My point is, protesting is pointless unless there is a specific policy you want to enact/get rid of.
In this case, how about drug policy, or anti-fourth amendment search policies? Or maybe security cams on cops?My point is, You may as well protest “evil”, so we can have a “nation discussion” about “evil”.
Beating up and killing black people because they are black (institutional racism) is a specific policy they want to get rid of. The solution is “stop beating us up and killing us.”
Institutional racism is not a political policy. “Stop beating us up and killing us” is vague and does not directly translate to specific political policy or legal changes (as opposed to “Under [these] specific circumstances must they stop beating us up.”) . If the community wants police institutional behavior to change, there must be specific regulation and a means to enforce it.
I agree that without a solution, complaining is ultimately meaningless; but the very fact that people are talking about it (I assume we’re not the only ones in the country who are), that suggests that a solution can actually be formulated.
In other words, acceptance is the first step on the road to recovery. But it is only one step of many required.