Black Lives Matter

Absolutely: All lives matter. Black lives matter.

You seem unawares of the unequal treatment of blacks in our society. I'm very sensitive to this subject, because before, during, and after WWII, we were discriminated against as Japanese Americans - born and bred in this country (I'm third generation American, and was told by some whites to "go back to your own country."). Discrimination is based on stupidity and ignorance.

"Seems", hell he's committed into wilful ignorance of anyone's struggle.

I was robbed by blacks. Every time. That doesn't make all black people responsible for robbing me because they are black.. Japanese people decided to blow up pearl harbor. That doesn't make every Japanese person responsible for those actions either. Just because SOME white people were ignorant towards your ancestors, or you, does not make all white people responsible for those actions. Discrimination works both ways, and every situation is unique. Not every white person in the US was telling you to go home, and not every white cop who has to shoot a black guy is wrong. Not every time that happens is the cop right either, but how are you ever going to get past racism by coloring everything that happens?

It's not about "every white person." It's about whites who believe they are a superior race, and feels threatened by others who looks different than themselves. Not every white person, but they were ALL WHITES. You're either blind or ignorant of our environment in this country.
FACT: Over 64% of violent crimes in the US were committed by whites according to the FBI.

Forgive me but dont you see the irony in this post?

And the people who robbed me where ALL BLACKS, and pearl harbor was ALL JAPANESE. We would be able do that all day but the truth is it's not that simple. BLM tries to make it that simple because a cop who is white is automatically wrong, and a black suspect is automatically the hero, regardless of fact but not regardless if color. For example, the asian people who got robbed in the Mike Brown case were completely ignored, as if people who do absolutely nothing wrong and run a store don't matter at all. No mention of THEM by Black Lives Matter. That's because they weren't Black, so they didn't matter. Now look at Ferguson. Not the case but the piece of **** town with the property value ran into the ground and all of the people with homes and businesses destroyed even though they were not the cop or the criminal. What about THEIR lives? They can't all be white, but they still get to deal with the messed up situation created by BLM. There homes and livelihood are now half the value of what they were before the Mike Brown incident. That's how BLM started and that's the type of **** they have been getting accomplished since day one.

Check out the new BLM story. DNA evidence on the officers gun, no handcuff marks, the suspect was interfering paramedics from helping an assault victim, and BLM still bitches about what happened because this asshole was black.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/01/jamar-clark-minneapolis-justice-department/85239246/
What do YOU think happened? How did his DNA get on the officers gun? Is a cop supposed to just let the guy shoot him?

Looks like black president hatred may have more to do with Trump's rise than we'd like to believe.

http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/06/american-anger-report-its-all-about-republicans-and-obama

It goes say over his head.

Good on ya, edgar, and it's worth repeating:
This thread is meant to address the fact that American society all too often considers people of color, blacks in particular, as worth considerably less than white lives. It does not assert that white lives don't matter.

I think blacks and women have alot more in common then people would see. I sympathize with blacks more then many white men may. I am also a bit infuriated with it as well. Women, throughout time, have been inferior, debased, even villified in the good books ect...yet...with time...and alot of work and dedication are slowly rising above the discrimmination. It has taken 2000+ years for us. Blacks have had it bad, but mostly only in America, and its been crappy for 400 years or so.....men dont give up power easily...and white men havent either. Just keep working at it, and maintain your SELF RESPECT! Oh! And stop with the N word...its disgusting.... It shouldnt even be respectable amongst yourselves! I hate the C word, even from other women.

Here's a list of pay gaps in several countries. Japan is the worst at 26%.
http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/womens-earnings-and-income

With the US not that far behind.

Be careful what you say here. Fergeson, as far was was reported, was notorious for discrimination against blacks for many years. Not to mention many years of blacks being discriminated against by banks for housing loans issues which brings down property values. Its always more complicated then on the surface. Do I think Mike Brown is a hero? Hell no! Do I think he deserved what he got? Probably...and thats not a black/white thing. He was a thug...but it was also based on years of anger by the black community against a mostly white, heavily biased police force. He went down fighting against "the man". And if hes in heaven, Im sure hes laughing.

If the problem was bad before in Ferguson, it sure didn't get better from BLM riots. Whatever problems the town had before are now that plus being even more worthless because of riots.

C word? Would that be Creme of the Crop?

Seriously. Are you actually skirting "uppity" there?

Shame on you.

Here's a black life that matters.

Black Lives Matter Activist Convicted of Felony Lynching: "It's More Than Ironic, It's Disgusting"

In Pasadena, California, Black Lives Matter organizer Jasmine Richards is facing four years in state prison after she was convicted of a rarely used statute in California law originally known as "felony lynching."
By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!
June 2, 2016


Under California’s penal code, "felony lynching" was defined as attempting to take a person out of police custody. Jasmine was arrested and charged with felony lynching last September, after police accused her of trying to de-arrest someone during a peace march at La Pintoresca Park in Pasadena on August 29, 2015. The arrest and jailing of a young black female activist on charges of felony lynching sparked a firestorm of controversy. Historically, the crime of lynching refers to when a white lynch mob takes a black person out of the custody of the police for the purpose of extrajudicially hanging them. In fact, the law’s name was so controversial that less than two months before Jasmine was arrested, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation removing the word "lynching" from the penal code. We speak with Richards’ lawyer, Nana Gyamfi, and Black Lives Matter organizer Melina Abdullah. "Her conviction is not only about punishing Jasmine Richards, but also is the lynching," Abdullah says. "So it’s really disgusting and ironic that she’s charged and convicted with felony lynching, when the real lynching that’s carried out is done in the same way it was carried out in the late 19th, early 20th century, where it’s supposed to punish those who’ve dared to rise up against a system."