SUMMARY: The Black Lives Matter Global Network believes that “state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism” is the political problem in America today, and repeated it twice.

Black Lives Matter sounds like an obvious true slogan, but it also the name of a political group. I recommend you search the internet for “black lives matter” “what we believe” At the top, you will find a manifesto, a declaration of the intentions and views political organization. It is only 787 words; 37 sentences.

You can be called less than smarty pants for two things: saying things are obviously false… Or obviously true. The things in between obviously true and obviously false merit critical thinking. Let’s get past the slogan and see what we find.

Below are the top 10 repeated phrases, in increasing length. I also filtered out any repeats that are purely punctuation. There are 77 repeated phrases.

Count   Phrase
45  and
38  the
26  to
19  Black
19  We
18  of
14  for
13  our
12  a
12  that
11  in
11  we
10  are
10  by
9   as
9   is
8   all
7   with
6   justice
6   or
6   people
5   from
5   violence
5   who
5   work
5   world
4   have
4   on
4   ourselves
4   together
4   was
3   anti-Black
3   began
3   build
3   children
3   each
3   family
3   free
3   freedom
5   by the
5   of the
4   Black people
4   the world
3   and to
3   justice for
3   of our
3   that all
3   we are
3   with the
2   Black lives
2   Black trans
2   all Black
2   all people
2   and the
2   as a
2   each other
2   free from
2   from the
2   in our
2   inflicted on
2   it is
2   of anti-Blackness
2   one another
2   our collective
2   status,
2   that is
2   the work
2   to the
2   was to
6   Black Lives Matter
2   by the state
2   identity, gender
3   the Black Lives Matter
2   freedom and justice for
3   Black Lives Matter Global Network
2   state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism.
2   the Black Lives Matter Global Network

The list patterns can be condensed more. The most frequent and longer phrases are more, typically. Think of the phrases as little songs that are sung to win your hearts, sometimes more than your minds. Here are 21 distilled repeated phrases in increasing length.

Count   Phrase
19  Black
19  We
11  we
6   justice
6   people
5   violence
5   work
5   world
3   anti-Black
4   Black people
2   Black lives
2   Black trans
2   all Black
2   all people
2   status,
6   Black Lives Matter
2   by the state
2   identity, gender
2   freedom and justice for
3   Black Lives Matter Global Network
2   state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism.

The word “We” or “we” is used 30 times. Does “we” stand for black people or all people or members of this political group? You decide.

Justice, people, violence, and world are words that give the scope of this big idea. Oddball repeats are “Black trans” and “identity, gender”. Odd how sexual orientation is thrown in the mix?

It is interesting how “Black lives” is a repeated phrase. Perhaps this to encourage the phrase in everyday talk. Notice how “lives” is lower case, so it is not part of slogan in these cases.

“Freedom and justice” has a ring like it came from the Bill of Rights. If you can pick a a similar phrase, I like to hear it.

The golden phrases are often the longest repeated phrases.

Count  Phrase
3   Black Lives Matter Global Network
2   state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism.

I recommend stop saying Black Lives Matter as a name, and use BLM Global Network, or BLM Network. It is first and most importantly, a political group. If elections don’t go as planned, the Network sometimes encourages political violence. That is un-American and illegal. Rioting should be condemned. Rioters should be arrested and prosecuted.

When people crystalize their thoughts into words, they often repeat them as explicative phrases that are carefully phrased. If you watch the sensationalized news about crime, you will get a distortion of sources, participants, and exact street locations of violent acts. The mainstream news will have you believe that the bulk of violence on black people today is done by white people with evil hearts, and it is government-endorsed. Many Hollywood movies push that view.

America is not a perfect, but surely a great country. It has an inspiring history. When thinking about 328 million Americans, Black American, All American, sound statistics give an better understanding than typical TV News and social media news.