Norwegian cites global impact of BLM in raising awareness and consciousness of racial injustice
The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize for the way its call for systemic change has spread around the world. In his nomination papers, Norwegian MP Petter Eide said the movement had forced countries outside the US to grapple with racism within their own societies.
“I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality. Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice,” Eide said. “They have had a tremendous achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial injustice.”
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WNU Editor: The last Black Lives Matter protest that I personally saw in Montreal was a protest that was focused on damaging cars, breaking windows, intimidating people who got in the way, and toppling the statue of Canada's first Prime Minister (link her). And this Norwegian MP decided this group deserves a Nobel Peace Prize nomination !?!?!?!
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