By now you’ve probably already heard of Ahmed Mohamed. The 14-year-old was questioned by police last month after the homemade clock he brought to his Texas school was mistaken for a hoax bomb. He instantly shot to fame as celebrities, politicians and tech companies rallied behind him in what many described as an islamophobic incident. But not everyone's been so supportive.
Ahmed was offered internships, scholarships and even got a personal invite from President Obama to join him for an Astronomy Night at the White House. The event, which took place Monday, saw Ahmed speaking briefly with the President, snapping a picture and getting a hug. All pretty feel-good, right?
Well, not according to 13-year-old CJ Pearson.
So yesterday, Ahmed Mohamed met with President Obama. He didn't build a clock and to be quite frank, he didn't do...
Posted by CJ Pearson on Tuesday, 20 October 2015
This isn't the first time we've seen Pearson. He garnered Internet fame in February after a video he posted on YouTube entitled “President Obama: Do you really love America?” went viral and turned him into a right-wing social media sensation. The black student from Georgia has since released more videos commenting on a range of issues from the Black Lives Matter movement to Islam.
But fellow teenager Ahmed has increasingly been the focus of Pearson’s increasingly controversial social media posts in recent weeks. In one Facebook rant, he critisizes Obama for inviting Ahmed to the White House but not inviting the family of Kathryn Steinle, a California woman murdered by an undocumented immigrant in July. He even retweeted a post suggesting that Ahmed would return from a trip to Qatar as a suicide bomber.
@thecjpearson Good riddance. But I bet he'll be back as a suicide bomber. #ClockBoy
— Bossy Chrissie (@Cgerm1) October 20, 2015"Pretty sure I'd be awarded the smartest kid in class if I was a caucasian male." -@IStandWithAhmed. Nah. You'd still just be Clock Kid.
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) October 20, 2015Pearson appears to be fishing for a reaction, however, Ahmed is not rising to it. In any case, the two students make for interesting rivals as comparable social media stars with cheering crowds on opposite sides of the political spectrum.
By Kane Hippisley-Gatherum
