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TipTok

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Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:16 AM Jul 2016

Should an organization like BLM have 'official' leadership and chapters? [View all]

Pros and cons to both...

Anyone can claim to be part of the group (for good or bad)

A leadership heirarchy could clarify the message of the group and dismiss folks who went off message.

I think this was part of the reason the occupy movement was ineffective and we see the same things happening with BLM.

This tweet brought the whole thread to mind...



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