Black Lives Matter @BeerAdvocate

Great! Thanks Todd and everyone on the Beer Advocate team.

 

Good to see you guys take a firm stance on this. No need to tolerate opposing views that are grounded in denying others of their humanity.


Also racism makes beer taste worse. It's science, look it up.

 

Bravo !!

 

Thank you Todd. Not enough thumbs to up with. No need to make excuses for preserving the humanity in exchanges. Change only happens when something different is done...no matter how small. Thanks again for your leadership with the readership.

 

Get in contact with the head brewer at Weathered Souls Brewing in San Antonio ASAP. He's working on a project and it aligns with your message.

 

Good stuff, Todd. You’ve guys always done a good job of keeping this kind of shit off this site and it’s comforting knowing that you guys will continue to keep this place in order.

I know you mentioned you guys were looking for Black moderators, which is great. What about other marginalized peoples (Asian, Hispanic, etc)? This Puerto Rican is curious

 

Bravo @Todd

I'm happy to read this post!

 

Todd, great post and I’m so glad you said those words. I agree with your zero-tolerance stance - there has been so much pain and hurt of late and there should be no room for racist/prejudiced posts here on BA.

As others have pointed out, in recent history, the Founders thread was partially rife with examples of inflammatory racist comments.

 

Thank you! I appreciate all of this.

 

Yup. The 'nod, nod' kind of racism in private leads to the 'I think it's OK to kneel on a black guy's neck or throw a black girl to the ground' attitudes of some in law enforcement.

And, importantly, this isn't just about black people. Fascists always come for marginalized groups first. They pit the majority against the minorities in order to grow and cement their power. But in the end, their violence comes for all of us, and we're seeing indications of that with cops this week point blank shooting rubber bullets at a news team, and kicking a girl who was sitting on the ground rubbing her tear-gassed eyes in the face.

 

All lives matter. Red and yellow, black and white, all are precious in his sight. Embrace the diversity offered throughout the world.

 

No? I understand it as the false narrative that there is some equivalent prejudice and injustice directed at white people and police personnel. It's done to take the legitimacy from the Black Lives Matter movement. The only reason one would want to act against black peoples' struggles for equal rights and an end to violence against them is... well, we all know what it is.

 

Yeah, chief, you're missing the point. The reason for the #blacklivesmatter movement is because black lives are being treated like they don't matter. No one in America is treating cops like their lives don't matter. Everyone, even the most criminal element in America, knows that going after a cop, in any fashion, will likely get you killed or your life ruined. Being a cop is not even among the most dangerous jobs in America.

https://www.ishn.com/articles/110496-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-us-the-top-20

So, that makes the Blue Lives Matter "movement," at best, a solution looking for a problem, and, at worst, intended to do nothing more than troll, demean, and diminish Black Lives Matter. In the latter usage, it clearly is racist.

 

i'm only here for the beer.

reminds me too, why i prefer to do my quaffin' at home.

 

As a black man and follower of beer advocate I applaud you. Thank you so much. We must all come together. #Cheers

 

I agree. What’s going on now is wrong. But that doesn’t change the fact that this is a community. I don’t care if you’re white . Black, green or purple. Let’s all unite over a good beer, and try to make the world a better place.

 

Beer knows no race! Thank you for aiming to keep it that way!

 

Thanks Todd, and thanks to all the mods who are working hard to make this the place we all want it to be. Some might say, hey, this is just a place to discuss beer, and that's true. But we all have to push for change in every corner of our lives. Every little bit counts in making this world a better place for everyone, regardless of their background, ethnicity, or station in life.