Black Lives Matter has been criticized since its inception for its lack of clear policy goals. Instead, they’ve resorted to violence, vandalism, and chaos to make their point — as unclear as that may have been.
In the aftermath of the Dallas police massacre in 2016, two policies emerged from the controversial protest group. They want to totally disarm, demilitarize, defund, and disband the police, and they want reparations from white Americans.
One Black Lives matter organizer advocated for the latter policy point in an essay published in Wear Your Voice Magazine. In the piece, she demanded “housing, transportation, food, clothes, free space for meetings and work space; we need laptops, cell phones, encrypted systems for communication, solar power and LAND. ”
Why those systems of communications need to be encrypted is anyone’s guess — but it seems fairly obvious.
See Ashleigh Shackelford’s demands on the next page:
I’m so sick of these people sick to death of them but guess what bitch you reap what you sow and you know what you guys do nothing so that’s what you get nothing
I’m so sick of these people sick to death of them but guess what bitch you reap what you sow and you know what you guys do nothing so that’s what you get nothing
Well, no matter how it’s communicated, Ashleigh Shackleford has a very clear, no non-sense, and practical understanding about black lives in the U.S. History to present. And, because she is black herself, she also understands what has prevented black people from “living” fully in American society. I doubt being attacked verbally, emotionally, mentally, physically or otherwise comes as a surprise to her. When black people value themselves as much, they are met with intense opposition, retaliation, and resistance until they abandon their goals or simply be quiet again and give way to whatever comes along. It isn’t surprising. Being told she’s looking for something for nothing is also not extraordinary. Black people are always blamed for their status in American society, once they start pointing out disparity. However, she is in touch. She is fighting for rights of the parents of children who have been killed by police or other hate criminals. Ashleigh also understands that any organization receives support as a not-for-profit or profit. As Americans, we won’t act as if it all comes out of every organizer’s pocket. We know better than that. There are sponsorships, donations, government funding, etc. etc. in growing a business. As well as, hard work. And, funds do not just come from those involved. The taxes I pay are also used to fund organizations that are against me as for me. As for her efforts, it seems she doesn’t mind putting in the extra work 🙂 Please, just don’t go there with the lazy this and welfare that. If white people weren’t lazy themselves they would not have gone all the way to Africa to purchase slaves on the slave trade to pick their cotton. They would not be comfortable with a system that expects black people to contribute and work harder for less pay or opportunity. They would not think they should all be “running” everything even if they aren’t qualified, experienced, old-enough, or educated. Basically, if white people weren’t lazy, it would not be as easy for them to benefit from a negative word, look, action, media slant and so on involving black people. Even the negativity has become a resource that benefits white people. If white people feel that it is most convenient and beneficial to maintain a “certain place” for black people in this society, not only is that cowardly and a tell-tale sign that white people are really not as powerful without a supremicist capitalistic system to rely on, but they are just plain lazy and want black people to continue making things easy for them. Black lives matter!
My ancestors fought and died to free slaves. It was white people who freed the slaves, not the slaves. Do I get anything?
Ur ancestors forgot Reparations
It was the whites who who enslaved and dehumanized us here in the first place. Do you get something you ask??? You’ve already been getting and enjoying white privilege with all that comes with it for for 500 years, while all we’ve ever gotten/caught and still do, is hell.
You fk-ng crackers been getting it for free at ours and other’s expense for hundreds of years. That makes you the largest and longest recipients of welfare in history. One day soon there’ll be none of you left, and the world and the universe will be better off without you. Nature is removing you quickly (but not fast enough for me) via interbreeding. In fifty years there’ll be no more of you pulling strings and polluting/poisoning the world. Nature is seeing to that even as I speak.
Umm they had over 1 million blacks in the Union Army during the Civil War tell me again how whites fought for our freedom. I truly understand what she is saying. The Indians get their treaties and still get treated like s**t. Jewish people who aren’t really Jews get to bring up the Holocaust and nobody bats an eye. Not me I remind you the incident that took place with both these race groups only lasted mere decades. What happened to my ancestors of African descent took place for four centuries yet it is forgotten about we’re supposed to forget it to ease the conscience of the whites. White people are simply afraid of losing what they’ve killed four Company still exist to this day that only exists due to slave labor.
Black lives don’t exist. How could they matter? Wake up.
Oh shut up and grow up and work for it.
Sure as long as the Jews and the Irish get theirs first.
Uhhhhhhh no