>supporting black activists automatically pits you against white working class folk
That does seem to be the perception.
One of the core ideas of BLM is that we live in a systematic racist society. If that is true who are the perpetrators?
That does seem to be the perception.
One of the core ideas of BLM is that we live in a systematic racist society. If that is true who are the perpetrators?
Thank you for making this explicit. Thus we come full circle to culture wars - that's the only reason for this perception, IMO. From where I stand, culture wars are all about short-circuiting critical thinking and logical analysis, aiming straight to the emotional core - that is how sound-bytes like "kneeling is disrespecting the military/veterans" comes from - there's no sound logic, but it gets people going (I'm sure you can come up with examples used by the left).
> One of the core ideas of BLM is that we live in a systematic racist society. If that is true who are the perpetrators?
The system? It's paradoxic how a group can feel "left behind" or feel like "the forgotten" and simultaneously identify as part the system.