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On June 31 2020 I posted to Facebook this statement:
Want reforms that result with negating the unjustified killing of black men?
An end to racism isn't a goal connected with that.
There will always be racists in this country.
Especially with the moving goalposts of the Woke AF community, with the focus on ever nuanced categories like LBGTQ+fat and Trans Blacks as their heighted points of vigilance....especially if anyone is applying today's moral standards to America's past historical figures...as if we've discovered moral absolutes and can apply across all time. Woke AF has nothing to do with progress or a powerful nation and economy, their goal is the worst of all things: a self-righteous and small economy backward people, giving an eternal blank check to those of a global south and indigenous cultural heritage, and condemning the rest of the world (especially any great empire cultures such as British, American, Russian, Chinese) to eternal guilt. (exactly opposite of how we should respect cultures, the empires are full of the more significant history and valuable culture)
If black lives really mattered, specifically the need for regular black men just going to the store or to work to not be in danger due to the occasional pathological police officer, then this protest campaign would have stayed focused for the goal.
A friend of mine wrote the following unpacking of the official Black Lives Matter political platform, which is insightful, and more epsecially telling of how counterproductive to the goal the platform is.
I ran https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/
through the automated political BS translator:
Four years ago, what is now known as the Black Lives Matter Global Network began to organize. It started out as a chapter-based, member-led organization whose mission was to build local power and to intervene when violence was inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
"build local power" =
recruit black activists nationwide
"intervene when violence was inflicted" =
use tragedies to get attention
"vigilantes" =
George Zimmerman, who is a mentally unstable vigilante thug, but also a bit of a unicorn.
In the years since, we’ve committed to struggling together and to imagining and creating a world free of anti-Blackness, where every Black person has the social, economic, and political power to thrive.
"imagining and creating" =
imagining
"anti-Blackness" =
a demon that keeps people asleep until they get woke (no, I'm serious, I looked it up here: Recognizing And Dismantling Your Anti-Blackness: Janice Gassam: Forbes)
"social, economic and political power to thrive" =
a sense of total despair, failure and helplessness
Black Lives Matter began as a call to action in response to state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism. Our intention from the very beginning was to connect Black people from all over the world who have a shared desire for justice to act together in their communities. The impetus for that commitment was, and still is, the rampant and deliberate violence inflicted on us by the state.
"a call to action" =
words
"state sanctioned violence" =
guns
"anti-Black racism" =
cops
"connect Black people from all over the world" =
sit at our computers.
"act together in their communities" =
sit at their computers.
"violence inflicted on us by the state" =
political power we would like to wield ourselves.
Enraged by the death of Trayvon Martin and the subsequent acquittal of his killer, George Zimmerman, and inspired by the 31-day takeover of the Florida State Capitol by POWER U and the Dream Defenders, we took to the streets. A year later, we set out together on the Black Lives Matter Freedom Ride to Ferguson, in search of justice for Mike Brown and all of those who have been torn apart by state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism. Forever changed, we returned home and began building the infrastructure for the Black Lives Matter Global Network, which, even in its infancy, has become a political home for many.
"Dream Defenders" =
communists who want to replace corporations, police and prisons with education and welfare spending.
"justice for Mike Brown" =
use Mike Brown's death to get attention for our movement.
"Forever changed" =
BLM became a communist movement that wants to compete for police funding.
"become a political home for many" =
recruited many black people to spread our message.
Ferguson helped to catalyze a movement to which we’ve all helped give life. Organizers who call this network home have ousted anti-Black politicians, won critical legislation to benefit Black lives, and changed the terms of the debate on Blackness around the world. Through movement and relationship building, we have also helped catalyze other movements and shifted culture with an eye toward the dangerous impacts of anti-Blackness.
These are the results of our collective efforts.
"ousted anti-Black politicians" =
voter registration drives, canvassing, call centers and other staples of electoral politics
"won critical legislation" =
letter writing campaigns, phone calls, petitions, etc.
"changed the terms of the debate on Blackness" =
appropriated Black identity
"dangerous impacts of anti-Blackness" =
losing your black card from spending too long in the Sunken Place.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network is as powerful as it is because of our membership, our partners, our supporters, our staff, and you. Our continued commitment to liberation for all Black people means we are continuing the work of our ancestors and fighting for our collective freedom because it is our duty.
"the work of our ancestors" =
your black identity
"our collective freedom" =
BLM's political power
Every day, we recommit to healing ourselves and each other, and to co-creating alongside comrades, allies, and family a culture where each person feels seen, heard, and supported.
"recommit to healing" =
remind ourselves how helpless and oppressed we are
"a culture where each person feels seen, heard and supported" =
a safe space where privilege is shunned
We acknowledge, respect, and celebrate differences and commonalities.
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We put victim groups on a pedestal
We work vigorously for freedom and justice for Black people and, by extension, all people.
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We discourage black people from joining multi-racial social movements.
We intentionally build and nurture a beloved community that is bonded together through a beautiful struggle that is restorative, not depleting.
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We cultivate a mob mentality and addiction to social media because we're about power, not sacrifice.
We are unapologetically Black in our positioning. In affirming that Black Lives Matter, we need not qualify our position. To love and desire freedom and justice for ourselves is a prequisite for wanting the same for others.
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We discourage black people from joining multi-racial social movements. (This is the second time they've repeated that point. They sound a lot like black separatists, and a little like antifa.)
We see ourselves as part of the global Black family, and we are aware of the different ways we are impacted or privileged as Black people who exist in different parts of the world.
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We reject African-American identity and identify as an international Black race. (Again, 90% black seperatist, 10% antifa.)
We are guided by the fact that all Black lives matter, regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, gender expssion, economic status, ability, disability, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, immigration status, or location.
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We put victim groups on a pedestal. 😂
We make space for transgender brothers and sisters to participate and lead.
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We put the most vulnerable transgender victim group on the prow of our ship 😂 🤣.
We are self-reflexive and do the work required to dismantle cisgender privilege and uplift Black trans folk, especially Black trans women who continue to be disproportionately impacted by trans-antagonistic violence.
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We are black lesbians who hate homophobic black dudes more than the white devil himself.
We build a space that affirms Black women and is free from sexism, misogyny, and environments in which men are centered.
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We are a coven of black lesbian witches.😂 🤣 🤣
We practice empathy. We engage comrades with the intent to learn about and connect with their contexts.
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We use unconditional love toward people like ourselves to recruit them into our movement. (That sounds very culty.)
We make our spaces family-friendly and enable parents to fully participate with their children. We dismantle the patriarchal practice that requires mothers to work “double shifts” so that they can mother in private even as they participate in public justice work.
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We recruit homemakers and single moms at the margins of the workforce who have some spare time.
We disrupt the Western-pscribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.
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In our experience as black lesbians, you don't need a man. White people invented marriage. There's no patriarchy in Africa. 😂
We foster a queer‐affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual (unless s/he or they disclose otherwise).
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We encourage straight people to keep that in the closet. 😂
We cultivate an intergenerational and communal network free from ageism. We believe that all people, regardless of age, show up with the capacity to lead and learn.
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Honestly we're trying to elect Joe Biden in 2020. Viva la revolucion!
We embody and practice justice, liberation, and peace in our engagements with one another.
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We police each other's thoughts and feelings.
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