Doubtless you are right. There are multiple threads of thought. I suspected the same even in BLM. There are some evil soreheads who see red wherever they go (the extreme case being the Dallas shooter), and then others who see yellow lights in certain places.
All I can offer, perhaps, is prayers, and maybe a kind word to those who are affected. And that’s not always easy. Our common enemy — I know you aren’t deep into theology but at least hear me out — isn’t even other people. It’s an incredibly evil angel who took it on himself at the beginning of history to defy God in whatever manner he possibly could. Different terms appear in the faith community and the bible: Old Scratch or the devil or Satan or the serpent or the Accuser (and many more bad things). The only total safety from that evil angel is in the arms of God who will forgive all in the work of reconciliation. God in wisdom allows some, but not all possible, evils to occur in order to highlight that we need to head for His embrace.
“There are some evil soreheads who see red wherever they go (the extreme case being the Dallas shooter), and then others who see yellow lights in certain places.”
That’s a good way of putting it. If I may add to that, some even see green lights. As I said, the considerations and attitudes aren’t completely monolithic. All depends on who you talk to.
Certainly though, there’s a significant percentage of blacks who are so culturally disconnected from mainstream America, that they easily buy in to the hate and race baiting poison that’s pitched to them day and night.
It’s those people Rev Peterson and others are trying to reach.