Finding out Motaz AND Bisan are anti black today… I can’t wait to clock out. pic.twitter.com/L0gyCDUPxY

— 天照大神☀️ (@Kagetsyu) February 23, 2024

Background

For those of you unaware , Israel and Palestine are going at it really hard. In the US, both the Democratic and Republican parties support Israel (they are our strongest ally!), a lot of people on the internet support Palestine and the Palestinian People. The new obsession for Twitter Teenagers is to support Palestinians and forgive them for whatever they do, which usually includes a lot (homophobia, transphobia, etc...) but now Palestinians have gone too far... insulting black folx

The offending videos

It's a little hard to find the original video, but here is a repost of it (the third vid btw). I don't speak arabic but from the twitter comments (which are probably wrong), the Palestinian man reveals some aid that was meant for Sudan , but it ended up at Palestine instead !! This man points to his face and says "Do I look Sudanese?" (referring to how he is not black) and then LAUGHS!!! .

This video went unnoticed until just yesterday, where a black man discovered it (and the racist contents within...)

There's also another video by some chick about how Israel hates all the Palestinians and not just the black ones. It's not as important but it is still part of the drama

The initial pushback

It all started when Twitter User "Kagetsyu" discovered the antiblack video by Motaz and the other one posted by Bisan (the chick).

: Finding out Motaz AND Bisan are anti black today… I can't wait to clock out.

(Antiblack is a word for racism but specifically towards black people (it is worse than racism)).

: Wellp

: Im bout to do a shot like nah bro

People (usually of the white variety ) get pretty upset that this dude dares insult Palestinians!! They are being genocided rn you cannot expect them to not be racist!!

: Darn bro how come you match the exact description of a transgender women who commited several federal offences last week in my home town?

(Don't know where transgenderism came in but this guy had to bring it up for some reason )

: I need the largest cigarette in the pack seriously

You're probably like "@Jumm this is just a bunch of people sadposting where is the drama??" and that's where we go next!!

The Outrage

For now, all the people we've seen have just been kinda sad, but still support Palestine. Even the guy that posted the original thread had this to say:

: I will say though, if I see anyone stop supporting Palestine bc of Motaz and Bisan then i will know you never really did in the first place

But if you search for "antiblackness" in the twitter search bar... you see some people saying TWISTED stuff about Palestine... (and also fighting which is what you're here to see!!)

: nothing will be done without antiblackness being addressed and destroyed.

So true queen ^

: Spreading misinformation about Motaz and Bisan is so irresponsible and potentially damaging that it makes me wonder…what's your agenda?

: Exactly. I smell an agenda.

: What's the agenda? That Sudanese people did not appreciate the joke?

: trying to erase the only 2 people with huge platforms to document a genocide (over a bad joke) is definitely an agenda.

Calling out a racist jokes helps the jews- I mean zionists!!

: you mean Sudanese people calling them out for their harmful behavior??

: What Sudanese people are calling them out?

: Literally the first person to do it was a Sudanese lady

: Yes, it's called 'divide & conquer' - old colonial playbook. Many many movements throughout time & history have been neutralised by this. Wanna remind everybody that Netanyahu sees all media as part of the battlefield. We can raise Sudan & Palestine, no problem

: Please tell me you aren't connecting people being upset about anti blackness to zionism 😭

Remember that you cannot ever criticise brown people or else you stand with the Israel!!

: i gotta laugh. i got piled on years ago for saying antiblackness is global, but now ppl want to act like they hold the keys to our truth. we are being genocided but nah lemme hear what your distracted american butt has to say, you must have the nuanced take we are all looking for!

: Somehow Black Americans are always the root of all evil to y'all despite the convo being started by Sudanese people who were RIGHTFULLY addressing the antiblackness that directly affects them

It is very odd, I think the Black Americans are in the right for calling out a racist joke, it doesn't mean that they don't support Palestine anymore! In fact, that's what this lady says:

: All these tweets abt black ppl withdrawing their support for Palestine … who are y'all referring to😭😭😭 I have yet to see someone say anything other than valid criticism

: Exactly I'm just irritated and abit disappointed but definitely not surprised it's still free Palestine and Sudan

: But do you all even speak 🇵🇸 Arabic to believe these fools spreading this nonsense? Why not come to a pro🇵🇸space with actual Arabic speakers and ask what exactly they said, instead of running with gossip?

I thought the joke was pretty cut and dry (and not that offensive tbh) but I also don't speak arabic

: Keep supporting people that don't like ya

: you're basing your support for millions of occupied people on the opinions of 2 of those people. Two?? It's still free Palestine till it's backwards. Maybe that was never the case for you but it is for a lot of black people

Being Reprimanded

It was a fun day of calling out antiblackness, but now it is time to STOP!!! there are more important things going on, like the genocide in Palestine! Twitter user "Deej" gives her thoughts:

: A lot of people are stating they are “done” with Bisan and Motaz because they are anti-black. And it's lead me to a serious of thoughts I've been having for a while.

This goes on for a few tweets so here is the last one:

: Those of us in the imperial core have no morality to stand on. If you require perfection from victims of genocide then you were never seriously on the side of liberation. You are an opp were always going to be one and just needed an excuse.

This pisses some people off because they were just calling out some antiblackness, not insulting Palestine as a whole

: a Sudani person commented on how Motaz's jokes made them feel. I think yall are losing the plot a lil. I am w you on a lot of what you said tho

: [What gets me is that this antiblackness claim-- It's a man going through a genocide and deprived of aid, making a joke that he's black specifically to be given some aid that is going to Sudan.

They're mad at a man for asking for food, in its most basic terms.](https://x.com/eruhammy/status/1761457784250372175)

That is a bit of a reach

: this cute little clap back is actually not helpful towards the people you're pretending to care about at all. +not being anti black is not “perfection” lmfao even if we shouldn't care bc we're “cozy” black Palestinians exist. what's even the end goal here? To cause division?

: im so sick of all of you. Where's your solidarity for Sudan? Where's your anger for them? Where's this energy for congo? Why can make threads dissecting anti Palestinian racism but anti blackness can “wait.” Why?

Because Palestine is the only country that matters rn, sweaty!! Move to the back of the line

: It was a SUDANESE in SUDAN who is being DISPLACED AS WE SPEAK who pointed it out and you have the fricking audacity to say they have no morality to stand on? Frick all of you

: I don't give a frick if you're black do fricking better. We all owe Sudanis on this app the biggest apology for subjecting them to this bullshit anytime they point out how their blackness is directly tied to their oppression

: “Black peoples are saying they're dropping Bissan and motaz‘ be honest you saw two fricking tweets total saying that

: I don't care about any of it.

So true buddy good troll op out there

: NOTHING should wait. there is no "one genocide at a time" like GOD!

Somehow people think you can't criticize only a part of something, you either 100% like something or 100% detest it.

: [Did this person know about those other issues? That the media chooses to highlight one issue over the other can hardly be the fault of the impassioned empathetic.

They are speaking out against a lopsided official discourse. I think they would be an ally for you](https://x.com/mhichil/status/1761544444652769716)

Right surely they just didn't know about the other issues and were misinformed!!

: v ugly behavior to make a 20 something yr old palestinian living thru a genocide the face of global anti blackness. yall want an apology? ur tax dollars are funding the extermination of a people & still u think there's a world where u are the ones being victimized by palestinians

Yeah being antiblack is totally normal behavior and is excusable if you are being attacked!

: Anti-blackness is very ugly behavior. No one person is the face of it. There is no moratorium on criticizing it, no temporary passes written. Genocide of Palestinians is terrible. All of that is true at the same time. Most people understand that fact without a tantrum or debate.

: You ate that.

: generations, centuries, across vast lands, spoke through me.

This guy is an ancient healer he knows his stuff

: Hot take: We can advocate for a free Palestine AND have conversations about antiblackness in the middle east at the same time!!

: EXACTLY! I feel like people are framing this in such an unfair and disingenuous way… Like Sudanese people aren't trying to “cancel” Motaz they just didn't like his joke. Like I promise you guys they aren't just “drama farming” by bringing this up…

"Drama farming"???? That's me right now!!!

The Apology

Motaz, the guy that posted the racist video, posted an apology.

Here it is:

: Hi Just to make it clear I didn't mean any offense to Sudan or Sudan's people I love them and wish them peace I was laughing on the words written on the boxes that it should go to Sudan and they send it to Gaza.Sorry if anyone felt something bad but I didn't mean to be disrespectful.With Regards to every single Sudani.

What an apology! Top 10 out there, good job motaz!! Let's see what people think:

: We know. 🫂💙🙏🇵🇸

: You ain't Sudanese

In fact, a lot of non-sudanese people had accepted the apology .

: We know your heart, Motaz, and I am 💯% certain you had zero racist intent. There's nothing racist about what you said unless saying the word Black is considered racist. Someone is trying to create an issue to fulfill an agenda, in my opinion.

: You're literally white you cannot accept the apology nor tell us if it was racist or not

: now they mad that motaz wrote an apology, because that reflects on how they should also take concerns around antiblackness seriously. but they wanna do everything in their power not to do that. they don't think black people are worthy of the same care/respect they desire.

: whats crazy is his apology was just “im sorry u were offended” and ppl still losing they minds thats how u know its nothin but antiblackness

Black people were a lot less receptive to the apology!

: I need white ppl to stop accepting motaz apology when that apology is only for Sudanese ppl. They are the only ppl we can accept or deny the apology not you white ppl 😒

Frickin whites dude get out of their business!!

: And then Motaz gave a short "I didn't mean to offend" generalized apology, and ppl who weren't even Sudanese or in Sudan accepted his apology bc they want to sweep the issue of why/how the resources for Sudan got to Palestine and how/what possessed him to even make that comment.

Conclusion

What do YOU think of the situation? Is Motaz racist? Do YOU accept his apology? Are you sudanese?

Discuss it below!! I hope you enjoyed this post

and if you didnt... watch out...