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In reply to the discussion: Thom Hartman joins number of white progressives slamming those criticizing #BLM [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)the courts. I know very well why we NEEDED civil rights act. And I also know that we have to work together if we are to address the issues that are so urgent and tha BLM is trying to bring to our attention.
Alienating your allies is not the way you get things done. You seek out allies, enlist them in your cause and work together to achieve what NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW.
If we are to address BLM's issues -- the killings, the brutality against Black people, the huge numbers of Black people in jail -- then we have to address why it is that Wall Street can make more money investing in new prisons and jails than in education and decent housing for low-income Americans.
Cause we won't end the birth to prison cycle until we take the profit out of it. And that is an economic issue. Just one of many that is behind the crisis that BLM is pointing to.
I have not figured out how Black people can change the stereotyping and hatred that causes the injustice. But I haven't heard a single suggestion from any person on DU about how to change that either. If you have any ideas, let me know. Just screaming and yelling at white people probably won't do much. It may get sympathy at some levels from people who don't stereotype in the first place, but it is not going to persuade the racists to change their views. I have not been able to think of any way to do that yet. Have you?