After Kanye's Emmett Till Disgrace, Swedish Politician Uses Kanye West's Music to Attack Anne Frank

TL Anne Frank in 1940, while at 6. Montessorischool, Niersstraat 41-43, Amsterdam (the Netherlands) by unknown photographe Collectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam: TR BR: Anne Frank Memorial in Bergen Belsen Minnesmerke by Paalso Paal Sorensen 2009 license.

Until today, November 1, 2022, the worst news I’ve heard recently about the young Jewish hero Anne Frank was a book about her being swept into the book-banning insanity underway in Texas and across America.

Today’s news is a constellation of Anne Frank, Kanye West and far-right Swedish politician Rebecka Fallenkvist.

The Swede posted on Twitter about Anne Frank’s journal, with Kanye West’s ‘Praise God’ Music to accompany Fallenkvist’s words.

The 26-year-old has been elected as a Sweden Democratic member in Region Stockholm in 2022 and has been hosting news programs on the Sweden Democrats’ YouTube channel, called Riks. Sweden Democrats was founded in the 1980s by people previously active in right-wing extremist groups, including neo-Nazis. The party emerged as Sweden’s second-largest party in the Sept. 11 election under the leadership of Jimmie Akesson.

In the kind of vulgar language the global alt-right crowd pours onto people of conscience — more likely people holding progressive values — Fallenkvist wrote these comments about Anne Frank — accompanied by the sound of Kanye West’s voice praising God.

“Fifty pages in and so far Anne Frank has only struck me as debauched, the horniness itself,” Sweden Democrat (SD) Rebecka Fallenkvist wrote on Instagram.

The Swedish Jewish community responded with their outrage, along with Israel's ambassador to Sweden. “We are obviously outraged and disgusted by this,” Nina Tojzner, secretary-general of the Jewish youth organization in Sweden told The Jerusalem Post.

As Kanye West unleashed a tornado of anti-Semitic hate in America, his voice and music were adopted by other right-wingers in global politics.

Kanye was praised approvingly by alt-Right anti-Semites hanging a banner over the California freeway 405.

West was praised for his Jew-hating garrulous tirades by an alt-right takeover of sports stadium electronic screens in Jacksonville over the weekend. It’s clear that just as the MAGA crowd ran Kanye West’s 2020 campaign for president, they are weaving a very tight web aroound him, where he IS the Bible-toting, flamethrowing spokesman for the alt-right.

Documented reports emerged last week that Kanye West holds Adolph Hitler in high regard. Given Kanye’s obsession with Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin, it makes perfect sense that Adolph Hitler is also Kanye’s man in charge.

Now Kanye says he has never read a book, and we should believe him. One wonders if Kanye can actually read. Many people are ashamed to admit that they can’t read.

So whether Kanye bought an audio version of ‘Mein Kampf’, had someone read it to him or draft up some notes, West is alleged to have had major admiration for Hitler, going to far as to seek to name his 2018 album after the mass-murderer.

West expressed “admiration” for the Nazis and Hitler for their use of propaganda. No one can argue that both Kanye West and the MAGA Republicans understand well the reality of effective propaganda, and they are much more adept at spreading propaganda than Democrats.

The Story of Anne Frank

The young Anne Frank is famous for hiding from the Nazis with her family for about two years, during Germany’s occupation of the Netherlands, launched as part of their in May 10, 1940 invasion. Anne Frank kept a journal of these heartbreaking events. that sacrificed about 11 million people, over half of them Jews. Other groups of people were also murdered by the Nazis — disabled or handicapped people, for example.

Slowly but surely, the Nazis introduced more and more laws and regulations that made the lives of Jews more difficult. For instance, Jews could no longer visit parks, cinemas, or non-Jewish shops. The rules meant that more and more places became off-limits to Anne. Her father lost his company, since Jews were no longer allowed to run their own businesses. All Jewish children, including Anne, had to go to separate Jewish schools, writes the Anne Frank website.

When the Minister of Education of the Dutch government in England made an appeal on Radio Orange to hold on to war diaries and documents, Anne understood the importance of organizing all of her writing into one running storywas titled ‘Het Achterhuis’ (The Secret Annex).

To this day, we do not know how the police discovered the secret hiding place with the Frank family and four others. Anne and the other people in hiding were discovered and arrested by police officers on August 4, 1944.

On July 5, 1942, Anne’s older sister Margot received a call-up report for a ‘labour camp’ in Nazi, Germany, prompting the family to go into hiding with an additional four people in the Secret Annex. Anne, now 13, wrote short stories, copied stories from books that inspired her, and began work on a novel in the Secret Annex.

To this day, we do not know how the police discovered the secret hiding place with the Frank family and four others. Anne and the other people in hiding with her family were discovered and arrested by police officers on August 4, 1944.

The people from the Secret Annex were put on transport to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. The train journey took three days, during which Anne and over a thousand others were packed closely together in cattle wagons. There was little food and water and only a barrel for a toilet.

Around 350 people from Anne's transport were immediately taken to the gas chambers and murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Anne, Margot and their mother were sent to the labour camp for women. Her father Otto ended up in a camp for men.

Anne was put on transport again in early November 1944, deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with her sister Margot. The girls parents remained at Auschwitz.

The Deaths of Margot and Anne Frank

The conditions in Bergen-Belsen were equally horrible. There was a lack of food and miserable weather. Contagious diseases proliferated Bergen-Belsen. Anne and Margot contracted typhus, with both young women dying. In February 1945 older sister Margot died first; with Anne, a few days later.

Anne’s mother Edith died at Auschwitz, leaving only her father Otto to carry on the family legacy after the Russians liberated Auschwitz. Honoring his daughter Anne’s wish to become a journalist, Otto determined to publish the diary and in June 1947, 3,000 copies of Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex) were printed.

The Nazis sacrificed about 11 million people, over half of them Jews. Other groups of people were also murdered by the Nazis

It’s a fact that in two short days, Kanye West and the alt-Right operating in his name have co-opted two of the most cherished victims of hatred in the world. Sunday night Kanye West desecrated the memory of Emmett Till and now today Anne Frank.

Of course, numerous free speech issues are in play here, and AOC honors Kanye West’s rights to speak his mind. It’s the same issue with Rebecka Fallenkvist. Anne of Carversville is not big on cancel culture

However, I will not sit here and be quiet, as the alt-right Maga crowd moves to sully all of us with lies so prepostrous that one can’t imagine them as being accepted as truths.

Returning to the Keller Independent School District outside Fort Worth ‘s ban on Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation”, it has returned to the school libraries. had returned “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” as of Friday, along with the Bible and a children’s graphic novel, the district told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

In recent years scientists have studied studied fMRI brain scans among all political types and their brains’ reactions to disgusting images, confirming brain scan imaging first reported in 2014.

Even though liberals and conservatives consciously reported similar emotional reactions to the same images, their brains revealed that specific brain regions involved in processing the images and their patterns of activation differed consistently between the two groups. The results — now duplicated multiple times – are so consistent that they represented a neural signature of political leaning.

“In fact, the responses in the brain are so strong that we can predict with 95 per cent accuracy where you’ll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture,” says neuroscientist Read Montague at Virginia Tech in Roanoke. “This was surprising as there are no other reports where people’s response to just one stimulus predicts anything behaviourally interesting.”

Within this context, we again share the filthy words about Anne Frank. Do you see the attempt to disgrace and defile her memory to the alt-Right, MAGA crowd? “Fifty pages in and so far Anne Frank has only struck me as debauched, the horniness itself,” Sweden Democrat (SD) Rebecka Fallenkvist wrote on Instagram.

These people are very deliberate and informed in executing their goals. This is why we must regard Kanye West as a serious danger to the wellbeing of the world’s progressive people. Kanye is a hardliner. For Kanye West to not see the hypocrisy of using the brutality of Emmett Tills open-casket imagery to present himself as a victim is inexcusable. But attaching himself to this specific image also channels the disgust factor. And the very people Kanye loves— hard-right, white southerners committed this monstrocity on Emmett Till. That ironic duality is way too much for Kanye West’s brain to process. ~ Anne

Viola Davis Comes to Life As 'The Woman King' in ELLE Brazil October by Mar + Vin

All reports are that ‘The Woman King’ reigns supreme at the Toronto International Film Festival, which opened on September 8 and closes on Sunday, September 18.

Gina Prince-Bythewood directed the historical epic set in West Africa in 1823. Tony and Oscar award winner Viola Davis, featured here in four covers of the October 2022 issue of ELLE Brazil, stars as Nanisca, a force of nature in Dahomey, West Africa. Today Dahomey is located in what we know as southern Benin.

Brazil’s photographers Mar + Vin [Marcos Florentino + Kelvin Yule] [IG] photograph Davis, styled by Juliana Jimenez for editorial director Susan Barbosa [IG].

As the leader of the Agojie, the all-woman army of the African kingdom, Davis’s character led a fighting force so fierce that even enemies spoke of its “prodigious bravery”.

Damoney’s 6.000 warrior women raided villages under darkness, taking captives while beheading resisters, as trophies of war. The Agojie commanded the respect of European visitors, who often compared them to the ‘Amazons’, the legendary warrior women — now confirmed as real by researchers — of Greek mythology.

The film opens in America Friday, September 16, and the formidable presence of Viola Davis will touchdown in Brazil, to promote the release of ‘The Woman King’ on September 22.

‘The Woman King’ is the first time that the American film industry has dramatized the ferociously compelling, and disruptive-to-all-psyches story of these legendary warrior women. The film takes place against the backdrop of regional conflicts engulfing the region and the looming probability of European colonization.

The film comes at an important time in America as MAGA-Republicans seek to shut down the stories of slavery and colonialism, for fear of the truths of history becoming better known to America’s kids and old people, both.

This recent Smithsonian article reminds us that dramatic liberties have been taken with the film. As we work hard to speak to the truth of the slave trade, historians agree that the film is not telling a factual story in many areas.

I can’t believe that Viola Davis won’t work to discuss these realities — or post a well-researched counter narrative.

In our already-fraught state of race relations in America, the Smithsonian argues that:

“ . . . the kingdom’s involvement in the slave trade doesn’t align as neatly with the historical record. As historian Robin Law notes, Dahomey emerged as a key player in the trafficking of West Africans between the 1680s and early 1700s, selling its captives to European traders whose presence and demand fueled the industry—and, in turn, the monumental scale of Dahomey’s warfare.”

Make no mistake that the right-wing will seize upon these alleged discrepancies, which is why AOC will explore them in-depth out of the gate.

Just as Southenerns have rewritten the alleged glory of the Confederacy to be factually incorrect, they should understand — and have no issue with — factual changes in the history of Dahomey for the purposes of a dramatization of this African nation’s powerful women warriors.

As we really rev up this The Wokes channel, I am consolidating content from all over the website. Much of it is a decade old or even older.

Ever since Charlottesville and then the murder of George Floyd in 2020, followed by my then move to Virginia in an effort to better understand the American story, I’ve read stories about lynching and burning people in alive in America that sent me into a deep depression.

I’ve wept so many tears post-George Floyd that I contracted an eye infection and the Black doctor who treated me said “Miss Anne, you have to stop weeping. No matter what I give you to stop the infection, it won’t work if you keep crying.”

I saw a broadcast today of a youngish man speaking from Texas, and he said something that rang very true to me. His argument is that when the newspaper images from lynchings — often a form of entertainment in America memorialized on postcards — or images in the Smithsonian collections are shown online by websites like Anne of Carversville, people are going to recognize faces that are in family albums all over America.

So I understand that if AOC writes about real history vs the storyline in ‘The Woman King’, that I have a one-to-one obligation to share the American horror stories that have upset me so deeply and should not be buried from the facts of racial history in this country. This is the promise I make for Anne of Carversville.

It’s a fact that I won’t win any popularity contests — as truth-tellers always upset people on all sides — but this is the best way forward for me and the readers who trust me. Just know that the land below me was a Confederate rest station/hospital during the Civil War.

Now that is a trip for a Yankee like me!

I knew about the Dahomey Amazons, after posting this article about powerful West African women several years ago. Let me be clear that no one challenges the history of these ferocious women. The challenges come around the avoidance of confronting African participation in the slave trade. This is NOT a new topic in America’s race war of facts.

In the film Nanisca disapproves of the slave trade after experiencing its horrors personally. She urges Ghezo to end Dahomey’s close relationship with Portuguese slave traders and shift to production of palm oil as the kingdom's main export.

The Smithsonian says history is well documented that in real life:

In truth, Ghezo only agreed to end Dahomey’s participation in the slave trade in 1852, after years of pressure by the British government, which had abolished slavery (for not wholly altruistic reasons) in its own colonies in 1833. Though Ghezo did at one point explore palm oil production as an alternative source of revenue, it proved far less lucrative, and the king soon resumed Dahomey’s participation in the slave trade.

WEST AFRICAN QUEENS OF DAHOMEY, NOW BENIN. THESE FIERCE FIGHTERS WERE ALSO CALLED THE DAHOMEY AMAZONS. THIS IMAGE IS LIKELY TAKEN 1900-1912. PHOTO: FRANCOIS-EDMOND FORTIER.

What we know for sure is that Viola Davis — and all that she stands for — reigns supreme. Davis is always at the center of swirling cultural vibrations and all women — not only women of color — should be thrilled with this historical, cinematic narrative.

Those of us who are deep researchers into the facts of history know that the patriarchy is real and has had dramatic impact on the lives of all women. We also know that there is strong evidence of African cultures where women had much more power and influence than those women who landed on American shores on the Mayflower. Their societies were often notably more egalitarian, until slave traders, colonizers and Christianity got involved in their affairs.

To be continued . . . Anne

YEEZY Gap Begins National Rollout. It Gives Me Nightmares

What is the fashion industry saying about last weekend’s YEEZY Gap release in Gap’s NYC Times Square store — and about the future of the entire deal? The retailer announced it was expanding the physical offering to 45 of its stores across the U.S. at once. If it happned, it’s quiet time on the Internet.

Highsnobiety

Without judging, Highsnobiety says that Kanye has entirely subverted the brand. They title their new analysis Why the YEEZY Gap Collaboration Is a Truly Historic Moment in Fashion.

We quote: “The collection whose imagery is chock full of edge, darkness, and downright menace was released by the GAP. Let me rephrase that — it was released by the motherfucking GAP, the gold medal Olympic champion of staid mall Americana, the most inoffensive, mind-numbingly bland brand that has ever graced the face of Earth.”

Now maybe this is one more reason why Gap fired CEO Sonia Syngal after 2½ years at the helm. We doubt it’s that simple, but it can be said that Ye’s major difficulties doing anything on a schedule — which is the wheaties GAP and most of big retail runs on — didn’t help the red ink in Gap Inc. headquarters.

Much of the industry — who was super enthused about the partnership initially [not AOC; just sayin] but the most ardent fans of the deal — now question exactly what Kanye and his posse can deliver.

Gap Inc. Revenue Is $46 Million a Day, About 25% from Gap Brand

Ye was hootin that YEEZY Gap sold $14 million woth of black hoodies when they dropped — and that may be true. Gap refused to comment.

But let’s be clear that Gap Inc. sells $46 million worth of clothes every day and Gap stores is estimated to be about a quarter of the total. Depending on how many days the black hoodie collected revenue — and considering all the fanfare that was pent up waiting for it — and countless websites in America promoting it, $14 million may have been great or disappointing. We don’t know.

Ye says it broke all records for sales in one day. But Kanye can be quite like his much-admired pal Donald Trump. Exaggeration is fundamental to the big sale. We just don’t know the facts.

Ye says they only ran the commercial once. But everyone from Vogue to Business Insider was promoting it. And yes, Gap does have an affiliate program, and everybody wanted a piece of the action. The question is was it worth it to the affiliates.

It’s difficult for Ye to process the idea that bloggers and large websites out there — like even ELLE magazine — are delivering customers to Yeezy Gap to be part of the action.

That may be a good thing, because magazines and websites like Highsnobiety need revenue. But for Kanye to think that only his reputation, prodigious talent and one commercial sold his alleged $14 million worth of Perfect Black Hoodies is the typical analysis from a meglomaniac. Lots of little people make things happen, Ye.

Other analysis out this week on YEEZY Gap offers differing views of the business opportunity. The Complex article is quite good.

Chaos and Creation: Inside the Making of Yeezy Gap New York Times

Will Yeezy Save Gap Complex

YEEZY Gap Gives Me Nightmares

I’m far and away not a Gap customer. But I do get bad dreams just looking at this YEEZY Gap Engineered by Balenciaga images. Years ago, a guy dressed exactly like Ye’s above, tried to kill me over my support for Planned Parenthood. I’ll never forget that black-stocking face flying across the hood of my car and onto the windshield, after making my life hell for almost a year.

He also was wearing a black hoodie — but make no mistake, he was a white guy. And of course, we have the Guardians from HULU’s Handmaid’s Tale, keeping all the women in line. When Kanye was running for president in 2020 and talking about shutting down Planned Parenthood to end abortion rights for women. Kanye bought into all the right-wing propaganda about IUDs being murder and also Plan B. He spread more disinformation about women’s reproductivehealth than Donald Trump — and that is damn difficult.

It occurs to me that white nationalists might really like YEEZY Gap, as it’s so dystopian. From polo shirts and khakis to YEEZY Gap. Now that might be just too obviousa deviation from their ‘all American college guy’ carrying tiki torches while shouting “Jews will not replace us”.

But nothing feels like an over-reaction at this point. I can see white nationalists making YEEZY Gap their own. THAT would be one heck of a headache for Gap Inc.

Just yesterday, Rolling Stone had an article: Neo-Nazi Marine Plotted Mass Murder, Rape Campaigns with Group, Feds Say. They wrote: “While tasked with protecting the nation, Matthew Belanger was plotting a killing spree against minorities and to rape “white women to increase the production of white children,” according to federal prosecutors.”

The far-right neo-Nazi America group is called “Rapekrieg.”

I think many younger kids — think Uvalde — will be terrified by Kanye’s dystopian Gap garb. I honestly hope they don’t see it or the ads either. I do want to see Gap thrive again financially. So it’s not as if I want this project to fail. I just don’t understand why it has to be so dark, when America is already so dark.

Actually, maybe I’m not overreacting. DesignTaxi says that in the new YEEZY Gap video game you shoot white doves out of the sky. If you fail to kill them, YOU lose speed and fall to the ground from the sky.

I don’t think this is true, but I haven’t played the game. I watched it being played on YouTube and no avatars caught any doves. There were doves flying around. And I saw no doves being shot from the sky. It didn’t look like much to me. But then, I am not the YEEZY Gap customer, as I keep saying. The idea of dead peace birds really upset me for the last 15 minutes, though.

Just to explain how deeply I am affected by Jan. 6 and all the right-wing rhetoric about controlling women’s bodies, I actually woke up from a deep sleep last summer and saw an apparition of Sen. Lindsey Graham, standing in the doorway. There was a soft light shining over his head and I could see that he was holding a huge syringe, as he stood there staring at me. It was very clear to me as I tried to process this ‘dream state’ that Lindsey Graham intended to kill me with a lethal injection.

As he walked towards me, I woke up. Wow, what a night that was. ~ Anne

Past Ye — aka Kanye West