About BLM, and flat social justice movements

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. She is

part of the movement. Mrs Garza said this about the movement and incidentally about what happened in Seattle, relevant sections for your reading pleasure

There's a lot I could say about Seattle and the Sanders campaign. I'm going to keep it short. BLM is a network. 26 chapters that have relative autonomy and are connected to each other. We embrace a diversity of tactics and strategies. We aren't puppeteers telling people what to do. We respect local autonomy. It's not always clean, but it's important. .

No we did not and will not demand that those sisters apologize. That petition is not from us.

Yes there is a fake BLM page running rampant, but we gonna take care of that. And if you know who's running that fake page, I suggest, humbly, that you ask them to stop.

Did I disagree with Josh, or Mrs Garza? No. But the nature of the movement is not hierarchical. That is the point I am making here. Garza will not ask these two women to apologize. They are part of her part of the movement, But the movement is not a hierarchical organization. Nor is Mrs Garza dealign with the heat and discussion that came out of this... some of it quite loud and ugly.

What you are not likely getting is how flat this is. For all I care I could say I am part of it. As a reporter that would be silly, but this is how flat it is.