re: LSU Football Supports Social Justice Reform, BLM

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I’m not sure where this myth was fostered that because there are mass protests about police violence that no one cares about the violence in and among the black community. It’s a product of abject poverty which ties into what people are protesting at this very moment.

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It’s an attempt to redirect the conversation from something uncomfortable but addressable (as police are accountable to the public as government employees) to something that does not ostensibly demand much action or responsibility from white people. It’s not necessarily a conscious decision to shift the conversation, I think that “but what about them?!” is a pretty natural reaction.