SHOCKER!! AFRICAN WOMEN PROTESTS RACISM - BY SETTING HERSELF ON FIRE (PHOTOS)


 







October 17, 2007. (AP) The horrifying sight which traumatized shoppers and office workers in the centre of Luxembourg City last week has now been labelled as a protest against racism. The Belgian woman of Congolese origin who set herself alight in the middle of Place d’Armes told witnesses that she was doing it to protest against racism, moments before she carried out the desperate act which has left her in hospital fighting for her life.

Maggy Delvaux-Mufu, a mother of three in her forties, alerted several national newspapers late on Tuesday morning last week that she would be burning herself alive on place des Martyrs at 12.45 am, before setting out accompanied by her husband to walk through the centre of town to her macabre rendezvous. The police were alerted and officers were deployed to the Rousegärtchen.

But the woman changed her plan when she came across a group of journalists gathered to cover an event organised by the ‘Mouvement écologique’ on Place d’Armes, opposite the Cercle municipal. She soaked herself in petrol before confronting the members of the press, announcing that she was about to sacrifice her life to protest against racism. Moments later, she struck a match, turning herself into a human torch in front of hundreds of people.

Delvaux-Mufu’s husband and passers-by jumped on the burning body, attempting to stifle the flames with coats and jackets. The scene made several people feel unwell and many witnesses who filled the square at lunchtime were traumatised by the woman’s shrieking screams of unimaginable pain. The flames were already extinguished when police, rescue services and the fire brigade arrived at the scene. One person is reported to have vomited after seeing the woman being transported into an ambulance. The events in Place d’Armes have also started a controversy regarding the authorities’ lack of psychological support for witnesses.

Delvaux-Mufu was taken to the Bon Secours hospital in Metz, where she is being treated in a specialised ward for burns and is fighting for her life. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa visited the woman and her family at the hospital last week.

RTL television was the first to run a news flash about the incident on its website on Tuesday afternoon last week. 352 reported the bulletin in its news in brief section, shortly before going to print. Events preceding the incident only came to light later on in the week.

The 42-year-old Belgian citizen and her husband had been facing financial difficulties. They had recently indebted themselves by buying a Citroën garage in Oberwampach, before realising they were missing the documents that would allow them to set up a business. Delvaux-Mufu wrote a letter to Le Jeudi recounting her story of bureaucratic difficulties and economic despair. “I’m against all forms of violence, but day after day, my family and I have to endure moral violence, discrimination, insults and much more from Mr Juncker’s administration”, she said in the letter published last week.

Money problems had driven the woman to desperately plead her case at the Prime minister’s office early on the same day of the incident. Her threat to burn herself alive on Place des Martyrs after being turned away by the authorities caused government officials to contact the police. A city-wide search was organised, but nobody could foresee the woman would change her plans."

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COMMENTS:

    capri
    FIRST!! second... or third....whatever. lol
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    REGRET NOTHING!

    SilkyBX
    First To say First dont mean ish.
     

    LilGreenEyez
    WTF!
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    ~Im not a girly girl~

    babi_gurl
    THAT'S BEYOND ANYTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN
     

    SilkyBX
    and also WHAT THE UCK IS SHE THINKING
     

    haitianbigwil
    have to be a light skin gal da want to be dark skin lol
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    1804 represent

    sawheetiepea
    i must say i am at a lost. i dont even know if i got the message.
     

    missingtupac
    Top 10 itchesbay! Dam, now THAT'S black pride at it's worst!
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    missing2pac in da house watch yo moouuuf

    nike30
    She needs he ssa whooped.
     

    jennyfur1980
    oh sh*t!!!!!
     

    sexy93
    What did this prove? Now the white folks are calling her a crazy black bit@h.
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    charles270
    if she is from belgium, she aint african american.
     

    strawcream
    She must be badly burned!
     

    inga
    Wow...that's a little extreme.
     

    badbytch
    um....duh!!
     

    weneedtostop
    yuck
    www.weneedtostop.com
     

    weneedtostop
    what happened to stop drop and roll?
     

    toytoy
    Wow did she even think about her kids
     

    malonemx
    only the Devil would make someone want to do that!
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    LOL...these comments are hilarious

    blackdaddy1696
    SEE THIS IS THE KIND OF STUPID SH!T THAT IVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR WEEKS NOW.

    THIS IS WHY WHITE FOLKS DONT RESPECT US.

    WE SING & MARCH AND DO DUMB SH!T LIKE THIS!

    AND IM GETTING SICK OF IT! ITS TIME TO CHANGE THE MASTER PLAN BLACK PEOPLE!





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    baller
    @ toytoy-right. Some people only think about themselves. This is sad.
     

    D-Jizzle
    WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF BURNIN YOSELF DA FUQ UP??? SHE MAKIN US LOOK MORE DUMB WITH THIS SH!T SHE JUST DID
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    RemyMa
    OH MY GOD!! I WOULD BE TRAUMATISED! THAT'S CRAZY!
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    Yes!!! I said it!

    carrington
    She's loud, she's ghetto, she knows your business, she'll tell your business and then she'll cuss yo azz out... she's Miss Pearl - and it's all about love!

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    http://pearlswindow.com Shes a bad bitch

    MsGleam
    THIS IS CRAZY AS H3LL! I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE WEARING A FIRE RETARDANT SUIT!! SHE CLEARLY WASN'T THINKING CLEARLY! WHY DID HER HUSBAND ALLOW HER TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS?! THIS IS TOO HORRIBLE FOR WORDS!!!! I'll pray for her!

    MYSPACE.COM/MSGLEAM
     

    xugarbush-nyc
    TALK ABOUT WILLING TO GIVE UP UR LIE FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE!!! WOW!....THIS IS DEFINTELY GOING WAY TOO FAR & TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!!
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    soabuvmistress
    This is truly a sad situation. I wish people would think about their children. If this woman has three children what does she think will become of them now. Why was her husband there obviously supporting her mission. This is downright disgusting and I feel for her children!
     

    madisonAVEkid
    that is just to much for the cause whatever happen to pick-it signs!!! god bless her.
     

    strongblackwoman
    MY HEART JUST FELL TO THE FLOOR..... this is sad that it has come to this, suicide bombers etc, and blackdaddy it isnt just black people.... and she is a different nationality she is African I assume, this is a bigger problem.....
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    I‘ll take *go get a life* for 300

    MsDiva973
    This is flat out sick! Life can never be that bad.

    www.myspace.com/msdiva973
     

    ima_hater
    OMG!
     

    stingray9
    Peace to her and her family, she and her family must have been going through some serious sh**t over there with them white folks.
     

    bew-t
    This woman should have put some more thought into a more constructive and intelligent way to protest racism other than trying to kill herself...

    And what kind of husband and father would stand by his wife's decision in something like this? She's obviously mentally unstable...

    Sad, sad (and stupid)...
     

    mmmama
    i aint setting myself on fire for nothing.
     

    hotboyjtc
    so sad
     

    hotboyjtc
    she should have went it T.I to borrow a machine gun! lol sad
     

    Lyrikalmindset
    NOW MEDIA TAKE OUT IS LYIN THEY ASS OFF....THIS STORY IS SO [EXPLETIVE] OLD. READ IT IN A MAG AT WORK. LIKE LAST YEAR SOMETIME...MTO GET SOME RECENT NEWS. THEN YALL GONE MAKE UP A DATE FOR IT.
     

    Yve
    My goodness..

    speechless...Jeez!!
     

    ninja
    She was mimicking the monks that set themselves on fire as a protest of the Vietnam war.

    http://www.lyfe.freeserve.co.uk/art/photobrowne.jpg
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    muy mal

    OsoSEXI
    ummmm how is this a protest on racism?????
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    O so MUTHAFUKKIN SEXI!!

    OsoSEXI
    lmao @ hotboyjtc
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    O so MUTHAFUKKIN SEXI!!

    MINXXX
    OOOKAYYYY!!!!
    HOW STUPID
     

    DG1
    WHAT THE HELL!!!!!

    DAMN GIRL ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS MARCH.
     

    ninja
    Except when the buddhist monks did it, they did not even flinch. They trained themselves through meditation to not feel the pain. I don't think she was ready for this type of thing. I really don't understand it either.
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    muy mal

    ninja
    Sadly enough, I think when whites see this, they will say "Looks like were rescuing them again."
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    muy mal

    zebrahead
    ...why would she...
     

    Chicken80
    I think she took black pride just a little too far.
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    blackdaddy1696
    SBW

    I agree that its a bigger problem but we as black people are still stuck in the 50s and 60s when it comes to protesting.


    Times have change and the days of singing we shall over come are over. We need to elmulate the jews and gays in this country and start being a bigger presents at the polls and start chin checking polaticans that allow racisim in there respective cities and towns.
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    MissAmerica1
    STUPID BI.TCH IS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND[SPAM]!!!
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    2300 Jackson Street!!!!!! I love you MJ!

    DATNI99A
    LMAO!!! @MISSAMERICA1 because i was thinking the same damn thing instead I was about to say, "DUMB BITCH"
     

    crafty
    THAT WILL TEACH THEM RACIST WHITE FOLKS A LESSON; SET YOURSELF ON FIRE AND DESTROY YOUR OWN EXSISTANCE.
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    yep, im from Schoolcraft!!

    ninja
    This did not happen last year for whomever said it did. This kind of thing happens all the time in other parts of the world.


    This kind of stuff makes me want to change my mind about becoming a nurse.
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    muy mal

    AgelessHarmony
    I can't even relate to such a state of mind. This is too far gone for me to comprehend.
     

    Drea77
    OMG! What in the world could she be thinking? I never understand these people that do stuff like this. What exactly do they think they are changing by inflicting harm upon themselves? Blowing themselves up...burning themselves...WTF? Won't be me, I'll tell you that!
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    Cant help who u love, ur not supposed to

    BASHY
    SMH NO COMMENT
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    GANGSTA 4 LIFE

    TheObserver
    AYE!!...LOL@HAITIANBIGWIL

    MYSPACE.COM/OD718

    WWW.BETSGOWILD.COM

    YOU DIIIIIG!!!
     

    missC
    THIS IS VERY DISTURBING, BUT I KNOW ONE THING WE ALL BETTER PRAY BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS THAT THIS MUST BE WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE IN HELL!
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    Yes We Can!

    ADRIANO101
    this story is false i could have sworn i seen those pictures on another site like last year and mto said it happened last week i think the site was crazyshit.com and oh yes that is a real site just go there and type in lady on fire or burning woman or something like that
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    boyshorts28
    Ok what did this prove? Her hubby shouldnt have let her do this to herself and their kids. Now is he going to stand by her thru all the pain and bills not to mention that now they have more bills and was already having money problems
     

    TheTRUTH555
    What the hell shes screamin for now? Isn't that what she wanted? What did she think fire would feel like?

    If I were there, I would of roasted marshmellows off the burnin bitch.
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    Even the skies were crying 4 u Michael

    missy915
    i would stop droped and rolled on out of there..im dark enuff
     

    CodePink
    That'll show em!!!
     

    djbrosco
    F**K ALL THAT!! I know there are some people in Iraq saying, "SHIIIIIT, that chick is crazy."
     

    cosmicgirl
    This is just someone who was not straight in the head...People are doing stuff more and more each day and life is becoming less and less valuable to people...I have never heard or seen anything like this. I believe this is a mix of all kinds of other emotions from this woman, she plainly didn't want to live...

    www.myspace.com/millyjay
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    Lysia
    That lady crazy
     

    Chocolatediva152
    She didi this to protest Racism...and yet 2 white men tried to put her fire out...lol...so dumb
     

    krakajax
    lmao!

    Just read on a belgian website that her health insurance doesn't cover self mutilation. On top of that, they are suing her with a long list of charges including public endangerment, failure to pull a burning permit, and failure to pull a public demonstration permit. She better hope the belgian supermarkets. I am going to set up a paypal account where we can donate to the family. let me know if yall are interested.
     

    butch31
    LMAO NOW DATS WUT I CALL HOTT
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    krakajax
    ^^^She better hope the belgian supermarkets carry raman noodles.
     

    flygirlph
    She is so crazy.
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    My hubby‘s wife is preggers!

    Goodhope247
    Did she at least have on that suit to protect her skin?
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    allegriaymaria
    HELL TO THE NAW
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    you know im right..so shut the fuk up

    bibian
    stupid or not God bless her.
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    what would bubbles do???

    PrettyBoi
    white folks would be all too happy if black folks did that here in the US. shyt, they would hand us the gasoline, the matches and turn it into a party.
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    Almadesouls
    How come I have a strong feeling this story is older than two weeks?
     

    crafty
    (IN SHANENE'S VOICE) YOU SO CRAZY!
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    yep, im from Schoolcraft!!

    bibian
    that is a terrible state of mind when you feel you have to do something like this
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    what would bubbles do???

    bibian
    She was already in hell in her own mine.
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    what would bubbles do???

    Thoro
    Dam, That shows you the desparatuion that racsim will sometime make you fell like. I feel bad for her and her family-BUT- i hope she has health insurance! Her husband should get his a*S whipped for assisting his wife to do such a stupid thing! hell if she think she had difficultlties being black then now you black and burned- them Cr***kers really are not tryiong to see you now! pray for them!
     

    Prettiebrown
    Looks like she's in a lot of pain. Sad.

    Something must not be right upstairs because being a mother of two children should have been the FIRST reason to NOT want to do something like this or even THINK about doing something like this. Hope she pulls through for the kids' sake. And even if she does, she probably didn't even stop to think about the fact that she could messed up for the rest of her life with STILL no resolution to her problem...
     

    krakajax
    @lacosteboi79

    what is wrong with you? You must live right next to a nuclear power plant or something. You cry racism in every single post yet you have no problem being one of the most racist mofo's on this site. Discrimitation happens to all races.
    Your ignorant diatribes do nothing but shed bad light on black people.
     

    sk8key
    she's not on fire. just running really, REALLY fast
     

    randomtxchick
    ridiculous..

    i cant believe someone would do somethin like that. these pictures are very disturbing to me.
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    bibian
    She has an up hill battle ahead of her. If i was her now i wouldn't sweat sh!t. You can't do more to be than what i did to myself. They can give her all those charges of pubic endangerment, and refuse to pay her bill. But what are they going to do to her kick her out of the hospital put her in jail and take away her house and kids. Why does the goverment want to punish her more?!
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    what would bubbles do???

    Bronx_Representative
    Yea right those craKKKas set her on fire.
     

    bibian
    If she dies what then! is the goverment going to go after her family as well?!
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    what would bubbles do???

    Neeka82
    Crazy! BUt MTO....this is old news. I read about this 4 months ago
     

    girlygirl
    This is absolutely CRAZY!
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    BLACK POWER!

    krakajax
    Usually the gov. repo's the house and sells it to pay of fines and bills if she doesn't have the money. Her family will inherit the debt if she dies. She basically just sent herself and family back to the stone age.
     

    ArrogantTaurus
    Yeah, this is old news. I've gotten e-mails with this pic a few times. Catch up MTO
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    I Love It When You Hate Me!!!!!

    Simplistic
    i dont see what i so bad about this...a buddist did the same thing during vietnam...yes it is a little extreme but it is a way to get a point across...and i dont think it was ment to stop racist from bein racist but to prevent it from developing future racist...leanr sumthin

    myspace.com/l4u7en
     

    travieboo7
    DAMN SISTA IT AINT THAT SERIOUS I KNOW US AS BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER BUT THIS IS JUST CRAZY..U KNOW WHO THEY SAY FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE...SHE OBIVIOUSLY TOOK THAT TO THE HEART
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    i‘M JuST sAYinG??

    ecuasionz
    k
     

    queensheba757
    monks did this to protest nam war. some people just go beyond to make there point.
     

    SAPHIRE
    OBAMA AND DICK CHANEY ARE COUSINS
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    tellin it the way it is

    krakajax
    The only thing they accomplish is looking like a radical jackass. They could accomplish way more with other means that aren't life threatening to them and others.They said that idiot was 15 feet away from a propane truck that was parked next to a daycare center.
     

    carrington
    She's loud, she's ghetto, she knows your business, she'll tell your business and then she'll cuss yo azz out... she's Miss Pearl - and it's all about love!

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    http://pearlswindow.com Shes a bad bitch

    greattimes
    At least it is not a bitchonce story.

    Poor woman tho
     

    africanviolet
    HELLO EVERYONE!

    Please take a moment to help a sistah out with her dream!

    Click the link below and scroll down to the "MODEL OF THE MOMENT" link to vote for me!!!

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    On this site, you can actually track the number of votes that come in.

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    SherRoyal
    NOW SHE REALLY IS BLACK AND PROUD
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    Lockstress
    What the phuck point were you tryin to make? And now you got a hospital bill you can't afford! damn!
     

    Lyle
    She will never be able to have sex again...
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    if you cant say it in my face!!!

    SAPHIRE
    OBAMA AND DICK CHANEY ARE COUSINS
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    tellin it the way it is

    mylove
    @SEXY93.....@LYLE.....LAFAO
     

    mylove
    @SEXY93.....@LYLE.....LMFAO
     

    Beautynyc
    @ haitianbigwil Flag post


    WATCH YOUR MOUTH.....YOUR MAD CAUSE YOUR HAITIAN...I SEE NOBODY BIGGING UP HAITI.....LMFAO!






    I LOVE THE SKIN IM IN..WHICH IS LIGHTSKIN...I HAVE DARKSIKN FRIENDS THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL..SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING....YOU IMMIG...IM NOT EVEN GONNA GO THERE.....







    THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO RESPOND BACK TO ME:









    WWW.MYSPACE.COM/VOLOUPTOUS....IF YOUR NOT FEELING WHAT IM SAYING.....WORD!
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    ReeRee
    WOOOWWWW!!! That's sick! Her burning herself isn't going to stop racism!! That's what's sad about this story!!
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    krakajax
    @lacosteboi79

    we all have recessive genes jackazz. u gotz
    served muddafcuka!
     

    Up2it
    WHAT A DUMB B#TCH SHE IS. SHE ONLY SAVED THE KLAN A MATCH. HELL IF YOU WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING AS STUPID AS SET YOURSELF ON FIRE, SHE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE SET ON THE RACIST PORCH AND LET THEM SET HER ON FIRE. ALL THEY ARE DOING IS LAUGHING AT HER ASS FOR DOING THEM A FAVOR.

    YOU DON'T PROTEST RACISM BY SETTING YOUR SELF ON FIRE. YOU SET THE RACIST ASS ON FIRE, NOT TORTURE YOURSELF. THE STUPID SH*T SOME PEOPLE DO.
     

    PrettyBoi
    SIR-- i thought lacosteboi was gay? aint that what you were saying a week ago? didnt you have us in some sick sex fantasy a while back? are you angry cuz he turned your ugly azz down? im sure its not the first time you got turned down by a man in favor of a woman so you should be used to it by now. but i bet it really burns your pink panties anyway huh? if you spent half as much time tryna hollar at one of these females as you do me & lacoste you might convince SOMEBODY up here that youre into women but right now i doubt anyones convinced. are you gonna disapear again like a scared f*ggot like you did yesterday? i hope not, cuz i need someone to abuse! LOL!!
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    Dutchess1
    Was it really racism that drove her?

    It's such a blanket statement.

    If you notice, the story reflects on her money problems. And it's ironic that she says she's against all forms of violence...yet her possible final act is the most violent of all, against herself no less.


    “I’m against all forms of violence, but day after day, my family and I have to endure moral violence, discrimination, insults and much more from Mr Juncker’s administration”, she said in the letter published last week.

    Money problems had driven the woman to desperately plead her case at the Prime minister’s office early on the same day of the incident. Her threat to burn herself alive on Place des Martyrs after being turned away by the authorities caused government officials to contact the police. A city-wide search was organised, but nobody could foresee the woman would change her plans."
     

    soulsangr
    pure craziness...
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    queenb515
    I wonder...is her husband black, because it says that her husband and passersby extinguised the fire, I don't see anyone black in the pictures except her. If he isn't black, then that would answer a lot of our questions.
     

    flyshortypyt
    i saw on dateline or something that women in india or somewhere set themselves on fire all the time...there has to be a better way to express yourself. drowning or fire are not the way i want to go.
     

    missnellypoo
    UHHHHH! W..T...F!!!!! I WOULD BE SO DISTRACTED BY HER CRAZY ASS BURNING THE FUC UP THAT I WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN WHAT THE PROTEST WAS ABOUT!!! WAY TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON PROTESTING RACISM! LMAO! NOW THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR PICKET SIGNS TO PUT THE DAMN FIRE OUT! LMBA[SPAM]OOOOO

    myspace.com/mizzsexythang27
     

    mzcrankdat
    DUMB BEYATCH!!!! SHE JUST DEFINED BLACK ON BLACK CRIME!!
     

    doggy
    What the hell is wrong with these people!!!Those are some nice pics by the way MTO.Good Job!!
     

    buckcherry02
    lol
    lol
    wow m on fire!

    www.myspace.com/buckcherry02
     

    Lockstress
    Hey Prettyboi..I see you gotta put a foot in that azz again! Ain't your feet tired yet? hehee!
     

    carrington
    She's loud, she's ghetto, she knows your business, she'll tell your business and then she'll cuss yo azz out... she's Miss Pearl - and it's all about love!

    http://[SPAM].com
    http://[SPAM].com
    http://[SPAM].com

    African American News and Entertainment
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    http://pearlswindow.com Shes a bad bitch

    not_1_2_hate
    Hey, did ya'll feel that? Racism has now ended. Thank you burnt african lady...thanks for taking one for the team.
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    lifegroove
    That sucks!! Too bad racism still exist. So I guess all that burning was for nothing. Maybe the African chic was crazy.
     

    gemini615
    @ Beautynyc

    I am haitian and your comment was very ignorant.

    To those that said we should follow the lead of gays and jews...i agree wholeheartedly...they stand up for one another with no questions asked. I rarely hear stupid ass comments from them like 'that why so and so people don't respect us'...they do what they do and they do not care what others think of them.

    As for...Beautynyc, regarding your name...I highly doubt it...
     

    2Short
    That B!*%H is crazy aint no way in HELL I would do that to myself . Especially over something I cant handle . Racism has been going on for years , that one thing that isn't going to change. oh yeah I hope she didn't think that was going change anything now the people that dont like African Americans[whoever they are] are Laughing at her dumb a$$ . IDK but it wouldn't have been me !!!!!
     

    PrettyBoi
    LOL@ Lockstress. why do i even bother? so stupid.
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    QT305
    WHY DID SHE HHAVE TO BE BLACK, yyyyy
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    chris-brown-girl
    omg.....a q dat soun rasicm im blak but it do
     

    bdsbabydoll
    I don't seem to make the same connections in my mind...how is setting yourself on fire protesting racism?? By making yourself Blacker?
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    mabeline
    Damnmmmm its scary how cold and insensitive some bloggers are {{{{{shivering}}}}}
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    DreDog
    This is beyond belief to me.....Why oh why does anyone want to set fire to themselves. Just a terrible tragedy indeed.

    That's one of the 3 things I would hate to ultimately cause my fate.

    Fire - being charred to death
    Water - drowning
    Earthquakes - nuff said.
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    HoneyBeez
    YEAH THAT WILL SHOW THEM LOL... GEEZ...SOME FOLK!
     

    Dutchess1
    @DreDog...

    Ive read that when you drown, a peacefulness overtakes you (from those who are revived).

    I agree with the fire..what a HORRIBLE way to die!
    So is suffocation..like being in a box and buried and unable to get out. Ugh!
     

    ebonytorpedo
    "FLAME ON"!!!!
     

    brookmeade
    OH MY GOD! wow thats crazyy i never seen anything like it.
    i hope she'll be okay
     

    iluvyellaboys
    This had to be the dumbest thing I've ever read....what good did that do, and what about her children....this was just stupid!!!! and so is she!
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    bdsbabydoll
    @ mabeline
    I certainly wasn't trying to be cold and/or insensitive...I just wanted to know what kind of logical sense that made??
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    elle1973
    She has 3 children. Why on earth would she do such a thing? There are so many more less self-destructive ways to protest injustice. Good Grief.
     

    cosyjo
    Guys this is obviously a woman at the end of her tether....at the very end. we've all been there. Some of us are just strong enough to deal with it. I doubt very much racism was the reason, it was more likely a bunch of confused reasons.
    Be grateful your brain doesn't turn on you.

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    youarejinxed
    As long as there is a physical (color of skin) difference between people, there'll always be racism.

    She obviously didn't take into account how this act would impact her husband and children.
     

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    ladydejour1
    WOW, I don't even know what to say!!
     

    MrsSeely
    THESE PICTURES ARE OLD AND BY OLD I MEAN ATLEAST A YEAR.
     

    MONALISA
    THIS SHOWS HOW IGNORANT PEOPLE ARE IN THE USA. THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO. MEDIATAKEOUT IS COWARD ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE DATE SO THEY CAN EXPLOIT THIS SAD STORY. THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 5TH 2001, NOT ON OCTOBER 17TH 2007. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WOMAN WENT THROUGH,SO TRYING TO JUDGE HER JUST SHOWS HOW CUT FROM REALITY YOU ARE.

    BY THE WAY, THE LADY DIED ON OCTOBER 9TH 2001, FOUR DAYS AFTER SETTING HERSELF ON FIRE.

    IF YOU CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND FRENCH , HERE IS PROOF THAT IT HAPPENED IN 2001:
    www dot investigateur.info/news/articles/article_2004_11_23_licenciement dot html
     

    mmc4009
    WOw that what I call hot coochie :>
     

    MONALISA
    THIS SHOWS HOW IGNORANT PEOPLE ARE IN THE USA. THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO. MEDIATAKEOUT IS COWARD ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE DATE SO THEY CAN EXPLOIT THIS SAD STORY. THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 5TH 2001, NOT ON OCTOBER 17TH 2007. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WOMAN WENT THROUGH,SO TRYING TO JUDGE HER JUST SHOWS HOW CUT FROM REALITY YOU ARE.

    BY THE WAY, THE LADY DIED ON OCTOBER 9TH 2001, FOUR DAYS AFTER SETTING HERSELF ON FIRE.

    IF YOU CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND FRENCH , HERE IS PROOF THAT IT HAPPENED IN 2001:
    www dot investigateur.info/news/articles/article_2004_11_23_licenciement dot html
     

    blacksun
    Damn, MTO...that story is old as hell. So much for breaking news....
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    blacksun
    Do a google search...happened in August, but why do you have it Oct. 17?

    Regardless, really sad situation. She had 3 kids...
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    MONALISA
    BLACKSUN,

    IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN AUGUST 2007. IT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2001. THEY TALKED ABOUT IT IN AUGUST 2007 IN THE FORUM YOU GOOGLED. THE COWARDS AT MTO ARE NOT ASHAMED TO EXPLOIT A POOR AFRICAN WOMAN'S DEATH. AFTER ALL SHE'S AFRICAN, MEANING SHE'S WORTH NOTHING . .
     

    mandingo7777
    None of us have any idea what level of hopelessness she could have felt that would cause her to carry out such an act of desperation. It's an attention getting act but at the cost of her life and or quality of life. I am sad that she felt that she had not other options. But in this racist world we live in the choices are limited to non existence.
     

    mandingo7777
    are limited to non existent.
     

    SoThenISaid
    What sick f*ck at MTO reposted this story? What is wrong with you people?
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    vhotchick
    ...? Um.. ok?
     

    MyBoaz13
    tressa!!

    You're the little girl on the Five Heartbeats who sings "We haven't finished yet?" Me and my cousin knew that whole song and would rewind your part all the time.
     

    strawcream
    @ mandingo7777

    She was better off running around naked that burning her body. What point is that going to make. If she survive now she has burn scars all over her body then people will really talk. People need to talk to other folks and think before doing harm to themselves that is really sad.
     

    krakajax
    I don't feel too sorry for her. I feel sorry for all her family but I think she did it due to financial troubles and not to protest racism. There are a lot of cases where people desperate for money kill their kids or spouses or themselves and a lot of the time these people have it a LOT better than other people. I wouldn't be suprised if she was the type that constantly demanded attention either...Setting yourself on fire and running around screaming isn't the most effective way to make a suicide statement.
     

    Fari
    She should have ran towards "Them" and held on...

    @ TheTruth555 - What the hell shes screamin for now? Isn't that what she wanted? What did she think fire would feel like?

    Maybe her hubby had high insurance on her and was hoping she would have kept of getting crispier!

    Dam fool!
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    fashiondesigner
    Crazy ass chick!
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    lcease
    lmmao lol o god y wld she wanna set herself on fire i mean shes burnt already LMMAO LMAO LMAO O GOD
     

    shabas604
    By doing this she's helping the racist...They probably wanted her dead anyway..... I feel sorry for her children!
     

    MrsSeely
    MONALISA Flag post

    THIS SHOWS HOW IGNORANT PEOPLE ARE IN THE USA. THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO. MEDIATAKEOUT IS COWARD ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE DATE SO THEY CAN EXPLOIT THIS SAD STORY. THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 5TH 2001, NOT ON OCTOBER 17TH 2007. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WOMAN WENT THROUGH,SO TRYING TO JUDGE HER JUST SHOWS HOW CUT FROM REALITY YOU ARE.

    +++++

    I knew the story was old I've been on the net a long time and couldnt remember how far back it went but knew it was atleast a year. You can cut out the generalized arrogant statements against Americans. They make you no different than MTO. I'm sure you realize that things become viral on the net so unless someone saw it the first time they may think it's new info. MTO is a fool for not retracting the story but that doesn't give you an excuse to base it on all Americans. This a gossip wrag not Time Magazine.
     

    anatello2007
    YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T SEE WHAT SHE IS GETTING OUT OF DOING ALL THAT TO HERSELF AND HER FAMILY AH HELLO YOU HAVE KIDS YOU IDIOT, AND NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF WHAT SHE DID THEY ARE ALL FOCUSING ON A BURNT WOMAN THAT'S ALL THE HEADLINES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT RACISM THEY ARE GOING TO BE WOMAN SET'S HERSELF ON FIRE SHE IF FUCKEN NUTS!!!
     

    darkman
    damn that messed up smh
     

    sweetpee
    This news is NOT new. I saw these EXACT pictures of this SAME woman with this SAME headline in a magazine two years ago at a Rite Aid drugstore. I remember it vividly because out of shock I showed it to an employee who was standing nearby and we were both like,"Wow how crazy". TSK! TSK! TSK!
     

    Valgas
    aint gonna change shyt.. burned herself to a crisp for no reason. white folks could care less.
     

    thetruestfaith
    That is a traumatizing scene. I care that she is facing racism, but it was a very selfish thing to do. The altruistic thing to have done, was to execute other means of protesting that did not require bodily harm. The first thing that should have been flashing through her mind is... I HAVE 3 CHILDREN, THEY NEED THEIR MOTHER!
    This is unfortunate and that woman needs serious help! She is in my prayers.
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    Love_Trinity
    This was very unfortunate. But what about her husband? did he know of her plans prior to her setting herself on fire? It had been stated that her husband was with her. I do not understand why he would not have tried to talk her out of it. I know he tried to put the fire out...but prior to her setting herself on fire, did he get her help? or did he think it was a good idea? because from the article it seem like he was going along with it.
     

    brownsugas
    WHAT THE FUCCK WAZ SHE THINKING.IS SHE AN IDIOT
     

    africanbeauty
    @charles270
    u so stupid so wat if shz frm belguim?? u think african americans r the only africans hu face racism in the world??? shut that sh!t up ok
     

    Handsome225
    SHIDDDDD!!!!
     

    Uncle_Tom
    WHAT a dumbazz...

    You get done wrong you dont set yourself on fire.

    You set on fire the person or persons who done you wrong...

    Its that colonial-religious-pseudo slave mindset.
     

    justfinethanks
    That's how those white racism folks are gonna burn in hell for making us suffer and as they've been tryin to kill us all off even to this day. She could've just moved or something, just get away from there, life is too short.
     

    Lyrix
    charles270
    wtf? who fukin asked if she was african from SOuth America or not? maaaan lol u stupid/itz not only em blk folkz frm da south dat r facing racism get a fukin clue
     

    blacknigg
    Thats what i like to see, i wish more of you jiggaboo's would do this! Is this filthy barbeque bitch making all you [EXPLETIVE] hungry? I hope you all pay close attention to this black savage and follow in her footsteps. [EXPLETIVE] are the scum of the earth hahahahahh[SPAM]haaa! WHITE POWER!! WHITE IS RIGHT!
     

    MRBITCHES
    WOW!. . . .

    blacknigg IZ KINDA RITE (I'll still whoop his ass)BUT THIS IZ WHAT THESE WHITE SUPREMACY RACIEST IDIOTS WANT YALL 2DO AND IM SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO RESULT IN SETTIN THEMSELVES ON FIRE TO GET A POINT ACROSS!!!! I MEAN IZ AFRICA REALLY THAT FAR BEHIND IN USIN THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTINS??? IF SO, THEN WHY BOTHER TRYIN TO VOTE??? WHY BOTHER ELECTIN A PRESIDENT???

    IF YALL REALLY WANNA STEP INTO AND ADVANCE TOWARDS THE FUTURE THEN THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS IZNT THE WAY TO PROTEST!
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