Black Lives Matter is NOT a civil rights movement!

[randys1]

http://time.com/4144655/international-human-rights-day-black-lives-matter/

It's a human rights one

Black Lives Matter is often called a “civil rights” movement. But to think that our fight is solely about civil rights is to misunderstand the fundamental aspirations of this movement. Today, on International Human Rights Day, we recognize the current struggle is not merely for reforms of policing, anymore than the Montgomery Bus Boycott was simply about a seat on the bus. It is about the full recognition of our rights as citizens; and it is a battle for full civil, social, political, legal, economic and cultural rights as enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

[retrowire]

1. Why not both? nt

[pnwmom]

2. I think civil rights is a smaller category inside the broader category of human rights. n/t

[retrowire]

3. ohhhhhh. Alright then. Either way, the more rights, the better. nt

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Why aren't both the same?

Everyone's got to put a different word on something and pretend they've invented something.

Ugh.

Civil rights and human rights are the same thing.

[retrowire]

5. That's what I thought.

But wikipedia does separate the two. Hmmm..

[pnwmom]

6. I think civil rights refers more to equal rights under the law.

The right to be treated the same under the legal system.

But human rights usually refers to rights that are considered universal, no matter what the system of laws.

I haven't looked this up anywhere, though -- this is just my impression.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. Read the article

It's co-authored by one of the founders of BLM - Opal.

If she says so - then so it is.

[Kind of Blue]

13. From my understanding, and I'm not an attorney, the two

rights differ because civil rights are the rights created by a nation. For instance, I know in some European countries and almost positive in South Africa, racial slurs are illegal. While the U.S. allows citizens to be as racists as they want to be in speech, it's freedom of speech and a civil right.

[Fearless]

7. Serously? Civil rights are human rights.

[Cha]

9. "It's co-authored by one of the founders of BLM - Opal." thank you, Gen~

mahalo randy~

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Your welcome

And she gets to define it.

[Cha]

11. Right.

[MeNMyVolt]

12. K&R Love your posts Randys1. See we have a few of the usual suspects showing up.

[randys1]

14. Thanks, and like others say, us white folks dont get to define others struggles or issues

[MADem]

15. It goes far beyond rights in the "civil" sphere. It has to do with equality of opportunity from

the moment of one's birth. Equality of education. Equality of access to health care. Equality of safety in one's home.

Playing fields are still not level, and it's going to take more than courts to fix this. Institutions that serve the public, from schools to police to public works, libraries as well as private entities like groceries and banks and restaurants and department stores, everyone needs an attitude adjustment. And soon.