There is a racism/hatred threat circulating on social media against Black women in the South.
To all my African American sisters of all ages, especially those who live in North Carolina and those who have plans for the Thanksgiving holiday to spend time with family: Be extremely careful, stay in groups and be alert. Things have changed here in America.
One of my sorority sisters posted a message about hatred in Lexington, North Carolina, a town near Raleigh. She told us how last week, there was a notice going around Facebook, Instagram and text message about dangers to Black women following this election. As a journalist, I did some searching, and lo and behold, I found that the message said this:
“Hey ladies, I just received this from a friend who works in the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office! Be on alert… Last night, a deputy told a family that local white supremacists/KKK members originating out of Lexington, North Carolina, are planning to attack from now until the inauguration. They are plotting against Blacks, especially Black women because in their eyes, we are easy targets! Please be vigilant! Try not to do anything alone, especially after dark! This is not a hoax or a rumor! The deputy showed paperwork that the police department has — in their words… ‘They’re taking their country back!’ It’s really scary, and please take what I’m telling you SERIOUSLY! We have to continue to live, but just be careful and watch your surroundings! This is happening everywhere. Stay safe!”
In my research, I found this article online in a credible newspaper, The Charlotte Observer, dated Nov. 6, 2024, with this heading: “Police in North Carolina and Georgia and local NAACP leaders are investigating a social media threat that Ku Klux Klan white supremacists plan to attack Blacks ‘from now until the inauguration.'”
KKK members from Lexington, North Carolina, “are plotting against Blacks, especially Black women because in their eyes, we are easy targets!” according to a post by a woman who said she learned of the threat from a friend in the Gwinnett County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office.
At 6:17 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook that investigators learned of “a circulating text thread suggesting potential attacks on African American women ‘from now through the inauguration.'”
“We have not received any information indicating threats to any group(s) on or after election day,” the sheriff’s office said.
Lexington police were made aware of the threat “a few days ago,” city of Lexington spokesman Derwin Hargrave told The Charlotte Observer on Tuesday after a reporter contacted the department about the threat.
“We have not been able to confirm that it’s an actual threat, but we’re still remaining vigilant,” Hargrave said.
The Davidson County Chapter-Lexington Branch also is looking into the threat, President Charles Clark said Tuesday. “We just got that report in yesterday,” Clark said, adding he’s not clear whether it’s credible.
In their post Saturday, Gwinnett County sheriff’s investigators said: “Hateful discourse such as this aims to instill fear in the community and disrupt us from exercising our constitutional rights. The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office remains dedicated to protecting all citizens and we will continue to monitor and respond accordingly to all suspicious and threatening behavior.”
Those of us in the African American community know what happened back in the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, even ’70s. Those of us who are baby boomers lived through some of this. I was born in North Carolina in 1951, so I know much about racism firsthand. Go out in groups, and do not go for your daily walks or runs alone — it’s not worth your life. I hate to have to remind you, folks, it’s better to be safe than sorry!
Those of us who believe in God, and you know how to get a prayer through, let us all pray! We know that our God will protect us. What does Scripture have to say about racism:
1 Corinthians 12:13 says: “For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body — whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free — and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.”
1 John 2:11 says: “But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.”
1 Samuel 16:7 says: “But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'”
Exodus 22:21 says: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.”
Finally, Galatians 3:28 says: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Don’t allow this gloomy message to cause you to miss out on your fun time with family and friends. Have a happy and joyous Thanksgiving holiday. Put your lives in the care of our Lord and Savior, and pay attention.
Lyndia Grant is a speaker/writer living in the D.C. area. Her radio show, “Think on These Things,” airs Fridays at 6 p.m. on 1340 AM (WYCB), a Radio One station. To reach Grant, visit her website, www.lyndiagrant.com, email lyndiagrantshowdc@gmail.com or call 240-602-6295. Follow her on X @LyndiaGrant and on Facebook.
This is an absolute crock of doo doo. This is the type of article that feeds racism. Of course the NAACP is at the heart of it. The same people that believe this propaganda also believe that only white people can be racists. We can put this behind us and be Americans but the left keeps the fire fed to keep us divided. Please stop so we can all move forward. I mean…wow! People actually buy this crap!! They also push the bs narrative that black people should be scared of getting shot by cops. That is statistically and factually WRONG!! But yeah.
….the” journalists” just keep on spewing garbage instead of reporting with ethical values. Americans are taking this country back from the Marxist,socialist/communist deep state. America of all color are taking it back for the sake of freedom and justice. We the people does not have a race. We the people are. Melting pot. The race relations were destroyed by the Obama administration and BLM. The gaslighting liberals, hand in hand with the “media”, (Propaganda actually) worked hard to keep us from uniting. Because if we unite, they can’t pull the bs that they did for they last 9 years. They did this to keep us down. Trump and his team will expose them and all will see weather they admit it, well, I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
USA!!!Down with the liberal liars!!!
Thank you so much for sharing!