The Lockdown Protests Have Seedy Racist Connections

Detroit protestors
William Anderson
April 28, 2020

Anti-lockdown protests happening across the country have shocked many. 

Seeing people acting so irresponsibly to protest public health safeguards against the pandemic doesn't make sense, but there are other aspects to these protests they don’t want us to know.

Far-right groups with white supremacist beliefs and racist affiliations have been some of the main supports of these actions! 

When you look closely at these events you’ll see white nationalists and people acting as if they’re oppressed by lockdowns. They know we have a lot to lose.

Black people are dying disproportionately from coronavirus (COVID-19), but for white supremacists, that’s a good thing! They’ve even made plans to try to utilize it to infect us further.

So while pretending it’s an overhyped conspiracy, they’ve also planned bio-terrorism and more.

Powerful right-wing forces and even the president himself support the lockdown protests, but healthcare workers have pleaded with people to stay home and have pushed back as hospitals are overwhelmed. 

These protests have nothing to do with what’s best for Black people.

Plenty of us want to go back outside, back to work, and continue our lives as we knew them, but don’t be fooled by white supremacists and right-wing politics that want to trick us into risking our own lives and our families when it’s clearly too soon. 

Don’t listen to white supremacists - take your cues from medical professionals!

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