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What are your thoughts on Black Lives Matter?

Asked by kid_africa (83points) April 6th, 2016

I am in between about the whole movement. In a way I feel like it is causing more racial tension then helping. I agree in the fact that cops are corrupt. There is no question about that. However, it is not all cops. There are a lot of good ones out there. I like how blacks come together to fight against the murders of innocent blacks in America. However I would like to see the same effort when it is black on black crimes. I noticed that in black communities they have this no snitching rule when it comes to crime. I could never understand the point of it. If someone commits murder or another crime and does not get punished they will continue to do it again. God forbid next time their victim is someone close to me. I am not saying blacks don’t protest against black on black crime. But not as much as when its someone from another race. If you look at Chicago, the murder rate is through the roof compared to last year. I don’t see leaders, celebrities or communities speaking out. Maybe there is but not to my knowledge. It is hard to say Black lives Matter when we continue to kill each other over minor confrontations. I am from West Africa and live in the Bronx, NYC. It seems like every other day it is someone getting slashed, jumped, stabbed or shot. It is mostly always over simple nonsense. Social media beef, girls, jealousy or looking at someone wrong. Just to name a few. Mind you there are many crimes that go unreported for one reason or another. This evening I was getting on the bus from work and a group of teenage boys gave me the meanest look like I’ve done something wrong. I then over hear them talking about wanting to stab someone over something simple. It is hard to say Black lives matter, when we continue to kill ourselves. There are people in other parts of the world dying over real issues. Here we are fighting over things that can be settled just by talking it out. I am not saying I am right or wrong, just stating my opinion.

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