0 shares share tweet blm pasted these “rules” for “white folks” attending protests on social media. many whites wanted to stand in unity with their fellow blacks to protest the unjust killing of george floyd’s. in a moment of unity, these rules seem more degrading and racist towards white people. among some of the rules, they request whites to “stay in the back until you are called forward. if you hear “white people to the front” or “allies to the front” step forward and link arms with other white people to form a human shield.” so they asked that all whites stay in the back and link arms with other whites, not blacks. seems those that are crying for equality don’t want equality, they want superiority over whites. unity is when we unite side by side together in a common goal. so why would they not use this moment to show that we can all one? blm mohawk kuzma said this in 2014: “as organizer of the largest black lives matter marches in seattle since 2014, mohawk kuzma has had a front-row seat to the transforming demographics of the blm movement. he says that my eyes are not deceiving me. there is a noticeable increase of white marchers, one that he says signifies that white seattleites’ long hibernation on black issues is at its end. “the reason blm marches are getting more white is because more white people are waking up and seeing the covert segregation and racial injustice and racism,” kuzma tells me. “we see it on the news every day across the nation.” he draws a connection with the overt displays of racism, from pervasive police killings of blacks to the recent domestic terrorist acts by white supremacists, most recently a school shooting by one in new mexico kuzma says that when he began organizing he welcomed whatever race, gender, or orientation felt compelled to attend, as long as the marchers understood “that all black lives matter and racial injustice, police brutality, and racism needed to stop.” however, he also recognizes that the increased numbers of white folks is a double-edged sword. “more white people also brings white ignorance and white fragility,” he says. “white people think they have to be respectful during a protest. sorry, but we as black people don’t get respect from anyone, including white people, so why should we be respectful. we are here to get stuff done.” during the civil war, it was white people that fought for the freedom of slaves. at that time the north had 22 million people against slavery while the south had 9 million. 4 million of them were slaves. it was white people that ran the underground railroad. it has always true that more white people are fighting for equal rights than not. though many seem to want to overlook this historical fact. this movement is an american movement and we should have mutual respect for each other. we should treat each other how we expect to be treated. source: https://www.seattleweekly.com/opinion/what-white-marchers-mean-for-black-lives-matter/
blm has rules for whites attending protests