Why Do Black Lives Matter?

In examining what has gone wrong in America, the first thing I might look at is class. Why does our justice system give poor men death sentences while no rich man ever faces execution for murder? And so on. Bernie Sanders is right about all this. The playing field isn't level.  Without inherited money and influence, Donald Trump and George W. Bush would be lucky to make a living by ineptly packing bags at Safeway, putting the heavy liquids on top.

But many factors make up the differences. It isn't just class or Mother Nature. For example, who is more apt to end up in prison, a penniless white hobo or a wealthy African American college graduate? Statistics say that it is prison for the rich man with the darker skin. That's what the BLM movement knows and wants to tell us. Class matters, yes, but if you have dark skin, class is not the only consideration.