BlackjackMc
Gil McGregor
This is the part of the black lives matter website that gets people up in arms. But you can’t read the second paragraph without the first. It’s some pretty important context for what they are talking about.
Change the wording to...
We extend the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure to include supporting each other as extended families and villages that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, fathers, parents and children are comfortable.
Is that less threatening and objectionable?
Wording can make a difference. The fact that Black Lives Matter is the issue. It is a fact that needs to be acknowledged and accepted by our society and most specifically by the criminal justice system. It's not just bad cops. It's not just the police. The entire criminal justice system and American society have treated black citizens as disposable and expendable since the foundation of this country. It is well past time for this belief to end. The movement of BLM states that it is time to end NOW. I agree. Every other distinction is a barrier to that fact in one fashion or another. The quoted statement above is an example.
Don't miss the forest for all the trees.