A Belgian journalist deemed “too white” to interview far-left African-American essayist Angela Davis, required police protection after receiving serious threats from activists. Journalist Safia Kessas interviewed Angela Davis earlier this week at the National Theatre in Brussels and had to be placed under police protection during the event due to the number of threats she had received as activists claimed she was “too white” to interview the black writer. Activists were allegedly angry that Kessas was chosen to interview Davis because, despite being part Algerian in her background, she was not black herself.
“As Black and queer activists, we strongly question the choice of
Safia Kessas to have a conversation with Angela Davis. Indeed, Angela
Davis has worked and is still working every day for the liberation of
Black people and against the prevailing negrophobia in the West,”
activists said, the Belgian newspaper 7sur7 reports.........To Read More....
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