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Why is the OP asking? Do you care about black lives regardless of who kills them? Doubtful. Sounds like you just want to continue deflecting attention from the obvious problem with policing in this country.
Or it could be a backdoor way of venting resentment towards Blacks.
People have to learn to help themselves. That is the American way.
Creating a bogeyman (like "white people" or "the police") and blaming others for their problems is not any kind of a solution.
The problem with that is historically police have targeted these races specifically! And police CONTINUE to target specific races for certain crimes...
Look at what race of people is most arrested for heroin today...(its white people), Gee, what a coincidence!
Why is the OP asking? Do you care about black lives regardless of who kills them? Doubtful. Sounds like you just want to continue deflecting attention from the obvious problem with policing in this country.
Sounds like you're deflecting from the OP's legitimate question.
Why is violence such a problem within black communities? Why do so many black people die at the hands of other black people?
And let's not reflexively jump to poverty and discrimination as reasons.
Indigenous peoples were the first to suffer discrimination and oppression, yet they're not killing each other like black people kill each other. There's a history of discrimination against Asian Americans, but there isn't a similar problem of violence in Asian communities.
Plenty of immigrants throughout our country's history have experienced bigotry and oppression and most certainly poverty, but, as a rule, immigrant communities weren't nearly as violent.
I say all this as someone on the left, btw. The question OP asks isn't a political one. It's a logical one.
The main issue that BLM wants addressed is equality. When black on black crime occurs, the criminal usually is arrested and tried for their crimes. With this whole police ordeal, because of the position and powers of policing they feel they are not held to the same standard. There you go.
I have read that 80% of these murders go unsolved.
This is the way I see it. Some people hope that a police officer would be better behaved than a civilian. An underclass civilian with a short fuse, said person being a killer is expected. That is how I see this.
It does seem to be a cultural thing. Behind the scenes they are dismayed but there is a code of silence whereby they are reluctant to ever say anything negative about or against “their people”.
I once questioned someone about this and why anyone “of color” was viewed as “my people”. I mean, why do you want to identify with criminals as “my people”? White people don’t do that. The are more inclined to view “my people” as anyone of any color who shares their values. Not anyone who shares their skin color.
I think this does POC a disservice. It makes others view them as supporting and defending the criminal element. I don’t think they do, but that’s the perception. Their position as far as Black Lives Matter goes would be more respected and understood if it really did mean “all black lives”. Until they start publically addressing the black on black crime aspects in their communities and culture and hold people accountable they will just come across as angry and disingenuous.
It's called tribalism. Anyone who wants the details can study it. Today though it's taken to an extreme being exploited for profit and power in politics and economics.
The Nazis used the same mechanisms as have many others and historically it's how conflicts of the worst kind are justified and people die.
Can't falsely play the race and be a victim that way.
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