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The Bougie Aunt | Published 6:30 p.m. ET June 8, 2020 The past few weeks have highlighted the tense racial relations in America. It has allowed for the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to be at the forefront of news, not only in America, but also globally. The newfound attention has also brought about a sharp divide in beliefs surrounding the best way to promote rightful change for the living standards of Blacks in America. One of the hotly debated arguments are the riots, whether they are reversing the work of the BLM movement or furthering it. Dissidents of the riots are often quick to cite Martin Luther King Jr. as an example of peaceful civil disobedience that enacted governmental change. Like Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms who said the riots were not “hono...