"Didn't know you were famous, the rapper Juliani, an old friend and musical collaborator, texted me from his studio in Nairobi. I didn't have a clue what he was referring to, but then he forwarded me the link to a tweet by Elon Musk that included a screenshot of a 2019 Al Jazeera column of mine, Abolishing whiteness has never been more urgent. The original post was circulating on Twitter/X, courtesy of a white nationalist poster who obviously wasn't too happy with the headline."
"Neither was Elon, who retweeted it with the comment, It's not okay to say this about any group! Although the post was only a few hours old, it already had five million views. Over the next few days, it would swell to close to 20 million. Elon, you're six years late to the party, dude! I texted Juliani back. Where were you in 2019 when that piece was published?"
Elon Musk retweeted a screenshot from 2019 addressing the abolition of whiteness, triggering immediate widespread attention and millions of views. A white nationalist originally circulated the screenshot on X, fueling outrage and amplification. Musk attached the comment, 'It's not okay to say this about any group!' as the post's views climbed from five million to nearly twenty million within days. The retweet unfolded amid intense 2025 tensions after Charlie Kirk's assassination and escalatory political rhetoric from senior figures. Extremist groups held local demonstrations with swastika banners, and university administrators debated naming policies as the online dispute spilled into real-world confrontations.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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