- Joined
- Jan 17, 2018
Black Lives Matter Cincinnati left BLM two years ago and renamed itself. Here is an article describing some of BLMCincy's reasons for leaving.
Black Lives Matter Cincinnati changes its name, issues scathing critique of national BLM network
The Article: said:The statement highlights intra-organization struggles over whose work is deemed legitimate, receipt of credit and some activists’ dissatisfaction with the national BLM organization’s “shift towards electoral and liberal Democratic Party politics and away from revolutionary ideas.” It cites the #WakandatheVote voter education and registration initiative as an example.
The former Cincinnati chapter further condemns the way select BLM members are centered in the media, these members’ ability to turn activism into profit, and what it characterizes as the national organization’s failure to meaningfully engage, include and credit less visible members of the community. The Ohioans also believe the national organization inadequately pursued the jailing of police officers who kill Black people.
So they're angry that the mainstream org wasn't as radical as they wanted it to be, is what I'm getting from this.