald wrote, I made the argument that there is no government agency more dedicated to the proposition than the police and that policing today is data-driven and a function of crime. Police officers are in inner city high crime areas in order to save lives. But when they back off of proactive policing under the false Black Lives Matter narrative, innocent black lives are lost to the resulting rise in violent crime.

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Social media users have slammed a Muslim teenactivist who was accepted into Stanford University after writing Black Lives Matter 100 times in his application, with some saying a black applicant wouldnt have been accepted.

On Monday, Mic.com published an article aboutZiad Ahmed, a Muslim teenager who replied to a question What matters to you, and why? on his college application by writingBlack Lives Matter exactly 100 times.

Ahmed wasaccepted into the university. Everyone who reviewed your application was inspired by your passion, determination, accomplishments and heart, read a letter from Stanford posted on his Twitter.

The student, who claims also tohave beenaccepted at Princeton and Yale, explained to Mic why he wrote the slogan so many times on hisapplication: My unapologetic progressivism is a central part of my identity, and I wanted that to be represented adequately in my application.

He added: To me, to be Muslim is to be a BLM ally, and I honestly cant imagine it being any other way for me. Furthermore, its critical to realize that one-fourth to one-third of the Muslim community in America are(sic) black and to separate justice for Muslims from justices for the black community is to erase the realities of the plurality of our community.

But not everyone was touched by such a virtue-signaling move fromAhmedwith some people suggesting that an actual black student would never be able to get away with writing that on their application to an elite university.

Yeah Im not sure I find this cute or heartwarming, no way a black kid could get rewarded for doing the same thing, wrote Zoe Samudzi on Twitter. When I/we talk about black struggle being used by non-black folks for social capital and material gain, this is whats meant by it.

She added: This looks much nastier coming from non-black folks of color than from white people. Because they help meet the diverse but SAFE quota.

Another social media user wrote: This is so annoyingly performative. Which black people are materially benefiting from him spamming #BLM on his app? Im so unimpressed.

WriterRoqayah Chamseddine noted Ahmeds unapologetic defense ofHillary Clinton(he even has a picture with her!), tweeting: That entire thing, including the photo with Clinton, makes me feel ill.

How is it that black teens who are administratively reprimanded for supporting BLM couldnt get away w/an admission essay like that, wrote Zaynab Shahar. And the fact that a non-black [person of color]writes BLM 100X and gets the same spot at Standford (sic) the black kid who busted ass *might get*?

Author Feminista Jones also added to the debate: Id be interested in hearing him get into more of the nuance of non-Black Muslims historically hating Black people/rejecting [Black] Muslims.

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Black Lives Matter activists on two southern California college campuses shut down scheduled appearances by anti-BLM critic, pro-police advocate and author of the book The War On Cops, Heather Mac Donald.

Mac Donald, a Manhattan Institute scholar, was scheduled to give a Blue Lives Matter talk at UCLA on Wednesday to discuss her 2016 book and do a Q & A following her speech. The College Fix reports that while Mac Donald was able to get through the first half of her speech without incident, but when she opened the floor to questions, all hell broke loose.

A Facebook video posted by Bruin Republicans at UCLA, which organized the event, shows the event in its entirety. When Mac Donald concludes her speech on cops being the real victims, a student organizer stands to open the floor for questions, and people off camera can be heard chanting Black Lives, they matter here!

During one heated exchange, a young black woman in the audience asked Mac Donald whether Black victims killed by cops mattered.

Yes, Mac Donald replied. And do black children that are killed by other blacks matter to you?

The room reacted, as expected, and the young woman repeated her question to Mac Donald.

Of course I care, and do you know what, Mac Donald said. There is no government agency more dedicated to the proposition that black lives matter than the police.

(lol. OK, sis)

After back and forth between Mac Donald and the protesters, she was escorted off the campus.

Thursday, Mac Donald was scheduled to appear at Claremont McKenna College to deliver another talk, and according to the Claremont Independent, that event ended similarly:

On Thursday, a raucous crowd of student protesters blocked the exits to Claremont McKenna Colleges Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, shutting down a scheduled lecture and question-and-answer session by Heather Mac Donald, a prominent scholar and critic of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Chanting Black lives matter here and no cops, no KKK, no fascist USA, protesters massed tightly around the exits, blocking fellow students from entering Mac Donalds scheduled presentation, entitled The War on Police. Even faculty members who sought to enter the building were denied, with waves of protesters screaming and resorting to physical force to repel anyone who drew too close to the building. At one point, a crowd of White students screaming Fuck White supremacy, fuck White supremacy pushed an elderly White professor away from the Athenaeum entrance.

When the scheduled start time of Mac Donalds presentation came and then went, the crowds earned a half-victory: Students wishing to attend the event were unable to hear Mac Donald in person, though her presentation ultimately took place over a video livestream more than an hour behind schedule.

According to the Independent, Mac Donalds speech was eventually livestreamed.

I take issue with the way both of these stories were reported. In defense of the Fix, they are a right-wing publication, so it is expected that their detailing of the events may have a bit of bias. Fortunately, they also posted the Facebook video which does at some points discount the way they portrayed the incident.

Comments on the Independents story show that people on campus disagree with their telling of the events as well. Both accounts appear to be slanted against the Black Lives Matter movement; there is no objectivity in either story.

Its worth noting that neither the Fix nor the Independent are college publications that receive their funding from a school, so that would explain why they are not held to a higher standard of journalism.

In any case, freedom of speech is freedom of speech, and just because you dont like the message doesnt mean you get to shut it down.

As evidenced in the UCLA video, it appears that is what people were trying to do.

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