06-14-2020, 05:53 PM
Blankity Blank wrote:
It always makes me sad and despair just a little when I see an ally on the left veer into baseless hyperbole...No sense of history of position. No curiosity why a voice must often four square allied might, in this singular instance, see a different perspective...
12 Ways to Be a White Ally to Black People
The good-kid narrative says that this kid didn’t deserve to die because his goodness was an exception to the rule. This is wrong. This kid didn’t deserve to die, period. Similarly, reject the “He was a criminal” narrative surrounding the convenience store robbery because even if Brown did steal some cigars and have a scuffle with the shopkeeper, that is still not a justification for his killing. All black lives matter, not just the ones we deem to be “good.”
It's weird to me to see someone call himself an "ally" who so totally doesn't get it.