The opposite is happening.ĭespite the languishing support, these numbers might make some optimistic. Day is supposed to honor a man and cause that were all about making this country uncomfortable. About the same percentage, only 32%, agreed BLM is “highly effective at bringing attention to racism against Black people.”Ĭalifornia Essay: Martin Luther King Day should make you uncomfortable That particular movement is now 10 years old, and yet less than a third said they understand the goals of Black Lives Matter “extremely” or “very” well. “The decrease in overall support is mostly due to the declining share of white adults who say they support the movement,” the report reads. The results break down predictably along racial and partisan lines, but the poll lays most of the responsibility at the feet of one group in particular. This follows a trend Pew has observed since September 2020, when support started to drop. Released Wednesday, it finds that the 67% overall national support for Black Lives Matter that we saw during June 2020 is now down to barely half.
I saw hints of such exhaustion in Pew’s new survey of more than 5,000 Americans. If anything, this month should remind us that none of us can afford to be too exhausted to build a better nation.
Racism, and all other bigotries, is oriented not merely towards dehumanization, discrimination and violence. In that war, their most aggressive campaign may be against the word “woke,” a term meant to inspire social action and vigilance in a nation rife with hatred for people based simply upon who we are. Conservatives have been attempting to revise the English language, changing the meanings of terms such as “critical race theory” to suit their worldview. Truth is, the Republican war on “woke” is wearing me out. Speaking about emancipation, he told me “it took so much blood and so much treasure that the nation was too exhausted to stay focused on what you do to actually build freedom.” He touched upon what I sense looking at today’s America. I’m reminded now of something that a policing expert told me when I wrote about Juneteenth three years ago, as the uprising was swelling around the world. Both arrived at historical moments when America had a choice to either collectively progress towards racial equity or remain true to its bloody roots. And three summers ago, we had the all-too-brief rebellion against racism and police brutality in the wake of a terrible few months filled with Black death. There is Juneteenth this month, of course, Monday’s holiday celebrating African Americans’ final emancipation from enslavement. Let me add one more to the list: It should be National Vigilance Month. June already has its share of monthly observances, including Pride, ALS awareness and African American Music Appreciation.
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