Support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, which began as an online campaign a decade ago to combat violence and systemic racism toward African Americans that eventually resonated worldwide, has dropped significantly from its peak in the summer of 2020, according to a new report.
new facilities to highlight their commitment to ending systemic racism and law enforcement departments committed to reform.Juliana Horowitz, one of the report’s authors, believes drastic changes in the country’s climate around issues of race and racial equality over this time have played a major role in shifting views.
However, three years later, just 1 in 3 people, or around 32%, said BLM has been highly effective at bringing attention to racism against Black people, according to the report. Adults under 30 are also more likely to support the movement more than any other age group. About 64% of this age group supports the movement, with support greatly declining in older Americans: 52% for those 30-49, 46% for those 50-64 and 41% for those 65 and older.
“The data demonstrates a population processing a collective trauma while aspiring to transform those failing systems,” Auguste told Yahoo News. “However, as noted by [activist] Mariame Kaba, while a large number of Americans reported supporting BLM and broader reforms, significantly fewer actually joined political and/or community organizations to contribute to sustained political action.
Patricia Banks, author of “Black Culture, Inc.: How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America” and a professor of sociology and anthropology at Mount Holyoke College, sees a direct correlation between the declining support for BLM and the sharp reduction in race-related philanthropic commitments from companies in the last three years.
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