The Black Lives Matter movement issued its official list of demands of political leaders on Monday, and they are even more radical, racially divisive, anti-capitalist and anti-law enforcement than anticipated. Among the six categories of demands are permanent reparations “for past and continuing harms” to the black community, including free education for life and a guaranteed minimum income; the end of “the war on black people” and banning the “criminalization” of blacks in any form, including pop culture; the redirecting of law enforcement and military funds to black communities; a complete overhaul of the economy to benefit black people and a rewriting of the tax code for a “radical” redistribution of wealth; control over local government; and “independent Black political power and Black self-determination in all areas of society.”
This is not a set of demands laid out by one of the fringe Black Lives Matter groups; the list is as official as it gets, with over 60 organizations associated with the movement endorsing it.
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