(1)BLM isn’t about creating a false narrative that every single block person in the world is innocent. It’s about protesting against the structural inequalities in society that lead to black people living in poorer neighbourhoods, being less likely to have access to a good education, being less likely to be employed for a job, being more likely to die in childbirth, being disproportionately killed by police for no good reason, and so much more. It’s about recognising systemic racism and making noise about it until the systems are reformed(2). To do everything we can to not be complicit in this racism. People do talk about crime in black neighbourhoods because it is the knock on effect of black people being treated poorly by every crevice of society and feeling like they have no other option but to turn to crime(3). But for black people, it is no more significant than white on white crime. They’re not committing crimes on each other because they don’t think black lives matter, they’re doing it because a lot of the time, black people live in predominantly black neighbourhoods(4). The same way that if a white criminal lives in a majority white neighbourhood, the crimes are going to be white on white. There is no racial motive between white on white or black on black crime. It’s not a ‘gotcha’ moment to cherry pick situations in which a black person has taken another black persons life, or where a black person in a position of power abuses that power to say ‘BLM is a sham! They don’t even care about each other’s lives!’(5) because that’s not the point of the movement.
1- never said that.
2- That I agree with.
3- Where do they talk about it? the mainstream media doesn't seem to be talking about it, has BLM made videos where they have spoken about it?
4- Are you referring to the David Dorn murder (not sure if that was in a black neighbourhood) or black neighbourhoods with a high crime rate?
5- Well obviously there is no racial motive, but when leaders abuse their power for their own gain or go against the initiative/point of their movement by killing an individual they're supposed to stand for that is something worth talking about. When founders do things like this people are going to criticize them and it is going to negatively impact the organization and people will question that organization's legitimacy since they are the face/representative of it.
In the case of the David Dorn murder, it is worth talking about as well. Now is BLM a sham? well I see it as one, but wether you believe it's a sham or not, it's completely dishonest to paint an organization as without flaws when some members misbehave. By calling out those "cherry picked" cases, you can create a more effective organization and those millions of dollars some of the founders have used to buy multiple houses in white neighborhoods, can actually be put to good use instead of going in their pockets.
Lol I don't care, being a digital rapist who's paralysed doesn't make him a saint or a hero.
White people commit more crime against white people as well.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u....016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-3.xls According to the FBI stats, white people commit crime against black people at a higher rate than black people commit crime against white people. Go out and protest about white on white crime if you want, who’s stopping you?
I brought that up because most people I know who style themselves as activists for social change never talk about it. If you're going to be an activist advocating for the black community, simply reposting the same stories as everyone else on social is lame. I don't pretend to be an activist, why should I go out and protest about white on white crime? it's not a comparison?
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Who are you talking about? There was the story about Patrisse Cullors recently buying a house but no proof she used BLM donations for it. She’s a college professor, author, producer and has had some personal commercial deals - she has her own money. The stories in the news admitted that they didn’t know if she received any money from BLM and most of the criticism she had was about her values, advocating for BLM and buying a home in a white neighbourhood for example. The articles were suggestive but didn’t provide and facts to back up their suggestions. That story alone is a perfect example of crooked people exploiting an agenda.
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- That's fair actually.
(true story) 