BLM leader Lex Scott resigns over ‘death threats’ after saying black Americans are scared of ‘racist’ US flag
BLM leader Lex Scott decided to resign over the “death threats” she received after saying black Americans are scared of “racist” people who fly the United States flag.
Lex Scott — the founder of Black Lives Matter Utah — took to social media on Sunday to announce she was stepping down as president of the Utah BLM chapter and Utah Black History Museum.
The activist, who also revealed she no longer resides in Utah, recounted receiving “death threats like a flood” over the past month — something which wasn’t new to the Scott family.
She wrote in a lengthy Facebook post, “The only new thing was when someone attempted to climb over my fence and instead of defending myself, I relaxed my body and told myself that I wished they would hurry and get it over with. I did not even want to fight back.”
“The exhaustion of being on defense had worn on me. So prepared to die that I welcomed death and that is not living. I also was not prepared to have someone hurt my family. They are amazing. They do not deserve this life.
“This life of staying in hotels all the time when a death threat comes in. The massive security procedures that became a part of daily life. Moving my daughter’s bedroom to avoid a pipe bomb being thrown through her window.
“This is not life. And my family should not have to live that.”
Scott explained that she’s been posting videos to TikTok over the past 12 months trying to get hired by recruiters in other states to allow her to relocate.
And although Scott didn’t exactly reveal the whereabouts of her new home, she did note that the city “is all Black.”
Scott also said in her Facebook post that Rae Duckworth has taken over as president of Black Lives Matter Utah and Mario Mathis has become president of the Utah Black History Museum.
The BLM supporter concluded her farewell post by reassuring her friends that she’ll “always be the loudest voice in the room when it comes to injustice.”
“I love you. I mean that. I love you Black Lives Matter,” she wrote. “Thank you for letting me lead you for so many years. Give em hell Black Lives Matter Utah. No justice, no peace.”
Scott later spoke with ABC4 and admitted to having no regrets.
She told the news outlet: ” I don’t take it back because some of us live in a different America…we really do. We don’t have the same experience as the people who are flying that [flag].”
Approximately one month before Scott’s resignation, her BLM chapter was slammed for calling the American flag a “symbol of hatred” that is “not safe to be around.”
The Fourth of July post from BLM‘s Utah chapter said that when black Americans “see this flag we know the person flying it is a racist.”
The post goes on to say, “When we see this flag we know that the person flying it lives in a different America than we do.
“When we see this flag, we question your intelligence. We know to avoid you. It is a symbol of hatred.”
The post was met with so much backlash that the moderator of the chapter’s Facebook page appears to have deleted almost all of the comments, and disabled comments on future posts.
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Scott’s flag comments prompted The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to speak out.
“The flag stands for all the people who have lived and served to bring about the best of the American Experience, that all people are created equal,” the NAACP said in a statement, according to ABC4’s report.
“Real American Patriots have stood for equality and justice for all. While we recognize that the history of our nation is marked with both failures and successes in the treatment of minorities, we know the way forward starts with respect and togetherness for all Americans.”
