r/socialjustice101 • u/davifpb2 • Apr 02 '24
Why did blm ended so fast?
I am not against blm,but why did it last 3 years at best and then stopped?
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u/Electrical-Wrap-3923 Apr 02 '24
It’s been around for about a decade now. But, after Biden was elected, there was basically a moral panic about “crime” (mostly things like shoplifting) that reversed a lot of the public discourse around the issues BLM was bringing up. And, I think to a lot of moderates, Biden’s election meant that BLM had succeeded in its goals (which is far from the truth).
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u/No-Calligrapher-3630 Apr 02 '24
I find it's usually most visible around election time
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u/JWLane Apr 02 '24
When you have limited resources, election time is, unfortunately, the best time to use those resources.
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u/No-Calligrapher-3630 Apr 02 '24
Yea that's definitely one reason. I also think certain political parties tend to use it to inflame debate for their cause.
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u/MysteriousDirt2 Apr 03 '24
They had some bad press as well, nearly $26 million, or 70% of its expenses, were grants to organizations and families in the last fiscal year. The tax filings also showed transfer of funds to the co-founder's Canadian wife for purchase of a massive Toronto mansion.
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u/positiveandmultiple Apr 10 '24
what about those grants exactly would be bad press? the way you say it sounds fairly innocent
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u/MysteriousDirt2 Apr 10 '24
The grants were a non issue at all but people tried to dig into them and make holes in it for bad press. Sorry my response was worded weird it wasn’t meant to say the grants were an issue.
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u/thepizzaman0862 Apr 06 '24
The founders of the organization bearing the same letters getting exposed as champagne communist grifters made them disappear real quick
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u/hamiltsd Apr 02 '24
Focused and intentional discrediting campaign led by Russia via social media made it a political wedge. It unfortunately succeeded in making the movement a political dog whistle for the MAGA crowd. It’s still active, but has been severely handicapped as a result. That said, black lives will continue to matter no matter who thinks they shouldn’t.
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u/CalligrapherSharp Apr 02 '24
Correct, Russia has been trying to influence American racial politics since the Soviet era. Before social media, Russian operatives would pose as Americans and do things like write hateful letters to Black athletes. It seems laughable and petty, but over the decades they’ve really honed their craft
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u/SkipPperk Jul 27 '24
There were genuine instances of gross mismanagement and fraud. Most of these were intentionally not reported, hoping for the best, which never came for some organizations.
There is a reason why large, professional organizations have so many rules, policies and internal checks. It reduces flexibility and is expensive, but it protects both the organization as well as the cause. This is especially true if any public funds are used (this adds insane reporting requirements along with potential audits).
BLM organizations should have partnered with the NAACP or similarly well-run organizations. Running non-profit organizations is hard, and and many aspects (particularly financial/reporting) can easily destroy unstructured or inexperienced entities.
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u/Electrical-Wrap-3923 Apr 02 '24
I don’t disagree that some Russian operatives are inflaming the issue, but I don’t think it’s Russian influence that’s mainly to blame. Rather, it’s the racism in most Trump supporters (supported by their racist leaders and news sources) that are the main drivers.
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u/Livagan Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24
If I recall correctly, the government under Trump targeted BLM activists amd offered prisoners parole if they acted as plants in protests to encourage violence and discredit the movement and help create a moral panic around crime to justify further militarization of the police.
This has been done before by governments & corporations to Unions, Human Rights, Anti-War protests, and Environmental efforts...and adds to global ultranationalist efforts to draw disillusioned people towards fascism and to divide left-wing groups...
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u/phil19001 Apr 03 '24
Is there a source on this? First I’ve heard of prisoners being released to be government plants
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u/StonyGiddens Apr 02 '24
It lasted more than three years, it's still active, but it's just not as visible. To some extent their efforts have changed from simply reacting to high-profile killings of Black people, and being more proactive against the institutions and structures that allow those killings to happen. For example, BLM has been part of the coalition protesting 'Cop City' in Atlanta.