So what’s next?

[Stonyhands]

(06-03-2020, 01:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The BLM movement will not accomplish their goal because they don't have a specific goal. You can no more end racism and police brutality by rioting than you can end child abuse by rioting. They have to come up with some specific policy or law to rally support behind. MLK Jr had The Civil rights Act and the Voters Rights Act. Th Suffragettes had the 19th Amendment. Until BLM can come up with a specific goal they are just wasting their time.

I had the same problem with Kaepernick a few years ago. He created a huge platform for his message, but he never came up with a message. he could never say exactly what had to happen before he would stop kneeling. So it went nowhere.

All I see is a lot of finger pointing and allegations of "remaining silent" or "not listening". From my experience an overwhelming majority of white people oppose racism and police brutality, and they would gladly support some law or policy to help address the problem. But they just don't have a goal or a message to get behind. The Civil Rights Act was not a reform forced on white people by the courts. It was a law supported by a majority of citizens.

I think the clear goal would be for every state to have a Prosecuting Attorney completely independent from all local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute every allegation of police brutality or misconduct. I don't see why an overwhelming majority of all citizens would not support and speak ou n support of this.

I was going to ask next whether or not the consensus is that we have an issue with racism with a majority of our population or if it’s a smaller subset.

If it is a smaller subset the next question raised is, Does anybody believe the current happenings are going to change that smaller subset?

I see a lot more awareness and a lot of “virtue signaling” on my social media feeds but I don’t think the people doing so are the ones that are the problem to begin with.

But I agree with your post and I think those are tremendous ideas! Thank you for replying.