Black Lives Matter leader calls Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate 'modern day freedom papers'
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Via: texan1211 • 3 years ago • 4 commentsBy: Kyle Morris, Breck Dumas (MSN)
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A leader within the Greater New York chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement is chastising New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and vaccine passport process for residents, equating it to "modern day freedom papers."
Chivona Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY who also ran as a candidate for New York's 15th Congressional District in 2020, spoke out against the "racist" mandate in a statement to Fox News.
"Although Mayor Bill De Blasio ran on progressives values, nothing in his tenure will attest to his campaign promises," Newsome said. "The September 13th vaccine mandate is racist and specifically targets Black New Yorkers. The vaccination passports are modern day Freedom Papers, which limit the free will of Black people."
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Newsome also accused De Blasio of failing "to protect New York's most vulnerable" throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that the "social distancing and mask requirements resulted in Black New Yorkers being brutalized and arrested while their White neighbors received masks and refreshments."
"The vaccination mandates infringe upon the civil liberties of the Black community," Newsome claimed. "It's more than where we can dine or enjoy entertainment, it will result in loss of income. As of Monday, September 27, Black healthcare workers and educators will lose their jobs."
According to Newsome, De Blasio was "fully aware of the hesitancy and distrust people of African descent have about vaccination and their interactions with government and law enforcement," yet he still "chose to disenfranchise and force the very people who elected him into poverty and second class citizenship."
Newsome vowed to prevent the vaccine mandate from being used as "a free pass to racism" and said that Black Lives Matter Greater NY plans to "demonstrate" until the vaccine mandate is "abolished."
"It is the duty of Black Lives Matter Greater NY to fight for the Liberty of Black people," Newsome told Fox News. "The vaccination passport will not be a free pass to racism. Our organization pledges to demonstrate until the vaccine mandate is abolished."
The mandate, announced by de Blasio in early August, requires that both workers and customers of certain categories of businesses like restaurants, gyms, and movie theaters provide proof that they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to enter.
But since the rule went into effect, there have been reports of disputes at several establishments, which have also been burdened with manning the front lines of its enforcement.
Such a dispute was the reason BLM Greater NY held a demonstration on Monday in front of Carmine's Italian Restaurant, where protesters demanded justice for the Black women who were purportedly denied entry.
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Racist?
What in the world was that woman smoking??
Why doesn't she follow the science?
Where are the same criticisms that are aimed at white conservatives who refuse to vaccinate?
Instead of bitching about policy, why not try to get your BLM members VACCINATED???????????
Stop crying racism and DO something for a fucking change.
For once, we totally agree.
About 70% of black New York City residents have not been vaccinated.
Sounds like black lives DON'T matter to them very much after all.
Someone please tell the story about how it is only white conservatives who aren't "following the science" again please!