Karen Finney
Role at the time: Listed with the Black Women's Leadership Collective in a joint release published by Higher Heights for America
Condemned
Statement summary
Karen Finney of the Black Women's Leadership Collective said Laura Loomer's attacks on Black women leaders follow a well-worn historical pattern, and that people who cannot condemn them should not say they support Black women.
“Laura Loomer’s racist, bigoted attacks on Black women leaders including Angie Nixon and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson follow a well-worn historical pattern of attempting to demean and belittle some of our democracy’s most steadfast leaders. If you can’t condemn this, then you shouldn’t say you support Black women.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS STAND UNITED AGAINST RACIST AND MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS ON BLACK WOMEN LEADERSSection "Organization and Leadership Statements of Support", statements from individual leaders
Why we used this label
The case's reference point is Laura Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Finney calls Loomer's attacks racist and bigoted and says those who cannot condemn them should not claim to support Black women, so we labeled it Condemned.