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Have Blacks become too
self-centered, too intolerant? © 2016
Samuel K
theblacksilentmajority SM
In this country and in every other country on the planet, there are poor people. There are people who are being discriminated against for one reason or another. There seems to be a trend. We, in the African American nation, sometimes seem to think we are the only ones who face discrimination or any kind of hardship. Too often, it’s all about us and our concerns and to hell with everybody else.
Case in point. During several protests this year, black protesters blocked traffic and even kept shoppers from going about their shopping during the Black Friday and other days leading up to Christmas.
Here’s the thing. Neither the shoppers, nor those who got stuck in traffic due to the protesters, had anything to do with the issue the protesters were so animated about. But the protesters were so obsessed with their issues, they had no consideration for others. Chanting, “No justice, no peace,” they acted as if they were justified in inconveniencing others and preventing them from going about their business. Their concerns, and their issues had been elevated above those of others who did them no harm.
Similar episodes, more serious than shopping, have taken place in other cities, like Baltimore and Ferguson where businesses were burned and looted. Mind you, those businesses had nothing to do with the issue the protesters were angry about.
Unfortunately, for the protesters, their tactics can and often turns off many people who could be potential allies, and it takes the focus off of the issues they are protesting. As a result, the protesters are seen as the issue and the problem; and the issue they may have been protesting is placed on the back burner.
Protests are done to bring attention to an issue. When we protest, we want to state our issues and sensitize others to our cause. That doesn’t happen when we put our agenda ahead of the interests and well being of people who did not cause the problem. During the Civil Rights protests of the 1960s, protesters were careful to keep the focus on the cause of their protests and not to do things that made them the issue. Those protesters from the 1960s faced challenges far greater than the issues protesters today are facing.
Terrorists have an agenda. In their minds, it doesn’t matter if innocent civilians are hurt during when they carry out their agendas. All they’re concerned with is hurting or inconveniencing others who had nothing to do with the issue they’re angry about. Do we want our protests to have anything in common with terrorists?
self-centered, too intolerant? © 2016
Samuel K
theblacksilentmajority SM
In this country and in every other country on the planet, there are poor people. There are people who are being discriminated against for one reason or another. There seems to be a trend. We, in the African American nation, sometimes seem to think we are the only ones who face discrimination or any kind of hardship. Too often, it’s all about us and our concerns and to hell with everybody else.
Case in point. During several protests this year, black protesters blocked traffic and even kept shoppers from going about their shopping during the Black Friday and other days leading up to Christmas.
Here’s the thing. Neither the shoppers, nor those who got stuck in traffic due to the protesters, had anything to do with the issue the protesters were so animated about. But the protesters were so obsessed with their issues, they had no consideration for others. Chanting, “No justice, no peace,” they acted as if they were justified in inconveniencing others and preventing them from going about their business. Their concerns, and their issues had been elevated above those of others who did them no harm.
Similar episodes, more serious than shopping, have taken place in other cities, like Baltimore and Ferguson where businesses were burned and looted. Mind you, those businesses had nothing to do with the issue the protesters were angry about.
Unfortunately, for the protesters, their tactics can and often turns off many people who could be potential allies, and it takes the focus off of the issues they are protesting. As a result, the protesters are seen as the issue and the problem; and the issue they may have been protesting is placed on the back burner.
Protests are done to bring attention to an issue. When we protest, we want to state our issues and sensitize others to our cause. That doesn’t happen when we put our agenda ahead of the interests and well being of people who did not cause the problem. During the Civil Rights protests of the 1960s, protesters were careful to keep the focus on the cause of their protests and not to do things that made them the issue. Those protesters from the 1960s faced challenges far greater than the issues protesters today are facing.
Terrorists have an agenda. In their minds, it doesn’t matter if innocent civilians are hurt during when they carry out their agendas. All they’re concerned with is hurting or inconveniencing others who had nothing to do with the issue they’re angry about. Do we want our protests to have anything in common with terrorists?