The latest Marvel superhero movie Black Panther is out! Its Thursday opening is expected to have raked in over $25 million—yes, in one night.
Unfortunately, racists hate to see black people have any joy—and some are doing anything possible to chip away at it. Just take a look at this recent heinous example of the tactics used by racist people to spread misinformation. Warning: screenshots including some of the graphic photos are included below.
BuzzFeed News reports that racists are using Twitter to share photos of bloody and/or bruised white women with false claims that they’re the result of being attacked by black people at Black Panther movie screenings.
Someone even used a photo of a bruised Colbie Holderness, an ex-wife of former White House secretary Rob Porter, taken after being assaulted by him in the early 2000s.
This is disgusting on many levels. This is clearly an attempt to stoke white people’s racist fears that black people are inherently violent. It’s even more deplorable that they’re using the photos of abused women to stoke more racial hatred and division.
Remember to look before you retweet! There’s just so much fake information out there. Click here to view all of the debunked Twitter posts.