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Originally posted by Elk Hunter:
Yeah, how about establishing rules that require that every professional sports team must be comprised of ethnic groups in proportion to the national census. I.e. black males about 6%, etc etc. Really !

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Originally posted by gw3971:

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attered kneeling and fist raising. lot of ceremonial kneeling before the anthem

They need to be asked why they are kneeling

They wouldn't be able to answer with anything but the BLM talking points. Most are participating because someone else on their team is doing it. This is just a stupid exercise in group think.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:

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Originally posted by gw3971:

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attered kneeling and fist raising. lot of ceremonial kneeling before the anthem

They need to be asked why they are kneeling

They wouldn't be able to answer with anything but the BLM talking points. Most are participating because someone else on their team is doing it. This is just a stupid exercise in group think.

Black Lifes Matter list of Demands

1. End The War On Black People
We demand an end to the war against Black people. Since this country’s inception there have been named and unnamed wars on our communities. We demand an end to the criminalization, incarceration, and killing of our people. This includes:

2. Reparations
We demand reparations for past and continuing harms. The government, responsible corporations and other institutions that have profited off of the harm they have inflicted on Black people — from colonialism to slavery through food and housing redlining, mass incarceration, and surveillance — must repair the harm done. This includes:

3. Invest-Divest
We demand investments in the education, health and safety of Black people, instead of investments in the criminalizing, caging, and harming of Black people. We want investments in Black communities, determined by Black communities, and divestment from exploitative forces including prisons, fossil fuels, police, surveillance and exploitative corporations. This includes:

4. Economic Justice
We demand economic justice for all and a reconstruction of the economy to ensure Black communities have collective ownership, not merely access. This includes:

5. Community Control
We demand a world where those most impacted in our communities control the laws, institutions, and policies that are meant to serve us – from our schools to our local budgets, economies, police departments, and our land – while recognizing that the rights and histories of our Indigenous family must also be respected. This includes:

6. Political Power
We demand independent Black political power and Black self-determination in all areas of society. We envision a remaking of the current U.S. political system in order to create a real democracy where Black people and all marginalized people can effectively exercise full political power. This includes:

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Within each of the six headings they go into multiple specific demands.
Free education for all black people, redistribution of wealth, right to fire Police officers, movement of funds from the military to communities, etc. etc.

This is what the NFL kneeling, linking arms, and holding hands is in support of.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:

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Originally posted by gw3971:

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attered kneeling and fist raising. lot of ceremonial kneeling before the anthem

They need to be asked why they are kneeling

They wouldn't be able to answer with anything but the BLM talking points. Most are participating because someone else on their team is doing it. This is just a stupid exercise in group think.

Black Lifes Matter list of Demands

1. End The War On Black People
We demand an end to the war against Black people. Since this country’s inception there have been named and unnamed wars on our communities. We demand an end to the criminalization, incarceration, and killing of our people. This includes:

2. Reparations
We demand reparations for past and continuing harms. The government, responsible corporations and other institutions that have profited off of the harm they have inflicted on Black people — from colonialism to slavery through food and housing redlining, mass incarceration, and surveillance — must repair the harm done. This includes:

3. Invest-Divest
We demand investments in the education, health and safety of Black people, instead of investments in the criminalizing, caging, and harming of Black people. We want investments in Black communities, determined by Black communities, and divestment from exploitative forces including prisons, fossil fuels, police, surveillance and exploitative corporations. This includes:

4. Economic Justice
We demand economic justice for all and a reconstruction of the economy to ensure Black communities have collective ownership, not merely access. This includes:

5. Community Control
We demand a world where those most impacted in our communities control the laws, institutions, and policies that are meant to serve us – from our schools to our local budgets, economies, police departments, and our land – while recognizing that the rights and histories of our Indigenous family must also be respected. This includes:

6. Political Power
We demand independent Black political power and Black self-determination in all areas of society. We envision a remaking of the current U.S. political system in order to create a real democracy where Black people and all marginalized people can effectively exercise full political power. This includes:

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Within each of the six headings they go into multiple specific demands.
Free education for all black people, redistribution of wealth, right to fire Police officers, movement of funds from the military to communities, etc. etc.

This is what the NFL kneeling, linking arms, and holding hands is in support of.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
Damage control. Eff em, im done with the NFL.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:

Black Lifes Matter list of Demands

1. End The War On Black People
We demand an end to the war against Black people. Since this country’s inception there have been named and unnamed wars on our communities. We demand an end to the criminalization, incarceration, and killing of our people. This includes:

2. Reparations
We demand reparations for past and continuing harms. The government, responsible corporations and other institutions that have profited off of the harm they have inflicted on Black people — from colonialism to slavery through food and housing redlining, mass incarceration, and surveillance — must repair the harm done. This includes:

3. Invest-Divest
We demand investments in the education, health and safety of Black people, instead of investments in the criminalizing, caging, and harming of Black people. We want investments in Black communities, determined by Black communities, and divestment from exploitative forces including prisons, fossil fuels, police, surveillance and exploitative corporations. This includes:

4. Economic Justice
We demand economic justice for all and a reconstruction of the economy to ensure Black communities have collective ownership, not merely access. This includes:

5. Community Control
We demand a world where those most impacted in our communities control the laws, institutions, and policies that are meant to serve us – from our schools to our local budgets, economies, police departments, and our land – while recognizing that the rights and histories of our Indigenous family must also be respected. This includes:

6. Political Power
We demand independent Black political power and Black self-determination in all areas of society. We envision a remaking of the current U.S. political system in order to create a real democracy where Black people and all marginalized people can effectively exercise full political power. This includes:

---------------------
Within each of the six headings they go into multiple specific demands.
Free education for all black people, redistribution of wealth, right to fire Police officers, movement of funds from the military to communities, etc. etc.

This is what the NFL kneeling, linking arms, and holding hands is in support of.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:
Black Lifes Matter list of Demands........

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Originally posted by Rightwire:.....

1. End The War On Black People . . . .2. Reparations . . . .3. Invest-Divest . . . .4. Economic Justice . . . .5. Community Control . . . 6. Political Power . . . .

In essence hand them everything so that in a few years the USA will look like Detroit. . . .

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Originally posted by stickman428:
Damage control. Eff em, im done with the NFL.

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Curious. Had there been no Black slavery in the US, if all such were still living in Africa, how would their lives be today in comparison. How would the US be in comparison.

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Originally posted by Sigmanic:

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Curious. Had there been no Black slavery in the US, if all such were still living in Africa, how would their lives be today in comparison. How would the US be in comparison.

Better. Not to be crass, but it's just how I've been feeling lately. Multiculturalism has been wearing thin on me.