"The Dangerous Prophets of Black Lives Matter"

With the exception of a small group of hard-core racists, the overwhelming majority of Americans would certainly not hesitate for a second to claim that "black lives matter". The well-founded indignation that ignited after the drama of the death of George Floyd testifies to this. Black Lives Matter, shouted in unison hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country, calling to stop the police excesses and its possible racial prejudices. Legitimate and necessary debate in a country with a racist past still very fresh, and with a police culture oh so violent, with its 1000 dead killed by police officers, every year (against twenty in France).

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But are the Americans ready, on the other hand, to face up to the reality of the daily life of the African-American community, to stop the vicious circle of poverty, violence and family disintegration, which keeps a large part of its members at the bottom -society, too often causing interactions (sometimes

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