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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Black Lives Matter Gets Wrong About Bernie Sanders - Reuters [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)116. I will try one more time, with a link. Maybe Larry can say it better than I....
I hope this gets the point across--it's NOT a "false narrative." It's a state of emergency, and a cry for help:
http://www.attn.com/stories/2464/larry-wilmore-black-lives-matter-all-lives-matter
"Why can't you say 'all lives matter?'" he continued with mock confusion. "I mean, it sounds like it makes sense."
There to brilliantly answer that question was comedian Felonious Munk.
"In the parlance of the hour, if I break my legs, I do not want the doctor telling me 'all legs should be healed,'" Munk explained. "I want the doctor to fix my leg."
"OK, so you're saying 'Black lives matter' is a specific cry for something," Wilmore stated, "whereas 'all lives matter' is a just a way of shutting down that cry."
There to brilliantly answer that question was comedian Felonious Munk.
"In the parlance of the hour, if I break my legs, I do not want the doctor telling me 'all legs should be healed,'" Munk explained. "I want the doctor to fix my leg."
"OK, so you're saying 'Black lives matter' is a specific cry for something," Wilmore stated, "whereas 'all lives matter' is a just a way of shutting down that cry."
http://www.alternet.org/media/5-minutes-larry-wilmore-explains-why-saying-alllivesmatter-offensive
"If I break my leg, I do not want the doctor telling me, 'All legs should be healed,'" Munk explained. "I want the doctor to fix my leg."
"So, basically," Wilmore asked, "You're saying 'black lives matter' is a specific cry for something, whereas 'all lives matter' is a non-sequitur?"
"There's not a sequitur to be found, brother Larry," Munk joked. "One does not attend a reading by Toni Morrison and interrupt her to say , Yes, but why have you not weighed in on the movie Minions?"
"So, basically," Wilmore asked, "You're saying 'black lives matter' is a specific cry for something, whereas 'all lives matter' is a non-sequitur?"
"There's not a sequitur to be found, brother Larry," Munk joked. "One does not attend a reading by Toni Morrison and interrupt her to say , Yes, but why have you not weighed in on the movie Minions?"
I hope you will have an ah-ha moment WRT this one day. It will just require a little reflection.
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they were emotional over what happened with Sandra Bland, this wasn't some timed formal debate
JI7
Jul 2015
#36
The only reason - the ONLY FUCKING REASON - it "does not bring unity" is because
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#39
The cops just LOVE this stupid shit. Plays right into their hands. Nobody sees it.
7962
Jul 2015
#60
Did you ever stop and think that "the black people" that you "know in the real world"
MADem
Jul 2015
#93
Like I said--there's nothing to rebut re: blm. That is their truth and they want
MADem
Jul 2015
#105
You wanted your say, though, and framed their cry for help as half of a conversation.
MADem
Jul 2015
#109
I am telling you how I am perceiving what you say, and I've said nothing to even
MADem
Jul 2015
#120
i was right when i said a lot of that outrage had little to do with Sanders himself
JI7
Jul 2015
#23
Only wrong in one thing - "racism is not quite as overt". I am 73 years old and do not think I have
jwirr
Jul 2015
#58
"The idea, presumably, was to get him to address questions of racism alone, particularly ..."
GoneFishin
Jul 2015
#10
in a coordinate plane I understand orthogonal to be more perpendicular than parallel
HereSince1628
Jul 2015
#33
Why are they taking it personally? Because nothing is as fiercely defended as one's blind spot. nt
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#43
My blind spot are my mixed race family. AA, Native American, Latino, Asian and white. And when
jwirr
Jul 2015
#61
Not biased ... racist. Most people will readily admit they have biases. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#53
I understand ... You were trying to avoid the use of the term racist/racism ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#91
Why can't we eliminate racism without changing our economic system? n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#55
Everything intersects: racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, transphobia, and classism
DemocraticWing
Jul 2015
#74
Because the origin of racism in this country is an economic system in which men and women were OWNED
Romulox
Jul 2015
#80
so how does that explain Sandra Bland and the Pool kids and the RAcist cops ? the cops are not rich
JI7
Jul 2015
#82
They draw their salaries from "it"--they enforce the economic status quo with deadly force. nt
Romulox
Jul 2015
#87
I agree that racism was the dehumanizing tool used to further the slave enterprise
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#90
American slavery was the commodification of racism--it's purest form. "Otherism" isn't the same thing. nt
Romulox
Jul 2015
#92
Because it is built on racism, exploitation, and predatory behavior and if you extract
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#124
Somehow I think they're tired of the bullshit memo that he marched with MLK...
Historic NY
Jul 2015
#57