What do you think of the Black Lives Matter movement?
I think it began because people were fed up. I think it lives because people are fed up. I think the #AllLivesMatter movement is a way to belittle the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Everyone knows "All lives matter" - no ones arguing that silly people. People forget all too soon (and or twist the facts) on how the Black Panther Party began. I wasn't alive for it. But my uncle was. And a participating member at that. It began because of ruthlessness here in the Bay Area (Oakland specifically). People were FED UP. Racism was much more prominent, aggressive and open in the 60's and 70's. It's gotten much better here in the Bay, but everywhere else seems to be moving at a slower pace. Police need to be Policed. Police need better training. Police need to be held to the same standards as those people they are shooting: is it self-defense when you shot and killed that boy? If not, be tried for murder. There should be no other option. The other issue I find is when people protect and stand behind the police: "That girl should have learned to shut her mouth and behave and maybe that police officer wouldn't have beaten her down". WHAT? In what world is a sass-mouthed teenager beaten to a pulp in front of peers and other adults ok? A helpless foster child with a bad attitude. It's called "ABUSE OF POWER" and it's not ok. Had that young black girl been a "Blonde Beauty" with a sassy mouth, she wouldn't have been beat - and if she was, they'd hang that cop to dry. (example: Ben Fields, South Carolina Deputy, Fired Over Student Arrest)This is the exact reason (example) why #BlackLivesMatter happened. Because the police (and some other members of the judicial branch) have indicated that Black Lives Don't Matter. As someone else mentioned that whites should take a back seat to the movement and let black people drive it home. I don't care if I take a front or back seat to this movement, but I'm along for the ride. I support the movement, it's meaning and I believe Black Lives Matter. I don't need to say anything else.
Question About Slavery and the Civil War?
To Knowledge: The Civil War was clearly about slavery. The South secceeded from the Union because the north tried to say that no new states can have slaves and that slavery was bad. The South finally got fed up with the North's meddling in its affairs. Abolitionists like John Brown became terrorists and attacked trains with Southerners on them in Harper's Ferry. As far as what incentive did a Southern soldier have, well, for one, he didn't want free blacks to compete with him for jobs. That is the most basic incentive anyone could have. When is the last time anyone who replied to my question quit his/her job to graciously give it someone else more needy? None of your arguments make any sense. I still don't know what a northern white guy's incentive was during the Civil War.