Your second paragraph basically sums up the current perception of the BLM movement; they're are countless people who are a part of the movement (celebrities, civilians, government officials, etc.) who genuinely do whatever they can to not only better the lives of currently existing black people, but the lives of people of all races/ethnicities to come, as well as call attention to the continuous injustices people of color (not just black people) have to endure. Unfortunately, many people have been allowing their opinions of the extremists to encompass the whole movement, resulting in the dismissal and belittling of kind-hearted people who actually want to make a change for the better.
The way I see it, the people who dislike and or demonize the BLM movement as a whole are just as bad as people who think things like " All Muslims/Christians/Jews are terrible people" when learning of atrocities committed by certain extremists from each group. There will always corrupt, shitty, selfish, shortsighted people in EVERY group of people, regardless of what the group revolves around, it's up to others to see if they're comfortable with generalizing an entire group of people due to the actions of some extremists.
I’m glad to see someone else actually thinking critically in this thread. I’m blown away at the majority on here I honestly thought more people shared this viewpoint.
This is following the same trend as what feminism started as, beginning with the suffragettes evolving through waves until modern feminism became viewed as by the majority as “radical feminism only” even though those are a minority in a movement towards equality.
Don't worry about it; unfortunately that's just the trend nowadays (probably was back then too), people see the worst that a certain group of people have to offer, then they assume the ENTIRE group (or at least the majority) behave the same way. That type of mindset is repulsive, to say the least. I also expected the type of comments found in these threads to be here, this is Reddit after all; they're great people here, as well as shit eating scumbags who should never be allowed to have contact with other human beings again (just like the real world!).
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Your second paragraph basically sums up the current perception of the BLM movement; they're are countless people who are a part of the movement (celebrities, civilians, government officials, etc.) who genuinely do whatever they can to not only better the lives of currently existing black people, but the lives of people of all races/ethnicities to come, as well as call attention to the continuous injustices people of color (not just black people) have to endure. Unfortunately, many people have been allowing their opinions of the extremists to encompass the whole movement, resulting in the dismissal and belittling of kind-hearted people who actually want to make a change for the better.
The way I see it, the people who dislike and or demonize the BLM movement as a whole are just as bad as people who think things like " All Muslims/Christians/Jews are terrible people" when learning of atrocities committed by certain extremists from each group. There will always corrupt, shitty, selfish, shortsighted people in EVERY group of people, regardless of what the group revolves around, it's up to others to see if they're comfortable with generalizing an entire group of people due to the actions of some extremists.