Part 3 of 3: BLM and BIPOC

Why Pride sponsors shouldn’t hit pause during Black Lives Matter protests


This article discusses the importance of recognizing the intersection of the LGBTQI ad the BIPOC communities. In essence, the author is promoting the importance of sponsors understanding that people are many things. It’s good to support many causes. Just because a company is celebrating Pride does not mean they are ignoring BLM. 


This history class has helped me understand the crossover between important causes. For example Strayer briefly discussed the support of suffragettes and feminists for the abolition of slavery. Strayer also mentions a woman in Indonesia from a wealthy background that had dreams of opening Dutch style schools for Indonesians. She wanted to throw off the chains of oppression for women and for indigenous people. The intersection of causes makes sense because of empathy. Oppressed people see oppressed people. You could argue that when people are int the trenches of their own causes, they might not be able to see out to help other different people. You could also argue that these people are more likely to understand what even a brief act of kindness and support can do for someone. 


Now let’s look at Pride celebrations and the BLM movement. Pride month starts every year to commemorate the end of the violence of the Stonewall Riots. The Stonewall was the site of a plain clothes police raid targeting gay people. This was the place the LGBTQ community stood up, and was the start of nights on end of police brutality. If there’s something the LGBTQ and the BIPOC communities can share in, it is oppression and police brutality. 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots#Riots




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