Malik Miah the author of “A Movement and Its Critics” is very accurate in his writing, but it did not have the effect I was expecting. The heavily criticized Black Lives Matter movement is the most significant political challenge in decades to institutional racism and the status quo. The Black Lives Matter Movement is not indebted to any established organization, political leader or party. The usual suspects on the racist and far right including Black conservatives attack the Movement for allegedly causing "Divisions" in society (www.solidarity-us.org). The criticisms focus on concerns about the movement's lack of specific demands, its few acknowledgments to traditional leaders that are secondary to the BLM's overall goal: protect Black lives and bodies, and demand that the state take whatever actions to make that so (www.ebscohost.com).
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For example, blacks pay more for loans than whites, even if they have higher incomes. Black conservatives, like the Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, follow a long tradition of blacks who blame themselves for their problems. Carson's view represents a mainstream right wing/Republican ideology, Jeb Bush said as much in a South Carolina campaign speech when asked what he has to offer black people (www.europe-solidaire.org) The 1960s movement also had an essential respectability because our leaders often were heads of the black church. Black Lives Matter is very personal and real. BLM stands on the shoulders of the militants in the aftermath of the civil rights, voting rights and housing laws, in declaring that both major political parties and the police disrespect Black bodies and rights. Respect is the powerful demand of the Black Lives Matter Movement: to end police terror, and prosecute those causing harm and death.
For example, blacks pay more for loans than whites, even if they have higher incomes. Black conservatives, like the Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, follow a long tradition of blacks who blame themselves for their problems. Carson's view represents a mainstream right wing/Republican ideology, Jeb Bush said as much in a South Carolina campaign speech when asked what he has to offer black people (www.europe-solidaire.org) The 1960s movement also had an essential respectability because our leaders often were heads of the black church. Black Lives Matter is very personal and real. BLM stands on the shoulders of the militants in the aftermath of the civil rights, voting rights and housing laws, in declaring that both major political parties and the police disrespect Black bodies and rights. Respect is the powerful demand of the Black Lives Matter Movement: to end police terror, and prosecute those causing harm and death.