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25. At the Oakland Town Hall Keith Carson Declared #BlackLivesMatter is a Black Male Problem!

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 04:36 PM

Mar 2015

I couldn't believe my ears!

When Oakland held it's first Town Hall with THREE ROWS of city, county, and state politicians, hosted by Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, to discuss Black Lives Matter protests, he defined it as primarily a BLACK MALE problem! You could practically hear the strained silence in the room after he opened the meeting with that.

As a white woman who had been getting no help from Carson as my representative, I suddenly had an inkling why. He was super-focused on problems of "black men" only. What really made this bogus is at the time one of the major Black Lives Matter incidents related to a trans woman who had died at the hands of police in Berkeley. Recently there was an incident of a black woman - Yuvette Henderson - who was killed under questionable circumstances after shoplifting at a Home Depot. I would say male political representatives have an "obsession with male problems" problem.

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Black lives matter but does that include black females? [View all] marym625 Mar 2015 OP

Thank you. Kicked and recced nt MrScorpio Mar 2015 #1

Thank you, Mr. Scorpio! marym625 Mar 2015 #2

Thank you...#BlackWomenLivesMatterToo randys1 Mar 2015 #3

Thank you! marym625 Mar 2015 #4

Aura Rosser Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #5

I'm sorry I didn't specifically mention her marym625 Mar 2015 #6

No worries, I think it is the weird artificial bubble around Ann Arbor Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #7

That's true for many of these women marym625 Mar 2015 #8

just business as usual for the occupiers? guillaumeb Mar 2015 #9

I don't know. marym625 Mar 2015 #10

trying well I would say guillaumeb Mar 2015 #47

I tend to agree marym625 Mar 2015 #51

K&R KitSileya Mar 2015 #11

Thank you! marym625 Mar 2015 #12

well, today's the first day of National Women's History Month. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #13

I have to admit marym625 Mar 2015 #18

no argument here :) BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #33

I sort figured that is what you meant marym625 Mar 2015 #38

I thought BLM included black women. romanic Mar 2015 #14

They have been to an extent marym625 Mar 2015 #19

Excellent post salin Mar 2015 #15

wouldn't that be wonderful marym625 Mar 2015 #20

K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #16

Thank you marym625 Mar 2015 #22

This is a necessary post. Thank you for compiling this information. Wella Mar 2015 #17

Marlene Pinnock marym625 Mar 2015 #23

What is interesting is that this case actually had a video Wella Mar 2015 #26

excellent point marym625 Mar 2015 #28

I worry about this country for that reason. We don't recognize brutality anymore. Wella Mar 2015 #30

Yes, I remember Kelly Thomas well marym625 Mar 2015 #34

K&R! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #21

Thank you! marym625 Mar 2015 #24

At the Oakland Town Hall Keith Carson Declared #BlackLivesMatter is a Black Male Problem! daredtowork Mar 2015 #25

wow marym625 Mar 2015 #27

He was the HOST of the Town Hall! daredtowork Mar 2015 #31

I'm sure they were marym625 Mar 2015 #35

He didn't. D: n daredtowork Mar 2015 #48

K&R nt stage left Mar 2015 #29

Thank you. marym625 Mar 2015 #36

I sure as hell include black females. nt LWolf Mar 2015 #32

As do I marym625 Mar 2015 #37

That's true. LWolf Mar 2015 #39

exactly. marym625 Mar 2015 #40

I share that opinion. LWolf Mar 2015 #41

yep marym625 Mar 2015 #42

Most of the commentary I've seen in the media -- Exhibit A Mar 2015 #43

Thank you marym625 Mar 2015 #44

KnR sheshe2 Mar 2015 #45

Thank you Sheshe. marym625 Mar 2015 #49

K&R Fumesucker Mar 2015 #46

Thanks! marym625 Mar 2015 #50

K&R Borchkins Mar 2015 #52

K&R nt stevenleser Mar 2015 #53