Black Lives Matter TO doesn’t give a shit about other people. Why do I know this? How was am I going to have you believing this? Observe this video of charming BLM founder Yusra Khogali speaking at a sit-in with First Nations Attawapiskat. Now keep in mind that this is meant to be an act of solidarity with our indiginous people…over the very real crisis happening at the time. You see they had deteriorating housing…most of the houses had 15 to 20 ppl living in each. Their youth were attempting suicide at an alarming rate…16 in one night if I recall. Tragic situation…needs attention. Whether or not this situation had anything to do with the millions of dollars that were misappropriated by the leaders…it’s a tragic situation …that’s not the real issue and these people need help. Now enter BLM and Yusra…pay attention to her words.. https://www.facebook.com/ricochetmedia/videos/1022158471166899/?fref=nf
I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing because I don’t want you to miss a thing: "Our Black fam is here today, we're standing in solidarity with the indigenous communities, we're standing against systems that are working to kill US. That are working to kill...these children? We're here in support and we're not leaving. we're gonna take up space, and hold this space, because these people are accountable to US. The indigenous community deserves and has every right to know answers of whats happening in their lives and communities and families and this is why we're here. The SAME systems working to kill black people are killing indigenous people. WTF. We are BOTH disproportionately TARGETED....MASS INCARCERATION, POLICE VIOLENCE, LACK OF ACCESS TO PROPER HOUSING, to PROPER HEALTHCARE, to PROPER RESOURCES to LIVE. The ways in which indigenous communities are UNDER ATTACK in THIS COUNTRY, in this ILLEGAL OCCUPIED TERRITORY. That is unacceptable, and we will be here to hold space and stand in solidarity."
Ok so ask yourself...does this sound like a woman who has the best interests of the indigenous people in mind...or does she kind of sound at least a tad bit self-serving yet? She barely has a grasp on the actual issues they're facing... Since when are the indigenous accountable to THEM? since when are the indigenous and black people being EQUALLY targeted in THIS COUNTRY with MASS INCARCERATION, POLICE VIOLENCE, LACK OF ACCESS TO PROPER HOUSING, to PROPER HEALTHCARE, to PROPER RESOURCES to LIVE. I'm sorry...can you explain any of this? ANY evidence that you can google regarding any of this targeting black or indigenous communities? Can we agree that the First Nations leaders misappropriated funds at least and THATS why that crisis happened? There was an audit that confirmed all that... you can find that on Google too. Can we also agree that access to proper affordable housing, healthcare and resources to live are things that other miniorities struggle with? I know plenty of underprivileged white, Asian, latino, European, ...whatever they may be...communities that struggle with the very real issue of poverty. So there is no discrimination at play here against black people. low income families of any race have these issues. It's simply the result of a free market economy. Now overlay this instance with what happened at Pride. Can you kind of sort of see why it’s offensive to be smoke-bombed and labeled anti-black by a group that is widely known to be racist towards white people…then to have LGBTQ celebration halted to hear this group speak with so much hate and exclusion in their hearts.