You're wrong Derec. BLM is an organization that doesn't require that one be black to participate. The group in Nashville obviously didn't understand this.
It isn't the first time #BLM pulled something like this.
I've been following them since 2014 and the Ferguson and Baltimore riots. They always think any police shooting of a black person is "murder" and that the cop is a "racist".
If BLM being described as nonviolent sounds strange to you, then you’re probably watching too much Fox News.
Remember this?
Sure, it might be on Fox News, but it did happen.
I think it is that CNN and MSNBC are painting too rosy picture of the movement that Fox stands out. Do you remember this piece of CNN misinformation?
CNN claimed the sister (or a an armed thug who was shot by police in Milwaukee sparking violent #BLM riots) was calling for peace. But in reality, she was saying that the rioters should burn down the suburbs, not black neighborhoods.
Perhaps, Derec, you should learn more about this movement before making unsubstantiated claims.
I know plenty about the movement, thank you very much. We have been discussing it since the Michael Brown megathread on here. Remember?
And, maybe since the overwhelming majority of violent racist attacks in the past year or two were committed by white people on the far right,
Have they been? Or is it that the media emphasizes race when a crime is white on black, but neglects to mention race when it's black on white?
This happened recently.
An elderly man died of injuries after he was pushed off a bus. Now police have made an arrest
Note that because the victim is white and the perpetrator black, CNN is not mentioning the races involved. But when it's the other way around, race is pretty much the only thing talked about.
maybe you would consider starting a thread about that type of racism, which is certainly far more damaging than a small group of black people in Nashville, who don't understand the nature of the movement that they want to join.
I think they understand it better than you.
Why is it that you label every tiny micro aggression committed by a black person as "racist"?
This is not a "microaggression". It's at least a kiloaggression.
It's "no whites allowed". If it was the other way around, it would be considered a big deal. Microaggressions are things like
professors correcting black students grammar or
pro-Trump chalkings on sidewalks on campus.
And, to help you better understand what black folks have put up with in the US, I strongly suggest that you read the outstanding book, "White Rage", by Carol Anderson. It's a fascinating read, and extremely educational.
I understand there was a lot of anti-black racism in the past. These days, black racism is downplayed (or outright denied to exist) and white racist exaggerated.
