Posted on 04/05/2017 4:19:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
You aren’t black? Then you aren’t welcome here…
The Black Lives Matter organization based in Philadelphia created a public event on Facebook for a gathering they were hosting which they marketed as an “open meeting.” As many know, the supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement are very diverse. There are many different backgrounds represented as allies of the cause, which has grown significantly since its inception. This includes white people. A simple internet search will turn up many pictures of white people protesting right alongside black people.
However—for the Philly chapter of BLM—their meetings and events are strictly “black spaces” according to their Facebook event announcement. When pressed via Twitter, the official account of Black Lives Matter Philly explained that anyone is free to support the movement from a distance; however, their meetings are only for black people. They even cited Malcom X, the human’s rights activist who advocated for segregation.
The fact that any group would channel the roughest times for civil rights within the United States to illustrate modern-day times is completely ridiculous. For one thing, the current climate in the United States is nothing like it was in the 1960s. If anything, the hostility comes from so-called social justice warriors who are fighting for political correctness. Even more troubling is the fact that the group has absolutely no qualms about letting the Twitter world know that black people need their own gatherings that exclude any other race of people.
I can’t help but wonder if biracial individuals would be allowed to attend the meetings. How would they gauge the degree of anyone’s ethnicity? Scrolling through all of the discussions on Twitter will show that there are many people who agree with the organization that black people need their own spaces to gather free from anyone else. One Twitter user posted a photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during one of his famous rallies and pointed out to Black Lives Matter Philly that the civil rights icon congregated with white people. They responded to the photograph with, “He made that choice and we have made ours. White people can support us, but they cannot attend our meetings.” There were a few white people on Twitter who also supported the decision and referred to themselves as allies. This is a little confusing to me because I’m not quite sure what it means to be an “ally” in this sense. I would assume that allies to Black Lives Matter participate in their events and gatherings, as I have seen in many published photographs.
It’s a little sad that organizations which are brought together to raise awareness and spread tolerance would be short-sighted enough to exclude some of the very people who support their cause and have shown up to protests on their behalf. If anyone wanted my support for a cause that I believe in—telling me that I’m not welcome to attend open meetings because of the color of my skin would be one of the easiest ways to alienate me and lose my support.
Racists.
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Those black hearted fools.
Start a white rights, life and culture club and ban blacks. See what happens then.
We have more than a few FReepers who are black, and very conservative.
I guess that this means that Obama would be turned away, right? The so-called first 'black' president? What about Susan Rice for that matter (since she apparently has been in the news lately).... her skin isn't actually 'black' per se, is it? There are lots of people who classify themselves as 'white' who are darker than she is. What exactly is a 'black'? Not that I care a ratz's patooty about this organization but perhaps since BLM created policy about this issue, wouldn't it make sense for them to actually offer up a concise definition? Maybe there is a scientific definition to it that involves DNA analysis…. Or perhaps it’s as simple as doing some kind of melanin count. Does a black person have to have some ancestral roots in Africa? There are countries in the world were the people may be ‘black’ but they have been there so long that they can’t trace any roots back to Africa. Some of the blackest people I’ve ever met are from India…. don’t believe their ancestry every had a connection to Africa. Well then, what about ‘white people’ who have been in Africa for so long that they can’t trace their roots back to any country before that…. are they now considered black because of their connection to Africa? And what about an albino child born to ‘black parents’. What is he/she classified as? Too many questions to waste on such a stupid subject…. and such a brain dead organization.
By the way, Dr. King referred to himself as a Negro…. Just sayin’.
I guess that this means that Obama would be turned away, right? The so-called first 'black' president? What about Susan Rice for that matter (since she apparently has been in the news lately).... her skin isn't actually 'black' per se, is it? There are lots of people who classify themselves as 'white' who are darker than she is. What exactly is a 'black'? Not that I care a ratz's patooty about this organization but perhaps since BLM created policy about this issue, wouldn't it make sense for them to actually offer up a concise definition? Maybe there is a scientific definition to it that involves DNA analysis…. Or perhaps it’s as simple as doing some kind of melanin count. Does a black person have to have some ancestral roots in Africa? There are countries in the world were the people may be ‘black’ but they have been there so long that they can’t trace any roots back to Africa. Some of the blackest people I’ve ever met are from India…. don’t believe their ancestry every had a connection to Africa. Well then, what about ‘white people’ who have been in Africa for so long that they can’t trace their roots back to any country before that…. are they now considered black because of their connection to Africa? And what about an albino child born to ‘black parents’. What is he/she classified as? Too many questions to waste on such a stupid subject…. and such a brain dead organization.
By the way, Dr. King referred to himself as a Negro…. Just sayin’.
And what if I got turned away because my skin didn’t appear to be quite black enough.... so I spent a few hours in a tanning machine for a few weeks to ‘darken me up’. Would that gain entrance? And then what would happen as the tan faded....
There are a lot of love songs about this. If black lives only matter to blacks, are they ok with that? If they don’t wish black lives to matter to other races, what does that mean? It’s time to sing “I can’t make you love me, if you don’t... I can’t make the heart feel something it won’t....”
I grew up with Black is Beautiful. I thought we were all going to be sharing our world together. Now blacks don’t want whites around for anything it seems. Maybe we need our own rows on the bus.
It is getting to be a problem. Everyone who is well known, who has any black ancestor, seems to be only proud of their black heritage. Most of my relatives are much darker than Mariah Carey, who had a black grandmother and considers herself black. President Eisenhower had a black grandmother and no one considered him black.
DNA tests do give you a % of how much subsaharan African you are. I guess someone needs to come up with a number. 50%? 25%? 10%? Where do you want to draw the line?
(Personally, I want to be done completely with all racial categories. My daughter has most of them. What is the point?)
Do they have their own water fountains, lunch counters, bathrooms, entrances too?
The ideal of slipping slopes is destroying the left
Exactly... and that was the point of my post. Most of it is totally arbitrary and in the eye of the beholder. I tell you one place where there is virtually zero reference to skin colour (even though different geographical areas are mentioned such as Ethiopia where people were known to have a different skin colour)..... the Bible. And why is not mentioned? Because it's meaningless.....there is no skin colour or race mentioned in this verse as to who it applies to... that word 'whoever' covers everyone. Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
In the really mixed countries / locations like Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil it can’t be a very important piece of info. I bet it wasn’t in Biblical times either. They had no access to genetic tests.
But white is a certain color.There’s white paint.What color is my car?White.
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