BLM and the Armenian Genocide
I was going to bite my tongue on this issue, but the absurdity behind this movement and the ignorance of bringing the march to Tsitsernakaberd must be addressed.
The story can be found here: http://hetq.am/eng/news/69272/black-lives-matter-solidarity-at-the-armenian-genocide-memorial-in-yerevan.html
Black Lives Matter, also known as BLM, is an organization founded on the idea African-Americans are treated unfairly by police in the United States, including being over-represented when it comes to brutality and death by police. This couldn't be more false. Overall in the United States, Caucasians are killed more by police than any other race. In 2015, 581 whites were killed by police, compared to 306 blacks. So far in 2016, 297 whites have been killed compared to 148 blacks. With the numbers adjusted (per capita) more blacks are killed than whites per 1,000,000 people - 2015: 7.27 (black) to 2.93 (white); 2016 3.52 (black) to 1.5 (white). One only needs to look at the crime rate and have an elementary understanding of basic mathematics to understand why these numbers fall right in line with what's happening on the streets, and the fact no one is being "unfairly treated".
*Statistics from 2012-2013*
Overall, whites commit more crimes than blacks - 4,091,971 (does not include Hispanic crimes) to 955,800, respectively; these numbers cover violent crimes only. The numbers of all crime is - 6,502,919 (includes Hispanic crimes) to 2,640,067, respectively. The total number of crimes committed by all races in 2012 was 9,390,473. Based on the 2nd set of numbers this would mean whites (which includes Hispanic crimes) committed 69% and blacks committed 28% of the total crimes in the U.S. Now, let's bring in population size. Whites make up 72.41% (includes Latino/Hispanic population, 12.5%) of the U.S. population and blacks 12.61%. So, 72% of the population is committing 69% of the crime (whites) while 12.61% of the population is committing 28% (blacks). Now, let's look at the per capita numbers pertaining to violent crimes, per 100,000 people: White: 265,754 = 107 per 100,000; Black: 179,636 = 473 per 100,000. Blacks are committing 440% more violent crimes than whites. In 2012, the FBI reported the following on black crime:
49.4% of all murders
32.5% of all forcible rapes
54.9% of all robberies
34.1% of all aggravated assaults
This is not an issue of race, it is an issue of crimes being committed. Blacks are not being treated unfairly, they are committing an overabundance of crime. To add to this, the movement was started due to bona fide criminals dying at the hands of police - only in the case of Walter Scott was the police officer clearly wrong in his actions and he is paying for it. Castile is another case under investigation.
"Institutional" or "systematic" racism is nothing more than a ghost in the machine term. Since before the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s there has not been one piece of inherently racist legislation enacted. However, since that time the rate of black single-motherhood jumped from 20% to 70%, black teens are killing each other at staggeringly higher rates than whites, while graduation rates are substantially lower. This has everything to do with culture and nothing to do with racism. For this to be true it would mean the U.S. has become more racist since the 1960s; I invite anyone to attempt to prove that theory.
The idea one is able to relate this ridiculous and unsubstantiated movement to the innocent slaughter of millions of people is disgusting at best. The Armenian Genocide memorial is here to commemorate those lost in a genocide which is substantiated and accepted by an overwhelming majority of historians and scholars. The people that organized and participated in this should be ashamed of themselves. What a foolish thing to have done. You have made a mockery of the Armenian Genocide and the memorial, and done nothing more than dilute the events and their memory.
It's the ill-informed millennial social justice warriors like you that are tearing people and nations apart and who make a mockery out of the true struggles of the past.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_coi.asp
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_01.pdf
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5366
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/17/1-the-american-family-today/
