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[quote=Anonymous]It looks like the BLM folks are becoming more organized. Per the NYT: "More than 60 organizations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement have released a series of demands on Monday, including for reparations."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/black-lives-matter-campaign.html?_r=0

Six Point Plan:
https://policy.m4bl.org/

-End the War on Black People
-Reparations
-Invest-Divest
-Economic Justice 
-Community Control 
-Political Power

One of my main critiques of BLM was that they did not really have a formal platform. Without one, it made it easy for the media and others to define them. Conservative media is very good at this. It also allowed for typical responses like  "why do black lives and not other lives" or "All lives matter," or even more common "why doesn't BLM fix black-on-black violence," all of which entirely miss the point[b] (if you plan to say this, please do not bother responding to my post)[/b][i]. Now they have some form of unifying message and platform that they could hold politicians to. Some of the points are a little rough, but I think its a great start for a national discussion.

Despite some of the point names, the actual underlying policy points are not all entirely race-based, and would benefit everyone, not just AAs (e.g. universal access to the internet, reformed tax code, end privatization of education, etc). Also, none of the points condemns or blames whites for the issues facing AAs, a common talking point for some folks. Probably the most controversial demand is for reparations, which I know most people do not agree with, but yet probably makes a lot of sense given the history of our government and its record of paying billions dollars in reparations to other groups that were wronged. Not sure how to do it though.

Without casting blame on AAs for the issues they face today (ignorant or dismissive of history, and suggests racial inferiority), or telling BLM to focus on "fixing the AA community from within" what do you guys think about the specific points outlined by BLM?

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