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Black Lives Matter is, among many other things, a hook to draw attention to systemic institutionalized racism from white voters who haven't ever questioned thei
by zrail 6y ago
Black Lives Matter is, among many other things, a hook to draw attention to systemic institutionalized racism from white voters who haven't ever questioned their privilege (the teachable kind, not the kind PG is talking about).
The legislative programs that people are advancing in the wake of this attention do indeed focus on solving the problem for everyone, not just Black people. For example, Colorado recently passed a police reform bill that does a lot of beneficial things, none of them specifically targeted at the Black community[1].
[1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-passes-sweeping-police-reform-bill/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-passes-sweeping-police...
- StavrosK 6y ago> Black Lives Matter is, among many other things, a hook to draw attention to systemic institutionalize racism from white voters who haven't ever questioned their privilege (the teachable kind, not the kind PG is talking about). Ahh, okay, that makes more sense, thanks. I wasn't aware of that.
- faitswulff 6y agoIt's not just a hook - black people are oftentimes the testing grounds for unjust programs that expand in scope to engulf other peoples (e.g. the prison industrial complex). The full tag line should be "All lives will matter when Black Lives Matter" because they are at the intersections of so many institutional inequities.
- zrail 6y agoYes, that's a really good point. Thanks for expanding.
- StavrosK 6y agoJeez, that's terrible. Thanks for the context.
- pjc50 6y agoSomething I've said for a while is that many "conspiracy theories" are distorted, garbled versions of "what if the US did to white people things that it has done to black people". Unethical medical experiments? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment The ""FEMA camps"" meme? Hurricane Katrina response.