That’s corny twitter niggas tho. If you gon base your entire perceptions of black people off twitter and niggas who do slime s*** then you are just as corny. Humanity is full of f*** niggas no matter the race.

I don’t even care about the organization but rhetoric like this can be dangerous.

idk man i jus googled it an it says 41 people died protesting during the civil rights movement

ik the oppressors aka white ppl were VERY violent during these protests. but the protesters themselves were not violent (99.9% of the time) by design.

To say nothing has ever been accomplished thru peaceful protesting is just false. As i mentioned earlier the indian independence protests were also peaceful, and they liberated an entire f***ing country through that s***

real talk

lol because we’re dealing with HUMANS. There were plenty people protesting peacefully but on the other side of that will be people that want mayhem for the sake of it. Most of those people that went out and caused “riots” weren’t there for a peaceful protest anyway.

Also you could argue police antagonize protest enough to where backlash is bound to happen. You think they aren’t rioting in the 60s?? I’m from Newark NJ bro, this city only became majority black and brown decades ago because the white community dipped once black people got sick of being targeted and murdered by policies

tbh no but reading the wikipedia page it doesnt look like those protests accomplished anything either

it actually says the protests basically fueled segregation and white flight

do you not understand the agenda behind people separating the riots that happened during the civil rights era from the “official” civil rights movement? they want to push that peaceful protests are effective so that no real change is ever accomplished.

It rly depends on where u are and the demographics

In my city which is like 30% black people were largely respectful and knew why we were marching

But then u have seattle where its just a bunch of white kids living out their communist dreams

I think the issue with the movement is it was mainly those crazy white kids you saw on TV, or them dudes looting businesses, the whole thing was framed to be negative. Over time that s*** really weakened the message when it was all associated with crime and looting etc. Maybe the movement itself is great but the media found a way to destroy it once again

Anyways, i cringe when i see BLM signs cus i know its just some white ppl who are scared to be seen as racist

Kevin Gates really be repeating points he's been said years ago it's amazing how late twitter is on this s*** lol.

"In order for non-violence to work, your opponent must have a conscience" - Kwame Ture

"I’ve come upon something that disturbs me deeply. We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know we will win, but I have come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house. I’m afraid that America has lost the moral vision she may have had, and I’m afraid that even as we integrate, we are walking into a place that does not understand that this nation needs to be deeply concerned with the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Until we commit ourselves to ensuring that the underclass is given justice and opportunity, we will continue to perpetuate the anger and violence that tears the soul of this nation. I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

"It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a rifle. We believe in obeying the law. In areas where our people are the constant victims of brutality and the Government seems unable or unwilling to protect them, we should form rifle clubs that can be used to defend our lives and our property in times of emergency" - Malcolm X

“I am the people, I’m not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That’s what the Panthers is doing, that’s what the Panthers are doing all over the world.” - Fred Hampton

"We asked ten years ago. We asked with the Panthers. We was asking with the Civil Rights Movement. Now all those people that were asking are all dead or in jail. So now what do you think we're gonna do...ask? - Tupac

Like many of the most powerful Black voices often spoke against the notion of using non-violence when the powers that be would not respond to non-violence. Y'all need to stop with this peaceful protest myth that oppressors pushed onto us after they killed all the people who started with peaceful means but realized that wasn't getting us anywhere.

The civil rights act came 4 years before MLK was assassinated, most of the positive change enacted happened before MLK was assassinated (hence his legacy), i really dont see any evidence supporting what you're saying

Violent protests do nothing but cause hegemony and strife. They scare people into siding with those who look and act like each other. Nothing progressive

Media plays a huge role as well, they sell narratives at the end of the day.

I understand tho I don’t care for the movement or org. myself because it’s a lot of shady information or misinformation surrounding it BUT I do remember first being BLM around the time of the Mike Brown situation and Tamir Rice.

I never looked at it as more then a social movement then but you know when money gets involved and people attempt to monetize things, it can get tricky. This is why I stress people to unplug themselves from social media, do your own research and develop your own perspectives.

Peaceful protest being the end all be all for the civil rights movement is a myth and is just an agenda to keep people from enacting real change

You aren’t up on your history. the same s*** people say about BLM today, is the same s*** people said about the civil rights protests back in the day

This

real af

its a lot of really sad stories involved in this s***, everyone knows George Floyd but what about Eric Garner etc.

If BLM was just about raising awareness id support it 100%. They jus dont know what they want cus its so many f***ing reres involved in everything

Cops were going crazy during the protests lol

People really think the civil rights era was niggas gathering together, holding up signs and reciting rhymes

it ain't just Twitter though, niggas are like that in real life more so behind your back than openly said on Twitter that's why i ain't fixated on what he's referencing cause it goes either way

you are right however, you can't dismiss black people as a whole and have the view Gates has cause of these types of niggas. sure, it'll make you jaded but invalidating BLM and dismissing your people cause of it is harmful across the board completely ignoring the black folks who got plenty of love and support for him

Party’s over, they beat trump and thus we have exhausted our usefulness to them. You won’t see Pelosi kneeling over Michael Craig getting blasted in his own home and you can forget about Amazon putting up a BLM banner until at least Q4 2023

im just thinking with my d***