Tariq Allah Nasheed & the FBA Deception — Revealed Truth {P2}
For Professor James Small and the Broader Pan African Community
“If we must correct the maladministration of the State and apply the corporate majesty of the people to their own good, then we must reach the source and there reorganize and reform. I suggest a reformation that would place a greater responsibility upon the shoulders of the elect and force them either to be the criminals, that some of us believe they are, or the good and true representatives we desire them to be.” ~ Marcus Garvey
Editor’s Note: People who are intentional about ignoring a lie, because it serves them, are not going to let go of that lie at the mere sight of truth. The only time the truth will motivate a person, who benefits from the lie, to change — is when the proof, or truth, leads to a public outcry that pressures that person to do so. The honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey said, in such a case, we should place the burden of the truth square on “the shoulders of the elect,” and force them to reveal their truth, which can no longer be hidden by the lie.
The following piece is the 2nd half of the Tariq Allah Nasheed & the FBA Deception. If you haven’t read Part 1, I would recommend reading the Hidden Lies, before continuing with the Revealed Truth below.
“I don’t have a problem with that HDA [ados] people; I think they’re crazy, okay. And I think they’re dangerous in the way they approach it. This is the lady and the lawyer.”
~ Professor James Small
Dear Professor James Small, when you said the above words, regarding those “HDA people,” it revealed to me the extent to which you have NO IDEA who Tariq Nasheed actually is, because Tariq Nasheed — IS THOSE ADOS PEOPLE.
When we brought you on the show, it wasn’t our intention to host a Tariq Nasheed war crime tribunal. So when you demonstrated that you were unaware of the fact that Tariq Nasheed is literally the engine that fueled that “CRAZY” and “DANGEROUS” ADOS movement, I let it slide.
For one, we didn’t bring you on to the show to talk about Tariq Nasheed, or his litany of war crimes; and for two, I didn’t want to put you in a position where you would be forced to defend him, and destroy your reputation in the process.
The damage that Tariq Nasheed has done over the past 4 years, is indefensible, and if you weren’t an active user on twitter between January 1, 2019, and December 27, 2019, you have no idea of the magnitude of his destruction.
Hidden Lineage: The ADOS origins of the FBA Movement
The ADOS movement exploded on twitter, January 21, 2019 (MLK day), when Kamala Harris announced her 2020 presidential campaign. Prior to the meteoric rise of the #ADOS hashtag, there was no such thing as the “ADOS movement.” What you had were two separate hashtags: Tariq Nasheed’s, #Tangibles2020, and Yvette & Tone’s, #DOS.
In 2016, Yvette Carnell and Antonio Moore started building an online political education platform that focused, exclusively, on two critical issues: 1.) The Black-White wealth gap; and 2.) Black American disaggregation.
For the latter, their main focus was the construction of a new identity that could distinguish Black Americans from Black immigrants. The argument was simple:
Black immigrants, and their offspring, are effectively using their race to “pose” as Black Americans, when it’s economically and politically convenient for them to do so.
In no case was this more prominent than the election of Barack Hussein Obama, who was being touted as America’s first “African-American” president. As Black American’s watched their wealth rapidly decline, during Obama’s eight years in office, there was a growing harvest of disgruntled Black democrats waiting to be reaped. Yvette and Tone provided a political home for this burgeoning community of malcontents, and by 2018 they emerged as #DOS (Descendants of Slaves), or Black American #DOS.
Three years after Yvette and Tone created their online political education group, the presidential campaign season was once again in full swing. Donald Trump had made twitter his social media campaign head quarters, and democrats were doing everything possible to reach disillusioned Black voters, on the platform.
This created an opportunity for any Black person with social media savvy, to play a decisive role in the 2020 presidential election. Tariq Nasheed, a Trump-like figure in his own right, had more than a quarter-million followers on the app, and was uniquely positioned to be that person.
In early 2019, Mr. Nasheed introduced the Tangibles 2020 hashtag, but prior to the Kamala Harris announcement, it was purely a slogan (a la Black Lives Matter). At the time, neither DOS or Tangibles 2020, had a website; and of the two, DOS had much more political substance.
As soon as Kamala Harris announced her bid for the presidency, corporate media began making comparisons to the 2008 Obama announcement, harkening back to the nostalgia of hope. This strategy failed horribly! In fact, not only did it fail to engender feelings of hope to the #DOS community, it actually enraged them, as they were once again looking at a candidate with non #DOS ancestry, being identified as African American (This is what birthed the subsequent hashtag — #LineageMatters).
This newly kindled massive force of rage, which had been held underground like a pressurized steam engine, was now released on social media. #ADOS trended for the first time ever, putting it on the radar of Tariq Nasheed.
At this time, Mr. Nasheed was promoting two different hashtags. #FirstThem was his attempt to counter the mainstream media, #MeToo narrative, and #Tangibles2020 was his horse in the race for political influence. The #Tangibles2020 hashtag was barely gaining any traction, so when #AmericanDOS trended for the first time, Tariq Nasheed opportunistically jumped on it, and blew it up overnight!
In the beginning, supporters of the hashtag were using #AmericanDOS and #ADOS, interchangeably, as they were both gaining traction.
No one in the mainstream media knew what this #AmericanDOS, or #ADOS thing was, but they were familiar with Tariq Nasheed from his appearances on Fox News, so that’s who the media pundits reached out to.
Antonio Moore, and Yvette Carnell had to take a back seat in their own “movement,” and were relegated to publicly replying to messages that white media pundits were leaving for Tariq.
At this point, #ADOS was moon bound, and Tariq Nasheed had to move fast! He quickly developed the Foundational Black American term, which was first used on a broadcast titled #Tangibles2020, on January 27, 2019.
By January 28, 2019 Tariq Nasheed had launched a new webpage to promote the tangibles campaign, but it was a day late and a dollar short. Tangibles2020 was dead in the water, and #ADOS was the new game/name in town.
After a few failed attempts to breathe life back into the dying Tangibles hashtag, by associating it with ADOS, Tariq Nasheed eventually abandoned the venture all together, choosing instead, to carve-out space on the ADOS bandwagon.
The movement grew faster than anyone could’ve anticipated, and or prepared for.
Politically, Yvette Carnell & Antonio Moore had only been supporting the call for reparations, for less than a year at this point. Prior to 2018, both Yvette, and Tone were hyper critical of the idea of reparations, and instead favored broad-based economic polices, such as UBI.
This was actually one of the first political disagreements I had with Antonio Moore (Tone Talks), when I saw him going hard for UBI, which he’s since backed off of.
As Yvette Carnell, and Antonio Moore moved their tribe closer to reparations, the politics of the ADOS movement began to crystalize around three foundational ideas:
- ADOS are not Africans (They are American)
- ADOS are Anti-immigrant
- ADOS are Anti Pan Africanism
These three beliefs are the bedrock of every lineage advocacy group, that emerged from #ADOS movement.
As the ADOS hashtag continued to rise in prominence, members of the #DOS community began to identify themselves by placing the American flag in their social media bios. Yvette Carnell was the first to do so, and Tariq Nasheed immediately followed, along with his hoard of followers.
From this point on, it was monkey-see, monkey-do. Every single action that Yvette Carnell took, Tariq Nasheed mimicked, while simultaneously lifting his brand of ADOS politics, called #FBA.
The fix was in. Tariq Nasheed literally transformed himself into a carbon copy of Yvette Carnell, creating an ADOS clone for himself, that he was now calling Foundational Black Americans. Ms. Carnell detailed this during her recent appearance on the Rock Newman show.
Tangibles 2020 was the short play, and could go no further than the 2020 election. But ADOS was completely different — it was a long game! An endless money grab, with a built in congregation. It was something you could use to build conventions, rallies, media products, merchandise, museums, and expos around the country. ADOS was both a cultural and political movement, with a massive social media presence, that only died after Tariq Nasheed killed it.
Watching Tariq Nasheed co-opt ADOS was one of the most masterful acts of movement capture, since Tometi, Cullors, and Garza flew into Ferguson, and left with the BLM movement.
From the beginning, the power behind the ADOS movement was the DATA. Yvette and Tone were compiling critical research to support their claims around the Black-White wealth gap in America. This is acknowledged by the researchers who published their findings on the ADOS movement in the Southern Communication Journal, 2021, Vol. 86, NO.4 — pgs. 349–361.
Pg. 350
Many of ADOS’s concerns are supported by evidence. Research points to a range of negative present day effects related to past enslavement and structural racism. Analysis suggests that lost economic opportunity for descendants of enslaved Americans amounts to between 12 and 18 trillion USD (Craemer et al., 2020).
Working to address these facts, is something Yvette and Tone would’ve found wide-ranging support for among Black organizers. However, because ADOS was a movement that existed exclusively online, at this point, the traditional methods of “movement” building were not applied. There were no attempts to connect with organizations currently doing work in the reparations space, even as those orgs attempted to reach out to ADOS.
Note: Given the consistent smear campaign that the hashtag lineage movement has been running against NCOBRA, I’ve often used my platform to allow them to speak, and clarify their positions. They have never taken a hostile position towards ADOS, to the contrary, they’ve invited them to work together, in order to minimize the chaos and disorganization recently brought into the movement by the newer lineage advocacy groups.
Instead of coalition building, ADOS focused their energy on continuing to grow on social media, and targeting everyone they believed to be there opposition. This particular social media growth strategy, was referred to as “Divisive support for ADOS,” in the Examining ADOS research paper.
Pg. 355
These tweets also advocated for ADOS or defended a position the user seemed to perceive is held by the ADOS movement. They do so, however, primarily through directly attacking another individual, group, or ideology. These tweets generally critiqued, denigrated, reproved, or disparaged. Many of these tweets attacked activists who the user likely felt expressed views that were inconsistent with ADOS.
When it comes to the category of “Divisive Support,” the Tariq Nasheed platform was the largest contributor to this trend on social media. During the winter/spring of 2019, Nasheed would come out strong against Pan Africanism. By the summer of 2019, his target was the crime bringing, AIDS-infected, Black immigrants — who he was now labeling “anchor babies” (the precursor to “tethers”). As the fall season came to a close, Tariq Nasheed would launch a full blitzkrieg on the credibility of anyone associated with the colors Red, Black, and Green, and by year end, he would completely decimate the ADOS movement — forever replacing it with his FBA brand.
Anyone who embraced being a Fully Black Afrikan, became a target in Tariq’s crosshairs.
Of course, there were multiple attempts made to halt the destructive advance of the ADOS campaign. I was among the first to put a critique on record, followed by: Obi Egbuna Jr., the US correspondent to The Herald; the Black Agenda Report; and the Final Call.
Given my proximity to the “movement” people were “REALLY surprised” at my opposition to ADOS. I literally watched it grow up, and they couldn’t fathom why I refused to join its ranks. Once again, I was accused of being a “non-American,” “crazy,” and their all time favorite, having a “personal beef.”
Note: The twitter account in the above screenshots has been one of the most diehard sycophants of the Tariq Nasheed Brand since I first joined the app. As far as demagogues are concerned, if Tariq Nasheed was Donald Trump, this would be his Betsy Devos. And like all demagogues, extreme loyalty is often rewarded, which in this case, this particular FBA apparatchik was rewarded with a spot as a historical “expert” in Tariq Nasheed's latest film, Hidden Colors 53, also known as American Maroon.
At this point, Tariq Nasheed’s ADOS movement was UNSTOPPABLE, and only he could stop it. Having officially filed his Foundational Black American Trademark in October 2019, Tariq would enter the month of November, delivering his first, in a series of death blows that would be the beginning of the end for ADOS.
Note: One of the things I love about our good brother, Dr. Boyce Watkins, is his online pettiness is unmatched. The moment he saw the final nails being placed in the ADOS coffin, he jumped online to rub it in Yvette’s face:
Posthumously, I wonder if Dr. Watkins would be willing to admit that reducing a reparations movement to — “Make sure you vote for the Democratic Party,” is at least one step above — “Make sure you put some money in the collection plate. Make sure you get your Karen Key chains. Make sure you get your Ogun Juice. Make sure you get your tickets to the Grand Opening of the Hidden History Museum.”
One can only wonder 🤷🏿♂️
During this same month, in true Nasheedian fashion, he minkslid his newest crowdfund enterprise to the timeline — the “Foundational Black American Convention.”
It’s important to note, when the ADOS movement was on its political death bed, there were other lineage opportunists seeking to exploit ADOS to carve out their own identity politic. Now that Tariq had shown the Red-White-and-Blueprint, everybody wanted a piece of the action.
People are often upset with me, for giving Yvette Carnell credit as a serious political thinker, even though I vehemently disagree with her assimilationist politics; but I have to call a spade a spade, every single lineage advocacy group that came after ADOS, was organizationally sloppy, and politically amateurish.
The Lord Abba faction, first called BTP, and later renamed The Freedmen, took on the usual anti-African birth defects, that passed down to all the children of ADOS.
- Spreading misinformation about Pan Africanism
2. Attacking historical Pan African figures, such as Queen Mother Moore
3. Referring to people who wore red, black, and green as seditious and unamerican.
I actually attempted to reason with this group, thinking they might bend with logic, but my appeals to their reason were virtually pointless.
Ultimately, it would be Tariq Nasheed that would move to turn the lights-out on the Freedmen, just as he did with ADOS.
Apparently, Lord Abba has never forgiven Mr. Nasheed for the slanderous accusations he launched against their October 16, 2022 reparations rally — where Tariq used his army of minions to label the organizers associated with the rally, as Democratic Party shills and boule puppets, and subsequently mocked them for having a low rally turnout.
One thing you can’t take away from Tariq Nasheed is his consistency. The smear campaign he spread to destroy the BTP reparations rally, was the same exact tactic he used to destroy ADOS.
Examining Tariq Nasheed’s word, thought, and deed from Jan 27, 2019 — Present
While there were a few comical moments during the FBA rise from the ADOS ashes, like the one below, where Tariq Nasheed explains the meaning behind the colors in the FBA community flag:
Most of my recollections of Tariq’s word, thought, and deed during this period, were not at all funny.
In the beginning, I was way too generous in my “benefit of doubt,” dispensation. I mistakenly handled Tariq Nasheed with the same kid gloves, he’s currently being handled with by Professor James Small and Baba Kaba Kamene. I too, treated him as though he were a 27 year old Chase McGhee, rather than a 50 year-old father of three.
I treated him as if he were ignorant, and had no idea of what he was doing. As such, I attempted to appeal to the brother privately:
I tried appealing to him morally — What would Dr. Welsing Say?
Dr. Welsing would be disappointed to learn that one of her most beloved sons has betrayed her legacy, by embracing the same reactionary politics, she herself, stood against. While I don’t presume to speak for our great Ancestor, her life’s work was a testament to the mental, and ideological fortitude, needed to wage war against systemic, racism, white supremacy.
What the ADOS movement has made abundantly clear, is there are some significant cracks in many of our brothers, and sisters, ideological foundations. We’ve allowed “black first” rhetoric to stand in the place of a substantive, and thorough, analysis of the actual systems of domination that adversely affect Black people. This has led to many of us operating under a false pretense, believing that because we’re speaking the same language we must have the same goals.
I even tried appealing to him consciously — You’re capable of being a better leader than this:
Whether you recognize yourself as a leader, or not, there are lots of people who follow you — and your words matter. No code can replace the necessity of sober-minded leadership, disciplined group study, and ideologically-grounded, grassroots, organizing.
Sheep have a code — during times of danger, they instinctively move to the center of the herd — but sheep, like humans, require the leadership of a shepherd, if they are to survive. If “the code” is to be the shepherd, then it needs to be revitalized. A ship that bends with every wave is not fit for sailing, and as it currently stands — “Get on Code” is a patch work sailboat that bends with every wave, and has no ideological anchor to prevent it from being washed out in a sea of reactionary thought.
In conclusion, I pray my words are received in the spirit in which they were given, but if you take nothing else away, just know that ADOS is on collision course with reality, and as a captain, I hope you’ll consider redirecting the ship.
Having done all this, by the end of 2019, I had every reason I would ever need to “throw away Tariq Nasheed ,” and yet, I still gave the brother another try. After the 2020 election ended with the defeat of the ADOS/FBA movement, I reached out again, thinking I might be able to appeal to his rational mind. I thought to myself, maybe my brother was overcome with a severe case of reparations fever, and lost his head along the way. Observing this whole thing, made me think of the European writer, Charles Mackay:
“In reading The History of Nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities, their seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not what they do. We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.”
― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”
― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
So I tried again, because I refused to believe that a brother who had once used his platform to do so much good, could turn around and use it to destroy all the good he’s done. And this is the same dilemma that our dear elder, Professor James Small is now faced with.
When you’ve done all you can do, and someone shows you who they are, what do you do with those facts? I personally no longer believe that Tariq Nasheed can be saved, and I don’t believe he respects anyone in this community enough to truly hold himself accountable.
So I’m no longer interested in “saving” Tariq Nasheed. I’m more concerned with the legacy of our great elder, Professor James Small, that is now being greatly diminished by his association with a war criminal. And when I say “war criminal,” I’m not speaking hyperbolic.
Dr. Frances Cress-Welsing made it abundantly clear. Those of us who are aware of our true situation, war, have a responsibility to bring our family into the awareness of this reality. This is something I know Baba Small agrees with, as evidenced by his remarks in the following video, at the 10:14 mark:
“In North America we got something different. We have a history we’re just beginning to discover. But to know your history, don’t turn you against your mother and your father. Africa is our mother and our father. If you reject your ancestors, and you reject your mother and your father, who are you and what are you?
Don’t let somebody else’s foolish interpretation of something determine how you respond to something, because our only purpose as conscious beings, is to make the unconscious concious of their unconscious. Even though some of them we got to condemn, because they’re dangerous. AND YOU GOTTA PUSH THEM DANGEROUS ONES OUT OF THE WAY OF LIBERATION!”
I love Professor Small, but that last sentence in his statement, is literally what we’re hoping he’ll soon become conscious of, as it pertains to Tariq Nasheed, and FBA.
Anyway, Dr. Welsing’s work was a major inspiration behind the creation of the Afrikan War College, which was erected to systematically carry out our conscious raising, mandate.
If we view our reality through its proper context, war, then we have no choice, other than to see Tariq’s actions for what they truly are: war crimes. To behave in the manner he’s been behaving, while being fully aware of our situation, is inexcusable. It’s dangerous, it’s treacherous, and it’s flat out selfish. All things I know Professor Small also agrees with.
However, I also know Professor Small has not been close enough to twitter to even have a clue of what Tariq’s actions have been, so I’ve taken the liberty of displaying them below, to give him a better understanding of just how “crazy,” “dangerous,” and “selfish” Tariq Nasheed, and these linage terrorists have become.
Every single one of the actions, detailed below, were intentional on Tariq Nasheed’s part, and he was fully aware of what he was doing. Now, if professor James Small is mad about people taking his clips out of context, which I’ve been accused of (see part 1 Hidden Lies), he should first know that Tariq Nasheed has been selectively using his clips to promote the fallacious idea that Professor James Small is anti-Black Immigrant, and anti-Pan Africanism.
Baba James Small has been celebrated as the master teacher of the ADOS/FBA movement, for this very reason. In fact, one of the most virulent Anti-Africans of the ADOS/FBA movement, has been using your clip to promote the Tariq Nasheed endorsed idea, that Pan Africanism is dead, for several years now.
And it’s not just her!
Many of Tariq’s followers in the ADOS/FBA movement, love and honor you, Professor Small, because they believe you hate Africans just as much as they do.
This same FBA-ADOS diehard, was so vexed after watching your recent interview with Tariq Nasheed, that she immediately took to social media to lament the fact that you were still on that “pan African bullshit.”
So, as we go through each of Tariq's war crimes below, I want you to keep in mind that for the past four years, the de facto assumption was that “Professor James Small agrees” with these things, which is why he continues to support every project Tariq Nasheed is doing under the FBA brand name, and has even gone as far as labelling himself an FBA.
War crimes:
- Count 1 — Attacks on African American history
- Count 2 — Attacks on African identity
- Count 3 — Attacks on Pan Africanism
- Count 4 — Attacks on the Red, Black and Green
- Count 5 — Attacks on our Black immigrant brothers and sisters
Count 1: Attacks on African American History
For Tariq's first count, Mr. Nasheed is responsible for popularizing, and promoting Yvette Carnell’s, Black American Replacement Theory. As you can hear from the video below, Tariq Nasheed is intentionally working to raise hostilities between African Americans, and the Black Immigrant community, by presenting Black immigrants as willing accomplices in an extermination program being carried out by the government. Or using the Nasheedian popularized translation— De Gubbament.
This same claim is depicted on the FBA website, which explicitly states the following:
THE DANGER OF DUAL ALLEGIANCES
Historically, there have been two types of half-FBA individuals, in a general sense:1. Loyalists to their FBA lineage and heritage
2. Anchored Tethers who view FBA society as a group to exploit and ultimately replace.
I’m sure the irony is lost on FBA, that their right wing, slave-identified, Negro patriot movement, has a stronger allegiance to white supremacy, than it does to Black Liberation. But it’s the EVIL immigrant TETHERS we should be worried about, according to Father Nasheed.
Tariq Nasheed’s foundational Black American Replacement Theory isn’t just applied to the present, it’s also retroactive. Effectively allowing Tariq to rewrite African American history, while centering his FBA Cult.
In this revised version of “Foundational Black American” history, Malcolm X is no longer part of the group, and Arturo Schomburg is now a non-FBA tether.
Count 2: Attacks on African Identity
In the first video below, you’ll see Tariq Nasheed teaching his FBA votarists that their African Identity is a “con game.”
In this second video, you’ll see Tariq Nasheed warning his Branch Nasheedians that the nebulous “they,” is working to “Africanize” their Foundational Black American holiday, Juneteenth:
The two images below are from notable #COTNclub members (Children of Tariq Nasheed — Pronounced “Cotton”), who are also lamenting the idea that so-called, “FBA culture,” and holidays are now being “Africanized.”
- The first image is from Tariq Nasheed's son, Afro Elite.
- The second image, is from a member of the dissident FBA-sect, #securethetribe, that cut the original clip that led to the viscous slander Professor James Small unleashed against my character.
Count 3: Attacks on Pan Africanism
“For us as a race to remain, as we have been in the past — divided among ourselves, parochializing, insularizing and nationalizing our activities as subjects and citizens of the many alien races and governments under which we live — is but to hold ourselves in readiness for that great catastrophe that is bound to come — that of racial extermination, at the hands of the stronger race — the race that will be fit to survive.”
~ The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Tariq Nasheed has singlehandedly spearheaded one of the largest disinformation campaigns against Pan Africanism, over the past four years. In the first video below, Tariq Nasheed intentionally reduces the idea of Pan Africanism to a transatlantic quid pro quo between Black citizens of colonial nations. His idea of Pan Africanism in this video boils down to the following:
African Americans have been supporting Black immigration. However, African Americans can’t get citizenship in European owned, “African,” nations on the continent. Therefore, Pan Africanism is one-sided, and only supports black immigrants, and as such, Black Americans should stop supporting immigration, by abandoning Pan Africanism.
Please listen to the entire video for yourself!
In this second video, which was released on Marcus Garvey’s birthday, he ridicules Pan Africanism as “Wakanda fantasy talk,” and informs his audience that new information is now coming to light, that Marcus Garvey may have been an “opp,” or an enemy to African American People.
Yvette Carnell even called him out on this one, for digging in her crates, and remixing her greatest hits.
Lastly, whenever Tariq Nasheed writes the word “PaN aFriCaNiSm” on twitter, he intentionally uses the sponge bob SquarePants mocking text. The message is meant to convey the idea that Pan Africanism is silly, and not worthy of consideration.
In addition to this, Tariq Nasheed routinely finds situations of so-called, “non-FBA” people doing things that have nothing to do with Pan Africanism, and calls it out to his audience as an example of why Pan Africanism is a pipedream.
You might think this is a joke, but the entire ADOS and FBA movement is hostile to the idea of Pan Africanism, and this didn’t happen by mistake. The following clip, is a sample of some of the minds being produced by Tariq Nasheed's, Anti-African, FBA Movement.
Lastly, before moving to count number 4, I want to highlight one of Tariq’s more egregious misrepresentations of Pan Africanism. A Nigerian brother created a song to raise awareness among his country men, regarding their anti-Black American biases. This song was meant to increase understanding, and lend towards building a stronger connection between Nigerians, and African Americans. Tariq Nasheed took this brother’s video, and told his audience the guy was attacking FBA, and said this was another example of so-called Pan Africanism. I personally, called Tariq out for his blatant disinformation agenda.
Count 4: Attacks on the Red, Black, and Green
In the following video, Tariq Nasheed is once again attacking the credibility of anyone waving an RBG flag. According to Tariq Nasheed, the only people who wave the RBG flag are federal assets.
What’s even more impressive is, he conjures up this lunacy about the colors, Red, Black and Green, while simultaneously using ancient Kemet to justify his negro American, patriotic, loyalty to Red, White and Blue.
As usual, it’s not a movement unless Tariq can hustle a dollar from it. Which is why the Red, Black and Green, only became federal agent attire, when the ADOS movement took a bite out of Mr. Nasheed’s Pan African sales.
Count 5: Attacks on the Black immigrant community
In the above tweet, dated May 27, 2017, two years before the ADOS movement existed, Tariq Nasheed demonstrates that he is clear, and aware of the tactics being used to keep “Black Americans & Black Africans from linking up.” Fast-forward to today, Tariq Nasheed is openly using said tactics, to keep Black Americans & Black Africans from linking up.
In this next exhibit, Tariq willfully admits that he’s been approached by the white right to start attacking Black immigrants, something he said he would never do.
However, that was clearly a lie, because Tariq Nasheed has single-handedly introduced the terms, “anchor baby,” “tether,” and “non-fba,” to hoards of his Branch Nasheedians, which was also detailed by Yvette Carnell in her recent interview with Rock Newman.
Prior to 2019, these anti-immigrant terms weren’t used in Black America. They were strictly the domain of the white right. However, we know that during periods of economic uncertainty, reactionary elements in our community, will align themselves with the dangerous and hostile elements, in larger society, which by the way, is the literal defintion of a dual allegiance.
So, not only has Tariq Nasheed popularized these anti-immigrant terms, he’s gone a step further, and upped the ante. If we rewind to 2017, Tariq Nasheed was being critical of Donald Trump for referring to Haitians as being AIDS infested.
Fast-forward to 2019, Tariq Nasheed is deploying the very same language against Caribbean immigrants (most of these tweets were deleted from the summer of 2019), and when he is called out for it, in classic Tariq fashion, everyone who calls him out is either a liar, a troll, or a lying troll.
In concluding count number 5, these final two acts epitomize the newly reimagined Tariq Nasheed brand, which no sincere forces for African liberation should be supporting, or cosigning:
- On November 8, 2019, Tariq Nasheed posted a, since-deleted, video to his twitter page, that was a clear promotion of violence against the Black immigrant community. As soon as I saw the video, I went live on twitter, and publicly disassociated myself from Tariq, and you can still find a link to my video PSA below.
- In closing, what may have been Tariq Nasheed's most incriminating act, was when he co-hosted a joint space with his #securethetribe children, that reached nearly 33,000 attendees from around the world (that’s literally 13k more attendees than a sold out Madison Square Garden event — let that sink in).
- FBA Twitter spaces, in general, are childish, and tend to invite a lot of ignorant behavior. But on this particular space, there were several Black folks from the UK who actually tried reasoning with Tariq. Two of the callers were brilliant Nigerian sisters who were attempting to explain basic realties, such as, imperialism, and colonialism. Rather than engage with these sisters, in hopes of building a bridge, Tariq played the role of court gesture, by derailing the conversation, and keeping it non-constructive.
- After the space ended — which was mostly a show of Tariq Nasheed cracking jokes on immigrants about cake soap, them smelling like “cheetah pee,” and being impoverished — he mockingly produced a music video laughing at their claim that the ‘government’ was the problem. Knowing full well that African nations are still the colonial possessions of the western world, Tariq Nasheed, the 50 year-old “conscious community” documentary filmmaker, produced the following video to mock these brothers and sisters, who he accused of “fleeing” to America.
Note: The two erudite UK sisters made the mistake of treating Tariq Nasheed as if he were anything other then a clown. Twitter User @ThePenandPaper knew better, and rather than play games with this middle-aged cult leader, she gave him 11 minutes and 35 seconds of straight revolutionary accountability. Tariq Nasheed hasn’t gone back to one of these spaces since taking this verbal thrashing in front of his son, Afro elite.
Unmasking Deceptions
“We must now prepare to unmask deception within our race. Our greatest ills today come not from without, but from within our own race, and caused through blatant hypocrisy that seems to be akin to so many of the so-called men, who have been our professed leaders for so long. Our organization and the race, have reached the point where we need no flattery, to succeed and move ahead, but must expose the truth for its own sake.” ~Marcus Garvey
Professor James Small, if you will indulge me but for a minute longer, I would like to use this last section to speak plainly, but respectfully. In examining these last two weeks, I’ve come to the conclusion that you’ve either been deceived, or you’ve been the deceiver. My heart won’t let me believe the latter, so I’ll use this time to respond to a few of your most blistering condemnations of my character.
Much of what you said, clearly didn’t apply to me, and I’ve never felt the need to defend my honor for the bozos on twitter.
For example, when you said that part about people hating on Tariq’s hidden history museum. That is something I won’t dignify with a response, because for one, I’ve never taken a position on Tariq’s museum, and for two, Tariq himself has made his position on museums clear, long before he ever collected a penny for this latest vanity project.
As for the wisdom that came through during your rebuke, when you advised the following:
the appropriate thing to do was to “write your brother a letter,” not attack him!
I hope you now see the many failed attempts that were made to do what you’ve suggested, but this idea that I’ve been “attacking him,” or that “I’m upset with him,” is PURE FABRICATION, which only makes sense if you’re still holding onto false narrative that we’ve already destroyed with the revelation of Hidden Lies. I hope that through your reading of what’s been written in part one, we’ve since disabused you of that notion.
With that out the way, there were two particular segments that I feel forced to respond to, only because it is you. If these statements were made by someone I didn’t respect, I wouldn’t bother replying — because we say more by saying less.
Professor James Small Condemnation of Omowale No.1
“What we’re talking about is freeing our people. That’s what information gives us the ability to do. This technology gives us the ability to use this information very well. No one has done it like you have done it.”
~ Professor James Small
This particular statement is 100 percent accurate. There is ABSOLUTELY a clear distinction, between the way he’s “done it,” and the way I’ve “done it.”
One of us has used technology to bring our people together, and the other has used it to tear us apart. One of us has used technology to organize the largest virtual convening of African people, to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Red, Black and Green; and the other has used it to destroy the legacy of the Red, Black and Green.
One of us has used it to organize a contingent of African-American educators, to connect with the Caribbean, and the other has used it to paint the Caribbean as a crime infested AIDS den.
One of us has used it to show protocols of manhood for sovereign minded men, and the other has used it to promote “buck breaking.”
One of us has used it to honor our fallen brothers and sisters:
And the other has used it to profit from their death:
One of us is a complete BOZO — or in the words of Dr. John Henrik Clarke, “a phony, a faker, and a fraud,” — and the other is taking precious time away from his wife and children, to respond to an esteemed elder who should know the difference between what’s hype and what’s right. I could’ve been using this time to finish giving one of the most urgent, and critical lectures on the current geopolitical situation in the world, but instead, I had to use it to speak truth about a clown whose only purpose is to distract our people from the urgent developments that are currently reshaping our world.
In the spirit Ma’at, I’ll offer balance here. Tariq’s presence hasn’t been all bad, and Hidden Colors is where I’ll give him credit. I respect the fact that the Hidden Colors series was inspired by a true story. Each generation needs its own version of Roots (no disrespect to Roots), but we should never confuse Kunta Kinte, with actual history.
Said differently, Alex Haley did a great job writing the autobiography of Malcolm X, but it is only in a generation where the soil of Black liberation has become so polluted, that many can no longer distinguish between Alex Haley and Malcolm X, even our beloved elder.
I, for one, would never work to profit off the continent, or the diaspora, and then turn around and condemn our most genuine efforts for redemption (i.e. Pan Africanism).
Imagine Malcolm X making a movie called 1804, and telling Haitians to “Hold their own nuts,” to profit from division. You’re right Baba Small, no one has “done it” like he’s done it. This level of treachery is unprecedented in the technological age.
Brothers and sisters are out here doing real work to revive our liberation movement, while your prized pupil sits on the internet heaping coals on our head.
“Any ni&&a you see with that RBG flag is an agent!”
~ Tariq Nasheed
I’ll end the first part of my response by saying this: Please don’t mistake visibility with impact. All brand builders are into visibility, but organizers are into impact. The value of my work is not based on the products attached to it. I’ve consistently done the work to bring African people together, so that we can advance towards victory. And to watch that be dismissed by an elder I hold in high esteem, while he simultaneously endorses a modern day Eldridge Cleaver, was disappointing.
Professor James Small Condemnation of Omowale No.2
Slanderous Accusation 1:
“…many of the brothers and sisters who call themselves Pan Africanists, don’t have a freaking clue, what Pan Africanism, historically is about… And what they’re running with, is quasi-nationalist ideology, not even based on history, on how to formulate a revolutionary process for Black people. The first part of formulating that process, you must be informed and instructed by your history and your culture. You’ve [Tariq Nasheed] done that very well. And the attack on you I have to look at sometimes, sideways…”
Baba Small, this was very painful to watch. The devilish grin on Tariq’s face, as he feigns humility, actually removed a bit of the sting from these words, but it was still upsetting to watch Mr. Nasheed abuse your trust, and manipulate your loyalty this way. You can’t credit a guy with having “done the work,” to formulate a Pan African revolutionary process, — which I’m sure we’ll find in his Foundational Black American Race Baiter — when he’s literally teaching his followers that to embrace their African identity, is to embrace a con game.
Ad hominems aside, I completely understand what you mean by quasi-nationalist ideology, which mostly applies to the so-called “conscious community,” something I’ve never been a part of. I would, however, invite you to give a sincere assessment of my understanding of Pan Africanism. In fact, because your opinion on the matter is one I hold in high regard, you were actually among the handful of Pan Africanist thinkers, that I asked to provide a review of the Strike Drum Lecture Series, when it was delivered:
I know this is a busy time for you, but your feedback on any of the 10 lectures in this foundational series, is certainly welcomed:
Strike Drum: The Political Awakening of Afrikan Consciousness
- Lecture 1: The Ethnic Cleansing of Black America & the Black Immigrant Paradox Part 1
- Lecture 2: The Ethnic Cleansing of Black America & the Black Immigrant Paradox Part 2
- Lecture 3: The Ethnic Cleansing of Black America & the Black Immigrant Paradox Part 3
- Lecture 4: Nigerianism on Trial Part 1 — The Deconstruction of Colonial Identity
- Lecture 5: Nigerianism on Trial Part 2 — The Corrupted Seeds of Mama Afrika
- Lecture 6: Nigerianism on Trial Part 3 — Unwitting Agents in the cultural construction of Nigeria
- Lecture 7: The Pan Afrikan Costume Ball & the Climate of Confusion
- Lecture 8: The Significance of Afrikan Spirituality & the war for the Afrikan mind
- Lecture 9: Malcolm X & the Neoliberal Assault on Democratic Rule — Part 1
- Lecture 10: Malcolm X & the Neoliberal Assault on Democratic Rule — Part
Slanderous Accusation 2:
“And the young man [Omowale] who called me yesterday, because this is only the third time I spoke to him.”
This statement was rather trivial, and while we already cleaned it up over the phone, it has breathed new life into a slanderous false narrative the FBA hoard continues to spread about me. It is being alleged that, rather than bringing you on to the show to provide you with the opportunity to clarify your positions on Pan Africanism and African identity, our true intentions were to “search you out” to capture a quick “soundbite,” to use against Tariq Nasheed. While this accusation is patently false, it is still being used to assassinate my character.
Let’s be clear, Baba James Small is absolutely one of the most accessible, and sought after elders that readily embraces the youth. And he’ll tell you, not everyone gets saved in his phone. That was not the case for me, and Baba literally mentioned LIVE on the air that he had my number saved under another name, so clearly this wasn’t the first, nor was it “only the “third time” we’ve spoken.
When I served as a leader in the local chapter of Afrocentricity International, prior to COVID, in both 2018 and 2019, I organized a group of men to volunteer our services at the annual Malcolm X day pilgrimage, which is where Baba and I first connected.
2018
2019
I have always held Baba James Small in the highest regard. In fact, when we organized the 2020 Remaking Black Power Summit, Baba Small was not a scheduled speaker. When I found out he was in attendance, on day 2, I insisted that he have the closing remarks, which I was scheduled to give, but I ceded the floor to my elder to honor his presence, and his wisdom.
Promotional reel of featured speakers for the 2-day, Remaking Black Power Summit — Oct 30–31, 2020
Slanderous Accusation 3:
“Stop this attack on [Tariq]… You can’t rationalize attacking your own people, when I don’t see one attack coming from you on the enemy. I don’t see any documents you’re doing, where you’re identifying and attacking the enemy. Or you’re informing the people of who the enemy is.”
Baba Small, you may not be aware of the work we’re doing, but it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Just as you weren’t aware of the damage Tariq Nasheed has been doing to the movement over the past 4 years, but it doesn’t mean it wasn’t happening. Part of informing our people of “who the enemy is,” is informing them of the treacherous collaborators among us.
Tariq Nasheed has intentionally been working against the movement, since January 27, 2019. Now I’m not saying I believe the theory being spread by ADOS, that Tariq Nasheed is the latest Al Sharpton government plant, but his actions certainly fit the bill.
That said, much of the work being done in the Afrikan War College, and the Amos Wilson Collective addresses the points you raised above.
But even beyond the consciousness raising efforts that are consistently occurring, the Amos Wilson Collective is intentionally working to expand our institutional capacity, to address the most pressing concerns of our people. Food, Clothing, Water, Shelter, Safety, and Education.
“Without the support of the people, no movement for liberation can exist, no matter how correct it’s analysis of the situation is… Unless you are addressing the issues people are concerned about, and contributing positive direction, they’ll never support you.” ~ Assata Shakur
If you would like to support these efforts, you can learn more about our collective in the video below.
Slanderous Accusation 4
“Some of it, I think Tariq, is just plain ignorance. Some of it is ego. Some of it is envy. Some of it is jealousy. But some of it is treachery, and collaboration. And for those who are involved in the treachery and collaboration, I can’t put my finger on you and say specifically who you are, but I want to be very clear, you’re not going to play me in the middle of your treachery… Your envy, your jealousy, and your hatred, because someone has achieved something that you don’t feel you can achieve.”
Baba Small, of everything you said that night, this was by far the most dangerous, and slanderous statement delivered. Not only did you insinuate I was an agent, you did far worst, you left it open to interpretation in front of a room of thousands of the most ignorant, self-hating Africans on this side of the planet.
What exactly did I do to deserve such a betrayal? We were so thankful that you had the courage to say what you said, regarding Tariq Nasheed’s behavior, unprovoked. Those of us who have maintained principled critiques of his actions, could clearly see that his efforts were an attempt to destroy the Black liberation movement, so we were naturally puzzled as to why no elders were speaking out against this treachery.
Many just assumed that the elders were economically compromised, and Tariq was buying their silence. But when you spoke out, of your own volition, Afrikans from around the world breathed a sigh of collective relief.
However, when the pressure mounted, you quickly through me under the bus, and distanced your self from the truth you once spoke.
Why?
You weren’t only attacking me in your retreat, you were attacking every sincere Pan Africanist organizer, that has been using their voice to push back against this wave of militarized ignorance.
@Jador_Jadorrion
@bars_real
You enlisted yourself into a longstanding fight against darkness, but surprisingly, you sided with darkness:
Since I created an online platform in 2017, I have only used my internet presence for one purpose: to silence Lies; destroy Ignorance; and defeat Disinformation.
Put a LID on it!
You clearly don’t understand the magnitude of the weapons-grade ignorance, we’re up against in the digital age.
I’ve literally had to go out of my way to search out qualified scholars, to come on to my platform to present decades of research, and evidence, to prove to young people that the slave trade actually happened!
Tariq Nasheed on the other hand, will give a platform to anyone who can help him sell products. No disrespect to our brother Red Pill, but he is currently, right now at this moment, openly promoting disinformation on his Instagram page to more than 100,000 people.
Video recording of Brother Red Pill IG page, promoting a false “expert” revelation that African-Americans are not African.
This is literally how Anti-African mind viruses, and viral disinformation campaigns are being spread.
Caption quote from Brother Red Pill: “Lemme Explain… The. Veils Being Lifted Before Your Very Own Eyes… Truth Stranger Than Fiction… How Many of Y’all Ready For A Screening Of The New Documentary #AmericanMaroon That Will Destroy The #CRT Argument & The Hundres Of FalseHoods Surrounding OUR TRUE STORY??????”
The disinformation being read in this video by paid actor, voice over Pete, was long ago exposed as fraudulent (Credit: Twitter User @JavenBullets).
The indigenous cult leader, and internet propagandist, Dane Calloway, tried to pass off this fake “expert” video 4 years ago, and was exposed. The fact that this blatant disinformation is still being publicly spread, by one of the historical experts in Tariq's, Hidden Colors 53, speaks for itself.
In closing, I have tried my best to use my platform to counter the falsification of aboriginal consciousness.
So you can only imagine how hurt, and disappointed I am, to have one of the elders that I love, respect, and dare I say revere, work so hard to discredit my platform, by assaulting the truth, in favor of protecting the lie. This is a clear manifestation of the crisis of accountability, that continues to plague our community!
You openly used your words to convey to our viewing audience, that you would not be moving forward with Tariq Nasheed, unless his behavior changes. You then stated, you would encourage other elders who’ve been supportive of the Tariq Nasheed brand, to do the same.
I believe that was a step in the right direction, as far as accountability goes. But your actions following those words, were completely contradictory. What message do you think that sent to the young people who were watching? Especially after you went back on to his show, and showered him with praise.
Rather than take the few scrapes and cuts that necessarily, come with pulling the proverbial rose bush from the garden of black liberation, you instead chose to water his ego, and give credence to the lie that Tariq Nasheed is an extension of our “great master teachers.”
Master Filmmaker? Yes. Master Marketer and Propagandist? For sure. I’ll even take it one step further and give him credit for being a master manipulator. But when it comes to educating the people for freedom and struggle, the only thing Tariq has done with the skills he’s mastered, is use them against us.
At this point, you, Professor James Small, no longer have the power to shut down Tariq, but you could at least withdraw your support, publicly, and stand on that decision. Make no mistake, his throng of followers will stone you in their digital square, now that you’ve been inducted into their online infirmary, better known as twitter spaces:
Tariq Nasheed will likely try “exposing” you too. But at least the present version of you that they’re using to promote their anti-African agenda, could die to falsehood, and be born again on the side of truth.
The Branch Nasheedians will never stop drinking the Kool-Aid. And to be very honest, this is why they were not the intended audience for this writing. FBA is an online religious cult, and Tariq Nasheed is their deity. Very similar to how Donald Trump said he could shoot a man, and still not lose any support, Tariq Nasheed could Eddie Long half his congregation, and the tithes and offerings would never cease to flow.
We can’t save the FBA cult. They’ve acquired a taste for a daily dose of lies, and Tariq Nasheed feeds them intravenously. The only people Mr. Nasheed would even think of telling the truth to, is the FBI, which according to him, visits him quite often.
When massa asks their boy, Tariq, if he’s a threat to massas plantation, Tariq Nasheed can truthfully, and honestly answer, No! “It’s just entertainment boss.” I’s a real life Dallas Wolf.
So now that we’ve presented all the facts, there is but one final question to ask:
Who will stand on the side of Ma’at, and remain unwavering in the face of chaos?
There is no neutral ground. To choose neutrality is to side with falsehood, in the attack against truth.
In closing, for those of us who are true stewards of truth, justice, reciprocity, balance, and order, we must use our voice to not only speak truth to power, we must also speak against the darkness currently engulfing Black America, and the broader Pan African world, because MA’AT AND CHAOS CANNOT COEXIST!
In Luv & Service,
Your brother — Omowale
“Be at peace with your efforts knowing that time has a strong reputation for revealing the heart.”
~ Baba Mwalimu Baruti
About the Author
Omowale Afrika is a Garveyite, and grassroots institution builder, with more than two decades of student & community organizing experience. Omowale has served the local Philadelphia community in a variety of roles, including, the former President of Marcus Garvey’s, UNIA & ACL, Division 121, and as an Anti-Violence activist with Men United for a Better Philadelphia.
He is the immediate past Vice-Shenuti for the Philadelphia Chapter of Afrocentricity International, where he oversaw Youth Programming, and was responsible for managing the community outreach initiatives for the African Heritage & Cultural preservation fund.
He was the lead organizer for the RBG Centennial Conference, and the 2020 Remaking Black Power Summit — and is the current Executive Director of the Afrikan War College; Founder of the Council of Black Restoration Activists, also known as COBRA; and Co-General of the Amos Wilson Collective.
In addition to his organizing efforts, brother Omowale is an independent filmmaker & community lecturer, with his most notable works being the Strike Drum lecture series, and the Un-American Dilemma project.
Brother Omowale lectures, writes, and organizes around the following issues:
- Pan Africanism/Black Nationalism
- Afrikan Spirituality
- Political Prisoners
- Reparations
- Black Liberation
- Black Power
- State Sanctioned Violence
- Rebuilding Black Families
- Community-led Development
- Nation Building
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