The Blogs of 2020

          “That is one of the most important questions I have been asked in a very long time,” said Michelle Morse, an organizer for the Global Campaign Against Racism and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.   The African American woman was commenting on what slogan will capture the essence of the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement. Was the word “matter” in “Black Lives Matter” insufficient in encapsulating all the demands of the movement – eliminating cash bail, equal rights, community control, equal justice, economic equality, affirmative action, and police reform?    “In a way, Black Lives Matter is stating something so simple, obvious, and human, yet look at the rise in white supremacy in reaction to it? unbelievable outrage and that response to it gives us all the information that we need,” said Morse.     There is bipartisan agreement over the slogan but the bar, it can be argued, has been set low with the words “Black Lives Matter.” Are we as people asking