2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: While I support the overall BLM movement, the group's so-called "representatives" have lost me. [View all]gobears10
(310 posts)The overall movement and message are extremely important. The hashtag is necessary to highlight police brutality. The genuine grassroots activists, PoC activists, etc., are fighting the good fight, and we should help them, honor them for their amazing work, and stand in solidarity with them.
My problem isn't with the hashtag or the BLM movement at large. It's with the so called "group" of people who claim to be the "representatives," "leaders," and "founders" of #BLM who continually bash Bernie Sanders even when he's saying everything they want, while they heap praise on Hillary Clinton. The "representatives" featured on MSNBC and elsewhere.
Moreover, these so called "leaders" only want to focus on politics of identity (which are important), but they ignore or dismiss the real issues Bernie Sanders (and others) bring up about how economic oppression and inequality are disproportionately marginalizing PoC in America.