Over the past few years I have often wondered what Martin Luther King, Jr. would say about our current state of affairs. Not only are organizations like Black Lives Matter taking our country deeper into segregation, but by hijacking the equality fight for their own means they are watering down what black people actually had to live through before LBJ signed the Civil Rights act of 1964. There was actual oppression and discrimination. And heinous behavior by white people towards black people. Black citizens really did have it bad.
Great strides were made in the decades following that signing. And many, many white people have fought and marched for “equality for all”. We are all created equal. I would guess the majority of Americans believe that.
So what black lives do matter to BLM? Not the almost 10,000 black people murdered in the U.S. in 2020. The majority were killed by a black person. Most blacks who are murdered are victims of Black on Black crime. Over 80%. Does BLM address this? No. Instead they lump it into their call for justice (read defund the police).
MLK was a peaceful man. He acted on his convictions in a peaceful way. Marches, speeches. He did not foment violence. He did not encourage burning down your own neighborhood to protest an “injustice”.
He said these words, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.”
When the message is important, the style of the delivery is crucial. People stop listening, stop taking you seriously when you are violent and destructive. When you lie about or ignore the statistics that don’t fit your narrative.
In Washington D.C., where the headquarters of BLM are located, in 2020 53% of the babies aborted were black. 19% were white. Do these black lives not matter? Why not?
In my lifetime I have seen desegregation in schools end. I have seen equal opportunities rise for all colors of our citizens. And women. I have witnessed many, many blacks and whites pull themselves out of poverty or abusive backgrounds and get and education and start a career and earn a living. This country is truly the best place to live to be able to rise from your roots, no matter what color you are.
But guess what. The promise of this country pays off if you are a moral, ethical, good, hard-working citizen. Again, no matter what color you are. Don’t break the law and you will reduce your chances of coming in contact with the police. Make the most of the education offered you and you can succeed, you can go further. Get a real job and earn your way, build up your dignity and see your self-worth rise. Take your life into your own hands and improve it yourself. Don’t wait for the government, don’t wait for BLM. Your life does not really matter to them.
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