Former Activist: ‘I Learned the Ugly Truth’ About BLM

Former Activist: ‘I Learned the Ugly Truth’ About BLM

May 31, 2021

In a video published Wednesday by TakeCharge, a Minnesota-based, black-led movement that rejects Critical Race Theory (CRT) and woke culture, a former Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist who now serves as executive director of the Minnesota Parent Union revealed he “learned the ugly truth” about the domestic terror organization: that it has little concern for rebuilding black families and even less for improving education for black children.

Born in Minneapolis in 1985, Turner said in the video that, when he was two-years-old, his father was shot and killed. “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.”

Turner said he hoped for the same success he had achieved for other children in his community, and thought BLM would be the answer, but soon found out the “ugly truth”:

In 2015 I was a founder of Black Lives Matter in St. Paul. I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies, black lives do matter. 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. That was made clear when they publicly denounced charter schools, alongside the teachers’ union. I was an insider in Black Lives Matter, and I learned the ugly truth: the moratorium on charter schools does not support rebuilding the black family, but it does create barriers to a better education for black children.

Good for him for turning his back on BLM and speaking out. The only black lives that matter to BLM are the ones that can be weaponized against whites and capitalism. They care nothing and have done nothing for black families or black children.

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