Jason Harvestdancer
Contributor
After the recent violence, I did a Google search to see if anyone was saying something to defend certain groups and movements. I searched "Not affiliated with BLM".
Well, right now nobody is saying that about the recent shootings, but I did find this older story instead which is interesting but not exactly relevant to my search.
But it got me thinking. There are Organizations that claim to represent Movements that claim to represent Demographics. If someone doesn't like the group, they are accused of opposing the movement and in turn accused of opposing the Demographic.
Take La Raza for example. I think that in every way they do not represent me. I am safe to criticize them because of the Demographic I am in. They have since changed their name to UnidosUS, and it is pretty safe to guess why. As a group they state they represent the movement of Hispanic rights, and what they claim are Hispanic rights are supposed to represent the Hispanic people. When I see some of my peers chanting "La Raza" I see them chanting "Hispanic KKK". That's what it means to me.
So I am in the same Demographic, which is the source population for a movement about equal rights for people of Hispanic descent, which in turn leads to certain public advocacy groups.
I think it is a farce to say that the groups absolutely do represent the populations they claim to represent. An absolute farce, but a politically convenient farce for those who claim to represent advocacy for minorities.
La Raza < Equal Rights for Hispanics < Hispanics
NOW < Equal Rights for Women < Women
BLM < Equal Rights for Black people < Black People
Mind, in the last one, I refer to BLM as the organization, not the slogan. The organization that can say "you are wrongly using our name" as in the above news story.
I think it should be quite clear that groups that claim to represent movements do not necessarily do so, and movements that claim to represent demographics do not necessarily do so.
Well, right now nobody is saying that about the recent shootings, but I did find this older story instead which is interesting but not exactly relevant to my search.
But it got me thinking. There are Organizations that claim to represent Movements that claim to represent Demographics. If someone doesn't like the group, they are accused of opposing the movement and in turn accused of opposing the Demographic.
Take La Raza for example. I think that in every way they do not represent me. I am safe to criticize them because of the Demographic I am in. They have since changed their name to UnidosUS, and it is pretty safe to guess why. As a group they state they represent the movement of Hispanic rights, and what they claim are Hispanic rights are supposed to represent the Hispanic people. When I see some of my peers chanting "La Raza" I see them chanting "Hispanic KKK". That's what it means to me.
So I am in the same Demographic, which is the source population for a movement about equal rights for people of Hispanic descent, which in turn leads to certain public advocacy groups.
I think it is a farce to say that the groups absolutely do represent the populations they claim to represent. An absolute farce, but a politically convenient farce for those who claim to represent advocacy for minorities.
La Raza < Equal Rights for Hispanics < Hispanics
NOW < Equal Rights for Women < Women
BLM < Equal Rights for Black people < Black People
Mind, in the last one, I refer to BLM as the organization, not the slogan. The organization that can say "you are wrongly using our name" as in the above news story.
I think it should be quite clear that groups that claim to represent movements do not necessarily do so, and movements that claim to represent demographics do not necessarily do so.
