VIDEO: Former BLM Leader Says He 'Learned the Ugly Truth' About the Organization
A former Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist recently spoke out about why he chose to leave the organization. In a short YouTube video, he explained that the group is not as concerned about safeguarding and improving black lives as they would have us believe.
Rashad Turner, the executive director of the Minnesota Parent Union, posted a video in which he explains how he "learned the ugly truth" about BLM. He discussed how the hard-leftist group is not concerned with building black families and improving education for black children.
It took Turner only one year working for BLM to realize that the organization was not pushing towards actual progress for the black community. In the video he discusses his upbringing after his father was murdered when Turner was only two years old:
My mother wasn't able to take care of me, so I was raised by my grandparents. They told me that if I was going to change my life for the better, education was the answer. So, I worked hard in school. I got into Hamline University, and earned a college degree, the first in my family. Then, I went on to earn a master's in education from St. Mary's University of Minnesota. I am living proof that no matter your start in life, quality education is a pathway to success.
In 2015 Turner helped to found Black Lives Matter in St. Paul, Minnesota. "I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies, black lives do matter," he recounted. "However, after a year on the inside, I learned they have little concern for rebuilding black families and they cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis."
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