A Black Lives Matter TikTok video by Harvard Senior Claira Janover in which she threatens to stab and watch bleed out “the next person who has the sheer nerve, the sheer entitled caucasity to say ‘all lives matter’” went viral Tuesday in spite of a disclaimer Janover posted under the video stating “for legal reasons this is a joke”.
The video was copied over to Twitter by a critic. In the video Janover says:
Harvard senior Claira Janover threatens to stab anyone who says “all lives matter.”
Will liberal colleges and universities ever teach students that speech ≠ violence?
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) June 30, 2020
“The next person who has the sheer nerve, the sheer entitled caucasity to say ‘all lives matter’, I’ma stab you! I’ma stab you! And while you’re struggling and bleeding out I’ma show you my paper cut and say, “my cut matters too.”
As she talks, Janover angrily acts out the stabbing, getting close to the camera with each thrust, sans knife but acting with the psycho intensity of an abuser in a relationship. (Maybe she studies drama.)
Harvard senior Claira Janover threatens to stab anyone who says “all lives matter.”
Will liberal colleges and universities ever teach students that speech ≠ violence?
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) June 30, 2020
Janover retweeted supporters who came to her defense, including this one with the “for legal reasons this is a joke” disclaimer.
For whiever has seen the video and read the comments #ClairaJanover said this as a joke too bad the racist people dont heve enough brain cells to understand this 🤣😘😘 pic.twitter.com/t6uvU1cYP7
— fafa4366 (@fafa43662) July 1, 2020
Janover commented Tuesday evening on her trying day, “as anxiety-inducing and overwhelming as this day of threats, hate, misrepresentation, and attack on my character/politics by trump supporters has been I will never be silenced into shame for standing up for the #BlackLivesMatter (or any human rights injustice). next caller”
as anxiety-inducing and overwhelming as this day of threats, hate, misrepresentation, and attack on my character/politics by trump supporters has been I will never be silenced into shame for standing up for the #BlackLivesMatter (or any human rights injustice). next caller
— claira j (@clurajan) June 30, 2020
Bonus clip:
This is one of your students @Harvard pic.twitter.com/d3LTP0fuDa
— Lummox: A Hired Hoodlum (@LummoxAHH) July 1, 2020