#Repost @wp4rj (@get_repost) ・・・ Important #news! Black Lives Matter is NOT a hate group /// Show your support by SHOWING UP on Saturday night (10/14 @ 7:30pm) at our big @blmlosangeles fundraiser event. Link to purchase tickets in bio. Comment below with your RSVP. Tell a friend, we need your SUPPORT. /// • "From @splcenter... "The backlash to BLM, in some ways, reflects a broad sense of unease among white people who worry about the cultural changes in the country and feel they are falling behind in a country that is rapidly growing more diverse in a globalizing world. We consistently see this phenomenon in surveys showing that large numbers of white people believe racial discrimination against them is as pervasive, or more so, than it is against African Americans. • "It’s the same dynamic that researchers at Harvard Business School described in a recent study: White people tend to see racism as a zero-sum game, meaning that gains for African Americans come at their expense. Black people see it differently. From their point of view, the rights pie can get bigger for everyone. • "Black Lives Matter is not a hate group. But the perception that it is racist illustrates the problem. Our society as a whole still does not accept that racial injustice remains pervasive. And, unfortunately, the fact that white people tend to see race as a zero-sum game may actually impede progress." #blacklivesmatter #wp4bl #whitepeople4blacklives #showingupforracialjustice