BLM may be doing more harm than good
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - - Thursday, May 6, 2021
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Harmony among all shades of color is humanity’s shared dream. Sadly, the crusade against racial injustice has become little more than a perpetual-emotion machine, fueling the flames of conflict it purports to fight. Trendy Black Lives Matter (BLM) is only making matters worse for Black Americans by failing to address the root cause of their suffering. It’s not daggers of hate from the outside community, but ceaseless turmoil roiling the inner lives of children from broken families.
The proportion of births to unmarried non-Hispanic Black women in the U.S. reached 70 percent in 2019, according to a U.S. National Vital Statistics Report released March 23. The figures for unmarried Hispanic and non-Hispanic White mothers were 52 percent and 28 percent, respectively. Sadly, the United States has the world’s highest share of single-parent households in the world.
Children learn the natural boundaries on human behavior from their first authority figures, their parents. The word “no” is easiest on the ear when spoken with love. With a parent absent, basic behavior goes unlearned until dished out by a much less sympathetic authority figure, like a cop wearing a badge. It’s unsurprising, then, that so many Black youths instinctively believe police are to blame, rather than their own behavior, for their run-ins with the law.
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