[Red Potato Standing By]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

As a commentary on the situation as a whole, I find this thread (and some of the media coverage) odd.

BLM staged a protest in a parade that is held to remember a violent uprising in the gay community, to call for greater inclusion of people of colour AMONGST the gay community.

Their demands were as follows:


Why did I bold the last one? Right, because that's all anyone wants to talk about, good or bad, is police. Nobody wants to talk about the issue of racism in the LGBTQ community, nobody wants to talk about what a great idea it is to have increasing funding for BQY events, or hiring more people of colour, or getting the South Asian stage back... they want to talk about the police float.

It's sort of funny I guess, and probably an issue with the way BLM goes about things as a whole. They are fighting for good, just things, and yet? Because they've demonised police officers as a whole that is all anyone wants to talk about.

It's just sort of bizarre. The police float thing was such an insignificant part of their list of demands but it is getting all the attention. Really, if they don't say anything about the police, does a thread even get made?

it could be that is the only part that people don't agree with.why would you be upset or want to argue something you agree with?