Lela Tyson…
“We are just used to seeing it so much, unfortunately. So we are used to seeing the Black on Black crime it’s how we were conditioned. It’s all a scheme, a plan, the higher ups that don’t want Black people to rise. They don’t want everyone knowing how brilliant we are. The violence we see stems from the position they’ve put us in. From putting drugs and guns in our community, jailing us, it’s no wonder the violence in our community is prevalent. It’s the system they’ve put us in.”
Damon Benefield…
“I don’t believe that’s it’s being hypocritical. I believe it’s having a deeper understanding of what the issues are within our community, how they impact us and having an understanding that we have to come together to work on these issues so that we can better our community. And as it pertains to the injustices that are affecting our community from the outside, I believe that there needs to be a coming together with community members so that we also put together an action plan and strategize and strengthen the relationships between all nationalities and races so that we can move forward.”
Tinna Pillard…
“I do not feel all Black people are being hypocritical regarding violence in our community against other Blacks, the hypocrisy is knowing of a crime in our community and choosing to allow the criminals the freedom to spread more violence, maybe even more deaths.”
Habiba Golicha…
“I wouldn’t one hundred percent agree with that statement, I wouldn’t say hypocritical, but I think we should give the same effort and gravity to Black on Black crimes.”
Justin Reed Bennett…
“I do think the Black race is being hypocritical on Black Lives Matter. We don’t really push the Black Lives Matter until something happens on the news to a Black person, that’s the only time that Black people will say Black lives matter, but any other time we’re not really pushing the movement to really get it known.”
Karen Johnson…
“I can see how someone can make that argument or come to that conclusion, because our response to police shootings has been different than our response to Black on Black violence in our community.”
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