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[quote=Anonymous]There are two separate issues at discussion here, both important and both deeply misunderstood by the OP and others.

[b]1) Does the Black Community (tm) care about Black-on-Black violence?  [/b]

Yes, of course.  But the OP wouldn't see it because they don't live in a majority Black neighborhood, don't go to a majority Black church, and don't hang out at the barber shop on the corner.

There are heroes working every day to combat Black-on-Black violence, working to keep kids out of trouble, working to undo the cycle of violence, to keep kids safe so that they don't become perpetrators or victims.  There are also thousands of ex-cons working in schools and community centers to keep kids from making the same mistakes they made, and working to negotiate solutions between kids before they turn violent.

Those everyday heroes are not in the news because what they are doing is slow, hard, work.  It's not a protest down the Miracle Mile because protests are most effective when the party whose actions you want to change have power.  Protesting Black-on-Black violence with a street protest would be ineffective.  Oh, yeah, we're all going to march down Miracle Mile to protest Brian down the street who turned his mama's house into a drug den.

[b]2) Does Black Lives Matter care about Black-on-Black violence? [/b]

Not really, because they are an anti police brutality organization.  Does the ACLU care about climate change?  Does PETA care about police brutality?  Organizations have missions, and BLM is about police brutality.  [/quote]

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