Not all groups working towards “black rights” should be considered a part of the Black Lives Matter group, according to a BLM co-founder.
Alicia Garza argued that lumping all black rights groups under the same banner can lead to conflict, and is “not useful.” “I do think this conflation of everything being Black Lives Matter creates a lot of conflict.”
“You wouldn’t conflate the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,” Garza said to Newsy. “You really shouldn’t lump everything that black people are doing into Black Lives Matter. It’s not useful, and in some ways it’s disrespectful.”
Garza explained that Black Lives Matter is just one group among many who are “part of the movement for black lives.” (RELATED: BLM Co-Founder Arrested After Protesting Latest Police Shooting)
“Black Lives Matter is a network; it is one entity amongst many. We’ve got Black Youth Project 100, the Dream Defenders, we’ve Power U in Miami. There’s a million organizations that are black-led and concerned with the conditions of black people. Not all of those groups are Black Lives Matter. They’re all part of the movement for black lives, but we are not one in the same,” Garza said.
Patrisse Cullors, another co-founder, was recently arrested at a Los Angeles Police Department press conference Monday. Cullors and a group of people were protesting the police shooting of Carnell Snell Jr.
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