BLMania is another reminder: Women are more ethnomasochist than men. Protesters who complain about “white silence” — the most idiotic slogan at Black Lives Matter protests — are almost always white women. White women — young and old, fair and homely, around the world — especially lack a racial consciousness.
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July 28, 2016 – Brooklyn, New York: The Jewish community in New York held a vigil and action in support of police accountability and the Movement For Black Lives. (Credit Image: © Erik Mcgregor / Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
June 24, 2020, New York, New York: BLM protest in a small park near City Hall, the Department of Education, and the Brooklyn Bridge, at the corner of Chambers and Centre. Police headquarters also is nearby. (Credit Image: © John Marshall Mantel / ZUMA Wire)
June 21, 2020, London, United Kingdom: A protesters holds a placard that says “white silence is violence.” Black Lives Matter protests continue in the UK since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officer in Minneapolis. (Credit Image: © David Mbiyu / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
June 20, 2020, Milford, Pennsylvania: A Black Lives Matter protest. (Credit Image: © Preston Ehrler / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
June 19, 2020, Washington, DC: Women with signs reading ”White silence = violence” and ”Black Live Matter” at a Juneteenth Freedom Day march and rally at the National Mall. (Credit Image: © Michael Brochstein / ZUMA Wire)
June 12, 2020, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Protesters hold a placard that says white silence = violence during a Black Lives Matter protest. Around 40 people protested in front of the United States Embassy, shouted names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and observed a minute of silence. (Credit Image: © Luka Dakskobler / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
[Two photos originally placed here have been removed at the request of the photographer.]
June 6, 2020: Protest in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (Credit Image: © Imago via ZUMA Press)
June 5, 2020, New York City, NY: A Black Lives Matter protest at Union Square. (Credit Image: © Krista Kennell / ZUMA Wire)
June 5, 2020, London, UK: People wearing face masks and gloves take part in a kneeling protest for Black Lives Matter in Trafalgar Square. (Credit Image: © Isabel Infantes / PA Wire via ZUMA Press)
A protestor holds a sign which reads ”White Silence is Violence” during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Los Altos of the San Francisco Bay Area, June 5, 2020. (Credit Image: © Dong Xudong / Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
June 4, 2020 – Washington, DC: Woman with a ”white silence = compliance” sign at a protest supporting Black Lives Matter at the National Cathedral. (Credit Image: © Michael Brochstein / ZUMA Wire)
June 4, 2020, New York, New York. (Credit Image: © John Marshall Mantel / ZUMA Wire)
June 4, 2020, Warsaw, Poland: A protester holds a placard that says “white silence is violence” during the demonstration outside the US embassy in Warsaw. (Credit Image: © Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
June 3, 2020, Orlando, FL: A protester chants slogans while holding a placard saying ‘White silence = Black Deaths’ outside the Orlando Police Headquarters. (Credit Image: © Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
June 1, 2020, New York. (Credit Image: © John Lamparski / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
June 1, 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands: A white woman shows off her back with anti-racist writings reading ”white silence = violence” during the protests at Dam Square. (Credit Image: © Ana Fernandez / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
August 16, 2017 – Berlin, Germany. (Credit Image: © Imago via ZUMA Press)
However, as bad as things are, they could always be worse: