Black Lives Matter

Does anyone have any poems they'd like to share (that they've possibly written) on the topic black lives matter?

The BLM movement is important, but they should leave the brutality and thuggery actions out of it. I hope one day black people will be perceived as equal to everyone else. But, I'm tired of hearing about it.

Wow! That already says a lot about your awareness on this matter😒it’s sad.

Listen, I already said that the movement is important and that black people deserve equality. But, really I wish to God that I didn't have to read it on the news everyday.

It’s your family member or kid that is terrified to go to the corner store because they are soo scare to death literally of being brutally attacked by police or who are suppose to protect them or any other racist people, is it? Children are being killed every day in America but also in Britain they do well to try to cover that up cos America is soo messed but it still exists. it’s saddening and heartbreaking to see daily murder and nothing is being done about it. You don’t want to hear about it, you want to be ignore it and say yeah yeah I understand black people are dying I don’t want it to affect my comfortable life style. That’s ignorance! We are all tired of hearing about it so let’s do something about it to stop this murdering for being black! So we can all try to at least live peacefully in our daily lives. We have to continue to raise awareness of these issues but not brush them under the carpet and say you understand! You don’t wanna hear about it cos it makes you uncomfortable honey, wake up and support the cause so we never have to see to this continuing in the near future!

The BLM movement is important, but they should leave the brutality and thuggery actions out of it. I hope one day black people will be perceived as equal to everyone else. But, I'm tired of hearing about it.

If you're tired about hearing it - imagine how tired people are of receiving racism for their whole life...

I'm not tired of hearing about the movement, only about the violence and vandalism. There is no need for criminality. Peaceful protests I'm in favour of, ungovernable riots are pathetic and stupid.

Unfortunately people haven't listened to peaceful protests. Similar with gay rights... the first pride was a riot (stonewall riots) and helped to bring about more equality for the community. I'm not saying I agree with it at all, but people are hurting and haven't been listened to, so it's their last resort and it's finally working. The real fault lies with those who didn't listen to the peaceful protests.

BLM and gay rights are important, we all share the same amount of importance. But, I will never believe that vandalism is for the best. What the protesters did to Churchill’s statue was a ****ing disgrace, this was his home. What he said in the past wasn't right, but it was such a long time ago, so people need to stop being such drama Queens. Riots are only going to cause casualties, the police need to do more to stop them.

To be honest, I'd rather someone vandalise something than more black people get wrongly jailed and/or killed etc. I don't agree with the violence but having watched the videos, often people supporting BLM are not the first to initiate it and are doing so in self defence. The anti-BML protests have been just as, if not more, violent - they are the true drama queens (trying to draw attention to themselves because for once the attention isn't on them and screaming the 'all lives matter' rubbish).

I believe in All Lives Matter, anyone who disagrees with this is clearly the true racist. Vandalism is never the answer, no matter who starts the fire. It is bad that black people are jailed or killed, but can't do the time, don't do the crime... Also, what about justice for Tony Timpa? I suppose his death doesn't count because he's white. This world never fails to disappoint me...

Yes all lives matter but that's not the focus right now...



Any death is a tragedy but sadly far more people are being killed because they are black or not white than white people being killed.

I think anyone killed at the hands of someone else is sad. Race is irrelevant.