"We have to invest in black leadership. That's what I've learned the most in the last few years. ... I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible. How do we not just fight for our individual selves but fight for everybody? And I also think leadership looks like everybody in this audience showing up for black lives. ... The movement for black lives isn't just for us, but it's for everybody."
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Patrisse Cullors inAn Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Ted Talks, (October 2016)
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Black Lives Matter
(BLM) is a decentralized, political and social movement. It advocates for non-violent civil disobedience. Its demands include the defunding of the police (demand 5). It opposed the unsuccessful Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 (demand 6) and protests against incidents of and racially motivated violence. It holds that Kyle Rittenhouse was unfairly acquitted, citing white privilege in the American legal system.
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