Why activists brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the UK

The Guardian ^ | 8/6/2016 | Tracy McVeigh

[GilGil]

BLM UK gives us a new framework. Nobody is excluded from the room. But we have learned it’s important not to see the movement go the way a lot of anti-racist movements do, led by white people, middle-class white people. We welcome white allies, we want participation, but please do not take over from people who are directly affected by the oppression and acknowledge your privilege. Listen, but don’t dilute or devolve what is being said. Silence, white silence, is complicity and there is room for everyone to engage in change. We can be a powerful force.

[Vanders9]

Umm...well as far as I can see they are pretty bemused by it.