Black Lives Matter movement 'needed in UK'

Why don't they just move to one of the many fantastic black majority countries out there?

The black lives matter movement isn't just about protesting about police brutality, it's a lot more than that, and trust me, the movement is needed here too. We may be a lot more accepting as a country than the US are, but that doesn't mean racism against the black race isn't still happening here. Just read up at some of the ignorant comments made on this post already, for example yours.

I've witnessed my best friend experience racism first hand, and I saw it at my school and college, which is totally inappropriate, and wrong. There are issues that exist here too.

You might not need BLM, because I assume you're white (Due to the fact you seem blind to the issues many people face). But how dare you speak on behalf of all the black people in our country who may have experienced prejudice, and state that "We" don't need the movement. You are not a part of that We.

I don't think that we can deny the need for a BLM movement in the UK just because we have not personally witnessed/been affected by racism.

Just to piggyback onto the mention of Nottingham, on Friday (or Saturday, I can't remember) there was a demonstration by the EDL in the centre of town. If you don't know what the EDL is, it stands for the English Defence League, a group of people who believe that anyone not white should leave the country as they're polluting the English culture. They're incredibly racist and were chanting racist slurs at my Pakistani friend who was in the town square at the time of the protest. I understand that there are issues with the BLM movement, but let's not pretend that it's the only movement that preaches hatred or deliberate attacks. I find it incredibly ironic that both movements were active in my city at a similar time, as both of them suggest the necessity of the other.

The black lives matter movement isn't just about protesting about police brutality, it's a lot more than that, and trust me, the movement is needed here too. We may be a lot more accepting as a country than the US are, but that doesn't mean racism against the black race isn't still happening here. Just read up at some of the ignorant comments made on this post already, for example yours.

I've witnessed my best friend experience racism first hand, and I saw it at my school and college, which is totally inappropriate, and wrong. There are issues that exist here too.

You might not need BLM, because I assume you're white (Due to the fact you seem blind to the issues many people face). But how dare you speak on behalf of all the black people in our country who may have experienced prejudice, and state that "We" don't need the movement. You are not a part of that We.

What is it that the current anti-racist movements in the UK don't provide that you believe BLM would?

With all the progress it's making in America It's much more known to everyone than other anti-racism movements so therefore has a wider audience to communicate the issues that black people face

With all the progress it's making in America It's much more known to everyone than other anti-racism movements so therefore has a wider audience to communicate the issues that black people face

With all the progress it's making in America It's much more known to everyone than other anti-racism movements so therefore has a wider audience to communicate the issues that black people face

Agreed. We can deny the need for a BLM movement in the UK because there isn't a significant problem of innocent black people (or any people for that matter) being killed by the police in the UK.