it is a global movement for a global issue.
there is racism that exists in this country too you know.
maybe the people that have faced racism in this country feel the same.
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there is racism that exists in this country too you know.
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its the implicit message:
"Why should we involve ourselves in protests for a racist problem in the the US"
It implies the poster doesn't think there is a racist problem in the UK
You yourself noted the problem over here is very different to that of the US.
The US is fighting police brutality, the UK appears to be fighting statues...
The author was saying that he didn't see the correlation between the US and UK.
The whole narrative had been lost in translation over here, and the term BLM is very misleading to the proposed argument in the UK. It needs rebranding to be more coherent to what they want. And if they stopped the rioting and defacing of public property then they would have much more support from the public myself included.
That doesn't make me racist,
Also I while I'm ranting, was watching the news yesterday and the presenters were lambasting the government and NHS over the covid report against the BAME community (which is due to be published next week) and how they weren't doing enough to protect them.
Then in the next breath they were congratulating the protests / riots...... Can anyone see the hypocrisy in this?
To make change you must first change oneself.
There are more black on black deaths in the UK than there are of police brutality of all colours, never mind that if they are black.
I have also not seen BLM protesters marching against the atrocities happening in Nigeria, which quiet frankly requires more urgent attention than a few statues that weren't racist in there time but are now considered to be so.
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Unfortunately the funds that these people were so generous with were gained by the misery of others and you can't gloss over that fact.
You can if you hide them away.
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No. A few people pulled one statue down. Once again people are trying to devalue the movement by highlighting minor events. The big issue should be Black Lives Matter, not statues.
Which is a social-economic issue caused by instutionalised racism. Black lives matter.
Maybe you are not watching the right channels or mixing with the right people?
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/264596-nigerians-protest-against-buhari-in-london.html