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The Black culture platforms that push right-wing extremism​

The Shade Room and "No Jumper" are ostensibly designed to reach Black audiences. And both have become hubs of extremist disinformation.


April 10, 2023, 12:07 PM EDT
By Ja'han Jones

Stay woke, y’all.

In a ReidOut Blog from a little over a year ago, I warned of a few blogs and gossip platforms that ostensibly serve Black audiences being used to spread right-wing propaganda.

At the time, I specifically mentioned The Shade Room, Media Take Out and WorldStarHipHop as examples of platforms I’ve found to have spread right-wing talking points meant to discourage Black people from voting, pushed bigoted claims about LGBTQ people, and spread misinformation about Covid-19.

Unfortunately, there are new reports underscoring my point.

Media Matters, the progressive media watchdog, published a report last month about the hip-hop and Black culture podcast “No Jumper” and its creator Adam Grandmaison (also known as Adam22).

Grandmaison, who is white, has built a platform that fuels misogyny and gang culture — usually involving Black youth — through crass interviews and coverage. (To be clear, this has long garnered Grandmaison criticism from Black people.)


But "No Jumper" has apparently taken a more explicitly racist turn.

According to Media Matters:

Over the past year, No Jumper has delved into platforming viral hate figures, including white nationalists, neo-Nazis, misogynists, and notorious antisemites. The show has a massive reach on social media, with over 4.5 million YouTube subscribers, 1.2 million Twitter followers, 3 million Instagram followers, and 2.1 million TikTok followers. Clips from the podcast are also available on Snapchat and the show has a large Discord following. Additionally, clips of viral hate figures’ appearances on the show have been posted on TikTok by various users. ...
Grandmaison, who is white, now invites white supremacists and racists onto a show that has many Black staff members and was born out of covering hip-hop and Black culture. This transitional period for the podcast comes at a time when Grandmaison faces criticism for reports of past predatory behavior.

You can read about some of that criticism here.

Some of the extremists who've appeared on the "No Jumper" platform include Nick Fuentes, the white nationalist invited to dine with Donald Trump late last year, as well as several Black guests and co-hosts who’ve spread antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Either The Shade Room is woefully ignorant, or it’s willfully piping right-wing conspiracy theories to its followers.

Along with the Media Matters report, I was also made aware of a post published by the gossip outlet The Shade Room this week that quotes right-wing lawmakers verbatim as they pushed unfounded claims similar to the racist “replacement theory.”

In The Shade Room post, the author quotes Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other right-wingers referring to the “central bank digital currency” conspiracy theory, which essentially claims a global cabal is looking to establish digital currencies to patrol and control their citizens.

The theory plays on a common theme in right-wing disinformation: that a powerful group of nonwhite non-Americans, including Jewish elites, is seeking to undermine the American way of life.

The Shade Room also quoted Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Braun of Indiana and Chuck Grassley of Iowa as they whined about the threat posed by the Biden administration's nonexistent plans to create a "digital dollar."

The idea of these senators — all of whom have blocked voting rights measures and aligned themselves with Trump — pointing elsewhere to highlight alleged dangers to democracy is laughable.

So either The Shade Room is woefully ignorant, or it’s willfully piping right-wing conspiracy theories to its followers (or both).

I’ll leave it to you to guess why it is that a blog focused on Black culture is spewing conspiracy theories from anti-Black lawmakers.

In the meantime, if either of the aforementioned platforms are part of your news diet, I recommend a cleanse.

Ja'han Jones
Ja'han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer.

The Black culture platforms that push right-wing extremism

The Shade Room and "No Jumper" are ostensibly designed to reach Black audiences. And both have become hubs of extremist disinformation.

www.msnbc.com

https://archive.ph/YfQfS

 

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Some of the extremists who've appeared on the "No Jumper" platform include Nick Fuentes, the white nationalist invited to dine with Donald Trump late last year, as well as several Black guests and co-hosts who’ve spread antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Is this a subliminal diss to Kanye West and other Black entertainers with valid concerns about the anti-Black racist practices that are carried out by the non-Black and white execs (many of whom are both white and Jewish) that exploit Black people, discriminate against them in casual ways, and screw many of them over?

The obvious DNC shill Ja'han Jones (the writer of this sus article) needs to come out and say it with his chest. Don't be so cowardly.

WorldStarHipHop as examples of platforms I’ve found to have spread right-wing talking points meant to discourage Black people from voting, pushed bigoted claims about LGBTQ people, and spread misinformation about Covid-19.

So sane people with common sense saying that drag queens giving lap dances on schoolchildren is both inappropriate and grooming is considered to be pushing "bigoted claims about LGBTQ people"?



https://mobile.twitter.com/DailyLoud/status/1641463227312660481

You know it's okay to agree that both school shootings and sexual entertainment have no place in schools right? Not everything has to be either or.

Along with the Media Matters report, I was also made aware of a post published by the gossip outlet The Shade Room this week that quotes right-wing lawmakers verbatim as they pushed unfounded claims similar to the racist “replacement theory.”

What are these "unfounded claims" similar to replacement theory Ja'han Jones? You haven't listed them in your article. Are you very subtly referring to how people are being "xenophobic" by complaining that illegal immigration is out of control (which it is)? You have a problem with US Citizens putting ourselves first and complaining about foreign people coming and staying in the US illegally while they get funding and protections while US Citizens (especially Black people) are struggling? Many American US citizens are homeless while many illegals are being allowed to stay in hotels, discriminate against Black US Citizens (especially with bilingual job requirements), and displace Black people in predominantly Black cities. So how are these illegals any better and any less racist than these white and non-Black gentrifiers?

The theory plays on a common theme in right-wing disinformation: that a powerful group of nonwhite non-Americans, including Jewish elites, is seeking to undermine the American way of life.

Jewish / Judaism is not a race, it is an ethnicity, culture and religion.

Latino / Hispanic is not a race, it is an ethnicity and culture.

If Lyor Cohen, Jerry Seinfeld, Harvey Weinstein, Bryan Singer, Ben Shapiro, Bill Maher, David Geffen, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Barbara Streisand, Andy Cohen, Jon Stewart, Judd Apatow, Lil Dicky, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Seth Green,, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel, Marianne Williamson, Amy Schumer, Bethany Ann Horowitz Mandel, and the rest of these Jewish people are "nonwhite", then what exactly is their race?

Answer: White.

At least 92% of all Jewish people in the US are white. Quit with the revisionist lies and propaganda already. Of course there are nonwhite Jewish people, but Lyor Cohen is not one of those people. The vast majority of Jewish people in the US are white. Most of the Jewish people in Israel are mostly white and non-Black (dark white).

While this article is indeed right about WS anti-Black racists like the white Adam22 hijacking Black culture and Black spaces in order to promote anti-Black racism and right-wing propaganda, this article is wrong about other things (including the things I addressed above). Ja'han Jones is wagging his finger at us Black people (wHo aRe No BeTTeR tHaN aCtUaL wHiTE sUPrEmAcISts) and telling us Black people to "stay woke" by remaining in a toxic Leftist bubble inside of a toxic far-right bubble.

Left-wing propaganda is just as nefarious as Right-wing propaganda neither of them do us Black people any good.

These MFers are out in full office office prep for the 2024 Election Season.

From the "Tennessee Three" to hacks like Ja'han Jones and W. Kamau Bell.

 

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So Ja'han Jones and others can write articles about how Black people are being "brainwashed" by right-wing propaganda, but he and others didn't and still don't have a problem with Black-looking platforms like World Star Hip Hop, No Jumper, and The Shade Room (mostly ran by non-FBA people) continuously spreading anti-Black racist and misogynoir propaganda? FOH.

 

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The thing that I hate the most about the article is that it assumes that the DNC narrative is the correct narrative for Black people. It robs us of our agency to decide what is and is not right for us.

 

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The Black culture platforms that push right-wing extremism​

The Shade Room and "No Jumper" are ostensibly designed to reach Black audiences. And both have become hubs of extremist disinformation.


April 10, 2023, 12:07 PM EDT
By Ja'han Jones

Stay woke, y’all.

In a ReidOut Blog from a little over a year ago, I warned of a few blogs and gossip platforms that ostensibly serve Black audiences being used to spread right-wing propaganda.

At the time, I specifically mentioned The Shade Room, Media Take Out and WorldStarHipHop as examples of platforms I’ve found to have spread right-wing talking points meant to discourage Black people from voting, pushed bigoted claims about LGBTQ people, and spread misinformation about Covid-19.

Unfortunately, there are new reports underscoring my point.

Media Matters, the progressive media watchdog, published a report last month about the hip-hop and Black culture podcast “No Jumper” and its creator Adam Grandmaison (also known as Adam22).

Grandmaison, who is white, has built a platform that fuels misogyny and gang culture — usually involving Black youth — through crass interviews and coverage. (To be clear, this has long garnered Grandmaison criticism from Black people.)


But "No Jumper" has apparently taken a more explicitly racist turn.

According to Media Matters:

You can read about some of that criticism here.

Some of the extremists who've appeared on the "No Jumper" platform include Nick Fuentes, the white nationalist invited to dine with Donald Trump late last year, as well as several Black guests and co-hosts who’ve spread antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Either The Shade Room is woefully ignorant, or it’s willfully piping right-wing conspiracy theories to its followers.

Along with the Media Matters report, I was also made aware of a post published by the gossip outlet The Shade Room this week that quotes right-wing lawmakers verbatim as they pushed unfounded claims similar to the racist “replacement theory.”

In The Shade Room post, the author quotes Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other right-wingers referring to the “central bank digital currency” conspiracy theory, which essentially claims a global cabal is looking to establish digital currencies to patrol and control their citizens.

The theory plays on a common theme in right-wing disinformation: that a powerful group of nonwhite non-Americans, including Jewish elites, is seeking to undermine the American way of life.

The Shade Room also quoted Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Braun of Indiana and Chuck Grassley of Iowa as they whined about the threat posed by the Biden administration's nonexistent plans to create a "digital dollar."

The idea of these senators — all of whom have blocked voting rights measures and aligned themselves with Trump — pointing elsewhere to highlight alleged dangers to democracy is laughable.

So either The Shade Room is woefully ignorant, or it’s willfully piping right-wing conspiracy theories to its followers (or both).

I’ll leave it to you to guess why it is that a blog focused on Black culture is spewing conspiracy theories from anti-Black lawmakers.

In the meantime, if either of the aforementioned platforms are part of your news diet, I recommend a cleanse.

Ja'han Jones
Ja'han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer.

The Black culture platforms that push right-wing extremism

The Shade Room and "No Jumper" are ostensibly designed to reach Black audiences. And both have become hubs of extremist disinformation.

www.msnbc.com

https://archive.ph/YfQfS

I am not 100 percent on the direction things will go. I just know they want to screw us over. That's all I know.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

The thing that I hate the most about the article is that it assumes that the DNC narrative is the correct narrative for Black people. It robs us of our agency to decide what is and is not right for us.

They want us to be mindless slaves. Democrat. Democrat. Democrat. No other choice.