Timothy Birdnow

For those who think Black Lives Matter is an organization to protect black lives, I suggest you go to their website to see what they are really about. Here are a few highlights:

"It goes beyond the narrow nationalism that can be prevalent within Black communities, which merely call on Black people to love Black, live Black and buy Black, keeping straight cis Black men in the front of the movement while our sisters, queer and trans and disabled folk take up roles in the background or not at all.

Black Lives Matter affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. It centers those that have been marginalized within Black liberation movements. It is a tactic to (re)build the Black liberation movement.

What Does #BlackLivesMatter Mean?

When we say Black Lives Matter, we are broadening the conversation around state violence to include all of the ways in which Black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands of the state. We are talking about the ways in which Black lives are deprived of our basic human rights and dignity."

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Here are the details:

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How Black poverty and genocide is state violence.
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How 2.8 million Black people are locked in cages in this country is state violence.
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How Black women bearing the burden of a relentless assault on our children and our families is state violence.
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How Black queer and trans folks bear a unique burden from a hetero-patriarchal society that disposes of us like garbage and simultaneously fetishizes us and profits off of us, and that is state violence.

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How 500,000 Black people in the US are undocumented immigrants and relegated to the shadows.
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How Black girls are used as negotiating chips during times of conflict and war.
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How Black folks living with disabilities and different abilities bear the burden of state sponsored Darwinian experiments that attempt to squeeze us into boxes of normality defined by white supremacy, and that is state violence.

#BlackLivesMatter is working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. We affirm our contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression. We have put our sweat equity and love for Black people into creating a political project–taking the hashtag off of social media and into the streets. The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation."

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In other words, these are Bolsheviks, Black Supremacists who seek the destruction of their neighbors and benefactors. This has nothing to do with getting black folks a fair shake.

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