BERKELEY, Calif. – Blake Simons, a self-described Black Lives Matter leader at the University of California-Berkeley, has a message for America: It’s a new constitution or “the bullet.”

The Cal senior is a member of the Black Student Union and “Deputy Comms Director” of the Afrikan Black Coalition at UC Berkeley, where he’s led repeated protests in recent months over police shootings and the allegedly racist learning environment at the school, according to the Berkeleyside.

Now, Simons is peddling an enlightening article about his ideas on racism in America that centers on an ultimatum: either the U.S. rewrites its beloved Constitution with special considerations for black people, or “it will be the bullet,” he threatens.

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“Our Black Lives Matter protests have stormed the country, yet cops continue to kill us daily, and the judicial system continues to justify our deaths with acquittals, non-indictments, and light sentences – all in the name of upholding the Constitution,” Simons wrote, according to TheSocialMemo.org.

That apparently led Simons “to realize that the Constitution is the root of virtually all our problems in America.”

“The U.S. is a country that was founded on slavery, genocide, rape, and white male patriarchy. The colonizers that we condemn for enslaving Afikans (sic) and murdering indigenous peoples are the same people that produced and upheld the document we use to govern our nation to this day,” Simons continued. “Our bloodshed is rooted in this nation’s founding document, The Constitution.”

There’s more.

“A Constitution written by only white men will never serve the interests of Black people,” he wrote. “The Constitution was written for the ruling class of white men which constructed whiteness to be more valuable than any other race. When we discuss institutional racism, it is essential that we realize that the Constitution created it.”

And that’s where the threat comes in.

“The United States has failed us; it is time we demand a new constitution or tell America that she will get the bullet,” Simons wrote. “White supremacy’s bullets are killing Black people every day. If America does not protect us, then it is our human right to defend ourselves by any means necessary. It is our human right to overthrow a government that has been destructive of our people. This is why we must rise up and let all people come together and write new (sic) constitution to serve ALL people.”

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It’s unclear exactly where Simons’ missive was published, or whether it was published at all. What is clear, however, is what inspired his grandiose plans.

“The idea for a new constitution is not a new idea, rather an old one that was developed by the Black Panther Party,” he wrote, according to The Social Memo. “In 1970, the Black Panther Party organized a Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, however, after infiltration by the illegal COINTELPRO the idea never came to fruition.

“We must pick up where the Black Panthers left off and declare a new constitution or it will be the bullet,” Simons wrote.

“If America fails to allow all people of this nation to write a new constitution, then it will be the bullet. Revolution is inevitable in a society that does not value the lives of all people.”

Simons told the Berkeleyside that he’s participated in Black Student Union protests – like a four-hour occupation of the school’s Golden Bear Café, the Millions March in Oakland, and disrupting breakfast patrons along Berkeley’s Fourth Street – but it hasn’t been enough to effect serious change.

Simons experienced racism at UC-Berkeley first hand when someone scrawled a racial slur in his dorm’s wall, and also felt uncomfortable in classes.

“He … recalls a professor using a racial slur in class say, ‘I don’t understand why hip-hop artists call each other n—-.’ Being one of few black students in class, Simons remembers the whole room staring at him,” according to the site.

University officials pointed out that there’s numerous grants available to black students, entire dorm floors dedicated to African-American students, as well as other Afro-themed housing options. There’s also multiple black student groups. The college recently conducted a campus climate survey to gauge the climate for racial minorities on campus, and is now holding several symposiums devoted specifically to racial issues, officials said.

UC-Berkeley’s numerous black administrators also have monthly breakfasts with students to discuss diversity issues, and the college has staffed an Equity and Inclusion Department for more than seven years, Gibor Basri, vice-chancellor for Equity and Inclusion told the Berkeleyside.

Basri said the university is now working overtime to focus resources on recruiting more black students to the existing black students don’t feel left out.

“I see the climate issue as essentially one of critical mass,” Basri said. “We just don’t have enough (African-American) students (at UC Berkeley) so they don’t feel isolated.”

“We’re looking to get outside agencies, foundations, whatever to provide targeted financial aid,” Basri said.

Simons doesn’t think the school’s efforts are nearly enough.

“If they really prioritized or cared about students,” he said, “I’d hope they’d be doing way more than they are.”