Since the rise of Black Lives Matter, Hollywood has been trying to rehabilitate the historical reputation of the Black Panthers, a Marxist-Leninist movement that advocated violent revolution. The CW’s woke Sci-Fi reboot 4400 is the latest television show to celebrate the history of this domestic terrorist organization.
4400 is about a group of men and women from different eras who mysteriously find themselves beamed into the year 2021. Episode “Empowered Women Empower women” airs Monday, December 6. It focuses upon the backstory and life of Claudette William (Jaye Ladymore), a woman who was a preacher’s spouse, but also an active participant in Civil Rights movement during the 1950s.
Having arrived in 2021, Claudette has taken a job at a bar where an arrogant and bigoted white male named Barney (Stef Tovar) is the bartender (many of the white men in the show are nasty). Claudette’s friend, Mrs. Grover (Adilah Barnes) brings her clippings about an old friend from the past named Barb who went onto become a leader in the militant Black Panthers. Claudette was pleased to hear what her friend had done. The scene flashes back to the 1950s and shows Claudette urging her abusive preacher husband Jimmy and fellow activists to change to violent tactics.
Claudette – Look at this girl. “She went on to become a leader in the Black Panther organization, believing, ‘We stood by too many years hands behind our backs to give them peace. But we learned…'” (voice breaking): “‘…Only revolution will guarantee the peace black folk deserve.'”
Mrs. Grover: You know what has changed? In today’s movement, women’s voices are not only heard but followed. Not as much as they should be, but certainly more than in your time. I wonder what Barb would think of Barney.
Claudette: Yeah, Barb knew there were a lot of Barneys rotting this country from the inside out.
Mrs. Grover: What do you think Barb would do if she knew how high up the ladder today’s Barneys have climbed?
Claudette – Sitting high in powerful positions. Mm-hmm.
Jimmy: All right, listen up. Hey. You can see the faces of your brothers and sisters in my photos. Which is why we are coming to their front steps.
Woman: Yes! Man: That’s right.
Jimmy: We will bring our message to the Klan’s headquarters. (All exclaim)
Claudette: Sit as we do always. These little ducklings are just waiting for their fate. What if we make this personal and strike at the heart of the monster?
Woman: Yes.
Claudette, The Grand Wizard’s house.
Women: Claudette. Yes, Claudette.
Jimmy: It’s all right. (Indistinct chatter) That’s enough.
Jimmy: Man, let her finish.
Claudette: This is not a sit-in. We bomb that white devil’s house. Nobody has to be present. There is no need to hurt anyone. But we show him and his family what it feels like to be terrorized and what we are capable of.
Woman: Attagirl.
Barbara: Yes!
Bobby: That’s not a bad idea. The other organizations are responding.
Women: Exactly. Yes.
Bobby: It seems like there have been some successes.
Claudette says there has been. Jimmy.
Jimmy: Y’all have to excuse my passionate wife talking out of turn. Brothers, you know we can’t fight fire with fire. It is our responsibility to obey the Lord’s commands. Matthew 5:38-40 “But I tell you, “Do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek, also.”
Notice how the scene insipidly portrays sit-ins as the organizing principle of the negative character (the abusive husband). Sit-ins ultimately helped lead to the desegregation of the American South, yet the noble heroine dismisses sit-ins as useless and wants to resort to bombing instead. The Black Panther movement is promoted as a superior movement to the peaceful (and also highly effective) Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Black Panthers engaged in assassinations, torture and killings (including of their own members).
The dialogue about “women’s voices” is likely a reference to the female Marxist-trained leaders of BLM who also advocate violent revolution. These Marxist revolutionaries see the Civil Rights period’s successful, non-violent protest movement as a repudiation of their methods. They must demolish it and write its history.
Cable is dead, reboots are commonplace but shows such as this reflect the larger narrative the left wants to propagate. 4400 is only the latest television show to promote the Black Panthers and it will not be the last.
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