/lit/ - Literature

>>17097488
the issues leading to black poverty are systemic racism, which is what blm is about. white people are often blinded to the reality and residual historical impact of systemic racism entrenched in power systems whether officially legally or not. this country had segregation until only 50 some years ago. its all in living memory of some black folks. you cant just fix this overnight. these are a people taken from their roots and deprived of everything. made second class citizens and slaves. white people are simply afraid of coming to full terms with this, it is not insidious agenda, it is more white fragility and uncomfortableness of facing the historical injustice and lingering effects. they do not want to solve it or address it, because they feel it may be admitting a wrongdoing or they want to maintain that system deep down because it is in their racial group interest. some are aware or willing to face the challenges and confront these legacies to create a better future for black people. that is what blm is about. addressing the legacies of historical oppression and subjugation and the lingering after effects. have a true reconciliation with the atrocities of the past and create a way forward by adjusting the system instead of hand waving it away. blm is about emancipation and finishing the job of reconstruction. it is about fulfilling the promise of all men created equal. it is about truly fulfilling mlk's dream, which has not been fulfilled as you think. it is about individual liberation of the black man, which again contrary to popular myth, still remains to occur. there is no insidious agenda against white people, rather white people have failed to address the issues facing the black community that linger from historic white supremacist hegemony