The Gatestone Institute has been interviewing black liberals and conservatives regarding their views on Black Lives Matter in a three-part series. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
The Marxist, Communist, LGBTQ, “Defund the Police” beliefs of BLM leaders appear to not be as widely held as the media makes it seem.
“Outrage is the natural response to the brutal killing of George Floyd. Yet outrage and clear, critical thinking seldom go hand in hand.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Stanford University
Niger Innis, spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality summed up his opposition to BLM’s stance on family, saying “We all know that black Americans — not just African Americans, Americans period — that are doing well are best when they come out of a traditional nuclear family. They seek to systematically disrupt that.”
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Dr. Eric Wallace, President of the Freedom’s Journal Institute said big government is the problem. “Blacks have been ‘deprived of their human rights and dignity’ through government largess, which has perpetuated poverty and destroyed the black family.”
On the 50th anniversary of “The Great Society” in 2014, when the word “trillions”, was a staggering sum, the Heritage Foundation noted over $22 trillion had been spent on anti-poverty programs in the past 50 years. Yet here we are.
