Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, claimed that being a Taylor Swift fan is “racist” and that her boyfriend's Super Bowl win was a “right-wing white supremacist conspiracy” in a turbulent social media rant.
Abdullah, 51, is a professor of Africana studies at Cal State University in Los Angeles.
“Why do I feel like it's a little racist to be a Taylor Swift fan?” Abdullah wrote in a post on X on Super Bowl Sunday.
Why do I feel like it's a bit racist to be a Taylor Swift fan?
– Melina Abdullah (@DocMellyMel) February 11, 2024
When the Kansas City Chiefs won, Abdullah wrote: “Why do I feel like this was a right-wing white supremacist plot?!?! Boooo!!!!”
Why do I feel like this was a right-wing white supremacist plot?!?!
Boo!!!!#power– Melina Abdullah (@DocMellyMel) February 12, 2024
Swift, of course, is dating Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce.
After the posts were revealed and media outlets began covering them, Abdullah tweeted that she was redoubling her efforts and used the hashtag “#TaylorSwiftHasSomeRacistFans.”
Here is the need…
When fake journalists from right-wing outlets turn tweets into news, they stimulate actual backlash from their stupid, delusional white followers. #TaylorSwiftHasSomeRacistFans #Double– Melina Abdullah (@DocMellyMel) February 24, 2024
“Here's the thing…when fake journalists from right-wing outlets turn tweets into news, they stimulate actual backlash from their stupid, delusional white followers,” the professor wrote.
The white pranksters are so mad at me @taylorswift13 Tweet…two weeks ago. Does anyone know how to share voice messages on social media?
– Melina Abdullah (@DocMellyMel) February 24, 2024
Abdullah continued, “White delusional people are very angry about @taylorswift13’s tweet… two weeks ago. Does anyone know how to share voice messages on social media?
Daily Mail reports:
She filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department in 2020 after they descended on her home during a reported beating.
On August 19, 2020, the LAPD received a 911 call from someone who claimed to have taken people hostage at Abdullah's home in Crenshaw.
In court documents filed with the California Supreme Court, the mother of three said she feared Los Angeles Police SWAT officers would fire their weapons into her home and hurt her children.
She accused the LAPD of failing to contact her in advance despite obtaining this contact information and claimed that the department organized the incident in “retaliation” for her activism.
She added that the police did not actually believe the allegations about continued hostage-taking.
Abdullah was beaten twice more after the lawsuit was announced.
