Niet vreemd dat anti-nazi demonstranten geweld gebruiken tegen neonazi's, immers deze figuren vermoorden in de VS jaarlijks zo'n 30 mensen, wiens kleur, ideologie of seksuele geaardheid hen niet aanstaan.
De gekleurde man, Aaron Courtney, een voetbal coach, besloot neonazi Randy Furniss een knuffel te geven en te vragen waarom hij hem en andere gekleurde mensen zo haat. Zo gezegd zo gedaan: Coutney knuffelde Furniss en vroeg hem waarom hij hem zo haat.
Furniss probeerde Courtney te ontwijken, maar gaf uiteindelijk een knuffel terug en antwoordde dat hij niet wist waarom hij gekleurden zo haat.......
Courtney was overigens niet de eerste die een dergelijke aanpak uitprobeerde, Darryl Jones, een gekleurde muzikant, deed hetzelfde in het groot. Hij maakte de documentaire 'Accidental Courtesy', waarin hij laat zien hoe hij in gesprek ging met leden van de Klu Klux Klan (KKK),
barrières opruimde en vooroordelen te niet deed. Als gevolg van deze acties hebben intussen 200 leden van de KKK deze beweging de rug toegekeerd........
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Video: Black Man Hugs Nazi Outside Richard Spencer Talk, Asks ‘Why Do You Hate Me?’
October
20, 2017 at 2:45 pm
Written
by Carey
Wedler
(ANTIMEDIA) —
White
supremacist Richard Spencer spoke to
a large crowd at the University of Florida on Thursday, further
demonstrating the problem of racism in the United States.
Though
events like these have drawn outrage and understandably angry
reactions from protesters who oppose hateful ideologies,
one interaction at
the event potentially signaled a new way forward.
Aaron
Courtney, a 31-year-old football coach from Gainesville, Florida,
gave a neo-Nazi a hug. Courtney, a black man, simply asked Randy
Furniss, who was wearing a shirt emblazoned with swastikas, why he
didn’t like him.
A nazi and a black man.....America 2017 #SpencerAtUF
“Why
don’t you like me, dog?”
Courtney
is heard saying in the video as he reaches out to hug Furniss.
Courtney
told the New York Daily News he had never even heard
of Spencer until he received a notice on his phone regarding the
declaration of a state of emergency issued over the event. After
researching the prominent, polarizing figure, Courtney decided to
attend.
Though
events like these have drawn outrage and understandably angry
reactions from protesters who oppose hateful ideologies,
one interaction at
the event potentially signaled a new way forward.
Aaron
Courtney, a 31-year-old football coach from Gainesville, Florida,
gave a neo-Nazi a hug. Courtney, a black man, simply asked Randy
Furniss, who was wearing a shirt emblazoned with swastikas, why he
didn’t like him.
“I
found out about what kind of person he was and that encouraged me, as
an African-American, to come out and protest. Because this is what
we’re trying to avoid. It’s people like him who are increasing
the distance … between people,”
Courtney said.
He
recalled his interaction with Furniss, who was identified after the
video went viral on social media:
“I
had the opportunity to talk to someone who hates my guts and I wanted
to know why. During our conversation, I asked him, ‘Why do you hate
me? What is it about me? Is it my skin color? My history? My
dreadlocks?’”
Courtney
says Furniss simply stared off into the distance, ignoring his
questions.
“After
beating around the bush, and avoiding my questions, I asked him, I
pleaded with him, I almost broke out in tears, growing increasingly
angry because I didn’t understand.”
He
continued:
“Something
in me said, ‘You know what? He just needs love. Maybe he never met
an African-American like this,”
Courtney told the Daily
News, citing
the teachers of his father, who is a bishop.
He
told Furniss to give him a hug and wrapped his arms around him.
Furniss initially resisted, but Courtney says that after his third
attempt, he finally hugged him back.
“Why
do you hate me?”
Courtney asked. He says Furniss finally responded that he didn’t
know.
“I
believe that was his sincere answer. He really doesn’t know,” he
said, adding that he believes their interaction made a difference.
“I
honestly feel that was a step in the right direction, for him to take
a picture with a guy that he hated when he woke up this morning.”
Courtney’s
attitude runs in stark contrast to many of the violent and enraged
reactions some Americans have displayed toward to the growth of
prejudiced ideologies in the United States.
But
it is not unheard of. Darryl Jones, an African-American musician,
recently released a documentary called Accidental
Courtesy in
which he demonstrates his experience talking to members of the KKK as
he fosters dialogue, tears down barriers, and challenges preconceived
assumptions. He says he has directly contributed to
at least 200 KKK members’ decisions to leave the hate group.
De getoonde video is een meer uitgebreide dan die in het originele bericht, waarvan ik de video niet over kan nemen.
