BLM Agenda

The BLM folks came out with their six-point agenda for the organization....so it bears some review and assessment.

First, end the war on black people.  You can't be sure over how they refer to the 'war'.  Maybe they mean as targets of the police.  Maybe they mean the shootings in Chicago or Detroit.  I think it's more of a mystical term, and only the internal bigwigs of the movement can be the ones deciding the outcome.

Second, reparations for past and continuing harms.  If the Civil War had concluded forty years ago, this might be accomplished in some fashion.  Being over 150 years since the conclusion....it's more or less impractical to accomplish today. 

You'd also have the problem of individuals who are 50-percent black, or 12-percent black, and how they fit into the 'deal'. 

The rise of taxes to accomplish this?  I'm pretty sure that Latinos and Asians, along with various other groups would have heartburn. 

Third, divestment from the institutions that criminalize, cage and harm black people; and investment in the education, health and safety of black people.

Here, we'd need to create special causes to fit only for blacks, and behind this....another special cause for Latinos, and another special cause for Japanese-Americans, and another special cause for Puerto Ricans, and another special cause for Italian-Americans, and on, and on, and on.

Oh, I do agree....this stupid law from the 1990s that Joe Biden sponsored...has screwed the justice system up, and done more wrong to blacks, than to any other group.  That could be resolved, but no Congress (Democrats included) has acted.

Fourth, economic justice for all and a reconstruction of the economy to ensure our communities have collective ownership, not merely access.

Yes, basically Marxism....pure and simple.  For the NBA and NFL, the teams would be a locally owned 'thing' and fair wages forced upon all players....meaning the unfairness scale would be thrown out and each player paid one single sum.  See how far this goes.

If you want Marxism....go find the right country, and be a part of their success (or failure).

Fifth, community control of the laws, institutions and policies that most impact us.

Basically, you'd create South African 'townships' and put a fence up around them....with control ceded to the 'township' members.  In addition, the Latinos should have their 'township', the Italian-Americans should have their 'township', and so on.

Sixth, independent black political power and black self-determination in all areas of society. 

Another 'township' suggestion....going nowhere.