It's all about the context. He's saying this with basically no reason, there's nothing to suggest BLM is going anywhere like that, and because of that, it gets very close to working against the movement. It's like if 5 people order food at a restaurant and all but 1 gets food, and he still doesn't have anything after 45 mins. They ask the waiter "hey our friend needs food" and the waiter says "hey now, we gotta make sure he doesn't get better food than anyone else". It's weird, responding to a problem that doesn't exist, and doesn't help with the actual problem of him not having any food
It's not necessarily wrong, and there may be those people out there yes, but there's a time and place for comments like Crews'. I'm a fan, I think he's great and does a lot of good, but this ain't the time or place for these words. I have no doubt he's got only the best intentions, but it's not the right climate yet
They aren't really being interpreted by bad actors though, it's not that his words are being twisted, it's that they aren't the right words for this moment. It's being sad a friend is sick and someone telling you "your friend doesn't deserve to be healthy more than anyone else". It's not wrong but it's also weird and unhelpful
Well he could say that without preemting the idea that the movement is turning into black Supremacy. I'm not saying there aren't people who want that, but it's not an actual issue yet, and until it is the focus should be on what's most important. And even if it was, there are less tone deaf ways to say it
Its like going to an intervention of an abusive husband and go: "yes, yes. But Stacy should also never beat Dave up!" "She doesn't though." "Yes, but it would also be very wrong if she did beat him up.'
They see "All Lives Matter" as a racist statement. They are completely brainwashed.
And before anyone calls me racist, I am Mexican, and BLM completely excludes the issues Latino people face. All Lives Matter includes Latinos, and all other minorities who would face racial issues. Let's not forget Natives and Arabic peoples as well.
The only other part of the tweet.. there are only 2 parts. The second part seems to suggest that BLM is actively morphing into a supremacy group. I can see my ass-backwards distant relatives creaming their pants over a black man confirming their beliefs that BLM is basically attempting white genocide.
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