|
Replies: 13
| visibility 393
|
Orange Blooded [2033]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1336
Joined: 9/25/16
|
Do Black Lives Really Matter to the BLM Organization?
Jul 9, 2020, 11:06 AM
|
|
I am wholeheartedly behind the idea that BLACK LIVES MATTER...They absolutely do...
I fully support racial equality in our country...and when I have posted here I've been consistent on that point..
Recent media and social media attacks on Terry Crews...the silence on Desean Jackson...the silence on the death of an 8 year old girl...
Have all given me pause to look deeper at who is really driving the BLM organization...I will say the do the homework yourself if you care to...but minimal research shows the founders and leadership of the BLM organization are serving their own agenda and pocketbooks and not the well being of the black community...
The numbers say no....the Black Lives Matter Organization doesn't care about all black lives...only some...and maybe really none? Because what action are they taking to save black lives?
Numbers to ponder....
Percentage of US Black – 13.4%
• Abortion in America
• 28% are black (approximately 240,000 black babies annually)
• Murder in America
• 52% of homicide victims in America are black
• Heart Disease in America
• 23.5% of deaths are black
• Lung Cancer in America
• Blacks have the highest incidence and mortality rate of any race
• Hunger in America
• The 10 counties with the highest food insecurity rates in the nation are at least 60% African American. Seven of the 10 counties are in Mississippi.
• Poverty rates for African Americans are more than twice that of white, non-Hispanic individuals.
• 9% of African Americans live in deep poverty (less than 50% of the federal poverty threshold).
|
|
|
|
 |
110%er [5649]
TigerPulse: 92%
Posts: 12124
Joined: 9/28/08
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2033]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1336
Joined: 9/25/16
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [16227]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 12771
Joined: 11/14/09
|
I wonder how those crime, abortion, and health stats
Jul 9, 2020, 11:32 AM
|
|
align with those living in poverty in general, regardless of race. Not intending to take away from the gist of your message that those running the BLM foundation are profiting, or that the organization's mission is misaligned or ineffective.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [83625]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 63724
Joined: 12/31/06
|
most of them...
Jul 9, 2020, 11:35 AM
|
|
hence the systemic nature of the problems.
However, I think most of those have no political solution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2033]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1336
Joined: 9/25/16
|
Re: most of them...
Jul 9, 2020, 11:45 AM
|
|
Fair question as to whether or not it’s truly a socio-economic consequence ...
And I agree that’s quite possible...
So if that is the true root of the issue ...once again what is the Black Lives Matter organization doing to address the real issue?
One could argue - absolutely nothing...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [83625]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 63724
Joined: 12/31/06
|
Re: most of them...
Jul 9, 2020, 11:47 AM
|
|
and that's the stance I'd argue.
I agree with your OP.
Black lives matter, but if we follow the direction of the organization, it will make the problem worse.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2033]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1336
Joined: 9/25/16
|
Re: most of them...
Jul 9, 2020, 11:45 AM
[ in reply to most of them... ] |
|
Fair question as to whether or not it’s truly a socio-economic consequence ...
And I agree that’s quite possible...
So if that is the true root of the issue ...once again what is the Black Lives Matter organization doing to address the real issue?
One could argue - absolutely nothing...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2033]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1336
Joined: 9/25/16
|
Re: most of them...
Jul 9, 2020, 11:45 AM
[ in reply to most of them... ] |
|
Fair question as to whether or not it’s truly a socio-economic consequence ...
And I agree that’s quite possible...
So if that is the true root of the issue ...once again what is the Black Lives Matter organization doing to address the real issue?
One could argue - absolutely nothing...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2033]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1336
Joined: 9/25/16
|
Re: most of them...
Jul 9, 2020, 11:51 AM
|
|
I have no clue why the triple post ..oops..
I think it’s a glitch that happens occasionally when I post from my phone...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [83625]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 63724
Joined: 12/31/06
|
yes, I think its the phone app***
Jul 9, 2020, 11:59 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [22935]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 16892
Joined: 12/2/00
|
Why don't you ask somebody from BLM Organization?
Jul 9, 2020, 12:06 PM
|
|
Not sure you'll find many here on P&R
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [58377]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 46314
Joined: 4/23/00
|
Only if that life is taken by a white police officer.***
Jul 9, 2020, 12:24 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [93616]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 95392
Joined: 12/25/09
|
No, they want to be above the law.
Jul 9, 2020, 2:28 PM
|
|
They want control over the government to form a new system. Just like the few blocks Seattle gave them they won't know what to do with the country when they get it.
Their plan: Conquer America.
Next step: We'll figure that out if step one works.
Seen this all before. I'm glad they keep dragging Biden toward the cliff. Can't wait to see him fall off and land on his face.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 13
| visibility 393
|
|
|
50
