Why is Black Lives Matter so Ignorant?

[SwordShield]

Why is Black Lives Matter so ignorant?

If I do structure this badly, please forgive me. My emotions are hard to put into words right now... I suppose I'm doing this for therapeutic reasons, so please, don't get mad at me too much.

I was born in a place where I was a minority, Western Canada, and I have grown up the same way. Shunned by certain races, other hinderances I shall not talk about for the sake of not seeming attention seeking.

I've been driven to the point of depression due to the shunning I have faced and it lives with me every single day.

In high school, I was fed so much politics, During black history month, they put up a poster for the black panthers instead of something about MLK. I was utterly livid with my surroundings, even seeing a poster for a coloured writer helping white people "realize" their privilege. It made me SICKENED, and.. again, I do not say this for pity, but it really made me sadder and sadder.

From the day I was born, I was never given ANYTHING for the colour of my skin, yet this ignorant group claims me to be the one with privilege. All I've ever wanted was for people to unite against the problem of racism, but apparently the term All Lives Matter is "anti-black".

Their doctrine of inclusivity of the black community through exclusivity is shown directly through their taking of hostage of the 2016 Gay Pride Parade in Ottawa. As they were given the place of honored guest at the march, they stopped the parade for half an hour because they saw gay police floats in the parade.

I've only ever wanted a place where I could discuss my problems with racism, but no, apparently I have to be an "ally", and then WAIT for the privilege to have other forms of racism denounced.

To close this out, I believe BLM and it's efforts are vain, hypocritical, and hate driven. Those who support it are obviously either consumed by anger, such as I, or simply can't think for themselves. I want to hear both men, and women's opinion on the topic.

[Soteris]

Sure BLM is by no means perfect with people trying to undermine it from every direction including those who wants black superiority however this is because its trying to actually do something. All lives matter on the other hand has done nothing except getting in the way of BLM. It is not a movement for civil rights but a movement of obstruction.

Also BLM is about being inclusive not about dividing. They want to be seen as other people and not special. To put it in an analogue BLM is like being in a family dinner where everyone gets a plate of food except for you. You say that you also deserve food. All lives matter is like your father at the table saying that everyone deserves food but not doing anything to give you any and just stops the conversation all together.

[SwordShield]

The funny thing is that I could a similar analogy for BLM. My father is BLM and I am me. My father won't let me sit at the dinner table because... let's say... my sibling said that I did something, except I didn't, and my father didn't even look into it before punishing me.

[SwordShield]

My idea of ALM is a UNITED FRONT against racism, not a counter protest. This racist minority you think is small is actually MUCH huger. The whole of the Toronto BLM leadership is supporting blatant racism against white people.

[SwordShield]

As far as I can see, BLM has arisen the hordes and called for war over a poor man's death which was used for their own political agenda and propaganda, even though there was NO evidence that it was racially motivated. Incompetence was the main factor.

[SwordShield]

Don't worry, I'm finished now. I'm sorry I posted so much, I'm just very passionate about this.

[Astarlessnightsky]

I guess what you experienced can be described as "positive racism".

You are given special treatment because of your skin colour, but this doesn't change the fact that other are oppressed because of their skin colour.

I guess both ways create a feeling of seperation.

And i guess its really hard to find the right middle ground.

[SwordShield]

Excuse me? Positive racism? That progressed until the point where I was nearly killing myself? How am I given special treatment when I am the minority in my community and live in a liberal province?

[SwordShield]

Look, I didn't mean to be that aggressive, it just ticked me off. Is there any evidence to point to either the northern United States or Canada being systemically racist?

[SwordShield]

Everything I or my mother have gotten, we've had to fight for. Our regional representative is an Indian, and I'll say this in complete sincerity when I say that I have never gained a damn thing from being white.

[SwordShield]

Positive racism, negative racism, why can't it all be called racism?

[Astarlessnightsky]

I called it positive racism because you got special treatment just because of you skin colour, while normaly racism is you are treated the worst.

It wasn't my intention to create good racism, racism is always bad.

As long as skin colour (or religion or sexual orientation or gender or...) matters, i doubt we will end racism and seperation.

Eg Buzzfeed (i guess) had some advices like.. how many books have you read, written by gay people, or black people, or...
.. or watch some movies with or by gay people, or black people, or...
.. and so on

I don't think this is helpfull at all, if i was an a author i would want to be read becausd my books are phenomenal and not because i happen to be gay, or a woman, or black, or...

Just read the books you like.

Harry Potter is one of the best story ever written not because JK Rowling is a woman, but because the story freaking good.

Same for skin colours of actors and actress, unless the skin colour is relevant to the story, you should cast the best actor or actress for the role.
eg A movie about Martin Luther King, he absolutly has to be played by an afro American actor, since the skin colour is the whole story.

but
Hermine Granger from Harry Potter can be black or white or Asian, since her skin colour isn't relevant.
(Even though the story has some aspects of racism in form of pureblood and muggleblood wizards)

[Brokenheartedx]

Maybe one day you’ll all realise no lives matter, you are a number from birth to death, not a name but a number you have to memorise for life to enable getting a job, or to claim benefits, or apply for a driving licence or passport... just a number

then world war breaks out no life will matter, you are then just cannon fodder for greedy elites, past has told us when they sent boys to the front line to be blown up, the elites hiding away

maybe when the truth dawns on everyone that even now we are being used, someone stirring the pot to have the ‘plebs’ turn on each other as a form of entertainment or worse a motive for a total authoritarian world state

[SwordShield]

I already know that, I'm not bluepilled, but it isn't as dire.

[Tamera952]

I don't know but i have a feeling you're gonna tell us

[SwordShield]

Well, yeah, I've pretty much already told you.

[Rangers]

I'll explain it in one sentence, BLM doesn't stand for "black lives matter" it stands for "black LIES matter".

[SwordShield]

I'd have to agree. There is mounting evidence that BLM has lied to fearmonger, but an email of one of the prominent members was hacked, letting out that these riots were coordinated due to wanting to take advantage of the "summer of chaos".

[coffeewithcream]

No idea why you feel like that or you assume members of that movement are hate drive.

[coffeewithcream]

*hate driven.

[SwordShield]

I do not assume. You assume that I assume because BLM is a mainstream thing right now. If you would like, I could tell you.

[coffeewithcream]

You wrote it, above.
You wrote it, to quote you, "... I believe BLM and it's efforts are vain, hypocritical, and hate driven."
That is an assumption. You do assume.
Have a nice day.

[SwordShield]

In that logic, every single political view is an assumption.

I said that "I believe", not that I assume. I've always been up for embracing new ideas, but from what I did see, and from the evidence I saw, I made a conclusion.

I formed a belief, while you simply assumed. I don't deny that I don't assume sometimes, but that really wasn't an assumption, but rather a belief based on evidence.

I said that the organization of BLM was hate driven, not the members themselves. I can sympathize with them because I feel the same way about their group as they do on my ideals.

[SwordShield]

So, I guess you can HaVe A nIcE DaY.

[TwoToTooTutu2]

Because they're Russia, and not actually concerned with Black issues.

[SwordShield]

Gimme evidence that they're Russia.

[TwoToTooTutu2]

www.google.com/.../amp

[TwoToTooTutu2]

money.cnn.com/.../index.html

[SwordShield]

You use online clickbaity news for your sources?

[TwoToTooTutu2]

You want more?

[TwoToTooTutu2]

www.npr.org/.../russians-targeted-u-s-racial-divisions-long-before-2016-and-black-lives-matter

[TwoToTooTutu2]

m.startribune.com/.../

[SwordShield]

Sure, go for it.

[TwoToTooTutu2]

I sent them

[TwoToTooTutu2]

www.google.com/.../

[EriFrancis1994]

It isn't ignorant. Black lives do matter and until we as society understand how to treat and respect black people, the world will never be at peace

[SwordShield]

It really is though. Why can't it realise that their problems aren't the only problems on the planet? Why do they persist on violence and rioting, being no better than the system that was "oppressing them"? While I can't deny racism exists in the United states, BLM has turned the hate caused by it into propaganda and fearmongering, just as Hitler with the German people?

In my country, we've fully integrated, we're equals. I feel like white people in the USA have been very stigmatized. If BLM truly cares about ending racism, why do they only take people who aren't black as "allies"?

[SwordShield]

There are also racists within BLM, such as the co-founder of BLM Ottawa, saying in a twitter post that "whiteness is sub-human" and going on to say "Pls pls pls Allah give me the power to not kill these men and white people out there today pls". You can't act like BLM is all that great.

[EriFrancis1994]

It isn't the only problem in the world but it's a huge problem. Look at photos of the George Floyd scene. Take that photo and apply a black and white filter to it. Compare it to a photo from the 60s and I swear you won't be able to tell the difference. Racism is something that has been going on for centuries and it isn't ending. It's time for it to end.

[SwordShield]

Give me evidence that George Floyd's death was racially motivated. I will definitely say it was because of sheer incompetence.

[SwordShield]

The police force in America has a problem with selecting it's officers, definitely, but this problem has nothing to do with racism. I will definitely say there is at least 1 racially motivated murder every two years due to cops in America, but many more die to incompetence.

[EriFrancis1994]

Ok 🙂

[SwordShield]

Ok. :)