re: Why Does Black Lives Matter Use People Like Michael Brown and Alton Sterling?

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I agree about the rioting, and mainly the property damage. It is self defeating to destroy the community you live in and from a menthal health perspective very unhealthy. There have to be better ways to cope. However, are we being in a way unfair? How strong show we expect an historically persecuted group to be? Do they (and we as individuals) not have breaking points? We all must work to not get there and must find constructive ways to heal and cope, but that's an just an ideal. This by no means justifies the damage and carnage.

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I realize that everyone reaches a breaking point. Whether with discrimination, someone hates their job, tired in a relationship, etc.

However, the movement is looking for people to join the cause and fight for justice. Admirable, but from an outside perspective looking in (i.e. a white person) I couldn't help but think "wow this really is a terrible way to lure people to your side. There is no thought or reason behind any of this, it is simply primal rage that will feel good for a bit, but only hamper the success of the cause."

I know a lot of black people believe that that thought I described is not having perspective and showing "privilege" but that's just reality that I bet you 95% of white people were thinking.

If rioting is what they thought was best, then they have to live with that, but the whole situation was handled so poorly by those who wanted to further the cause.