What about Black Lives Matter?

Does this group truly represent the interest of Black Americans?
Key Points:

• BLM gained national attention after the August 9, 2014 police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown and the subsequent protests and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri..
  
  
• BLM GNF had given $21.7 million to 30 organizations, 23 of which are “led by Black LGBTQIA folks and/or directly serve these communities.
  
  
• Is the BLM movement focusing on the issues that matter the most to Black Americans?
  
  

Resources:
Democratic leaders clash with Black Lives Matter activists over 'defund the police'

BLACK LIVES MATTER 2020 IMPACT REPORT

Black Americans Earn 30% Less Than White Americans, While Black Households Have Just One-Eighth Wealth Of White Households

Black workers in the US private sector | McKinsey

About - Black Lives Matter

"When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear."  Thomas Sowell