Critics ask why Black lives only matter when they are taken by a white person, but not when a Black person is murdered by another Black person, and if that isn't [[discrimination]]. Many African American critics and victims of [[crime]] refer to the organization as Black Lies Matter due to its lack of concern over innocent child murder victims of random violence and drive-by shootings in Black neighborhoods.
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In July, 2021 BLM came under fire for supporting oppressive cruel Cuban regime.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/marxist-black-lives-matter-cuba-communists-marion-smith Marion Smith: Marxist Black Lives Matter – here's why it supports Cuba's communists over the protesters]
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''BLM cares more about advancing Marxism than protecting Black and Brown people.''
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Marion Smith, Fox News, July 19 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1169239980/black-lives-matter-onder-vuur-om-steun-aan-cubaans-politiegeweld Black Lives Matter under fire for supporting 'Cuban police brutality'] Telegraaf.nl,
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July 16, 2021.
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''In the US, a storm of criticism has erupted against Black Lives Matter (BLM) as the movement appears to have sided with the Cuban communist regime in the protests in Cuba...''
Even a lefty criticized the BLM stand in face of rampant anti black racism in Cuba and that the main victims in the 2021 [Libertad] uprising have been disproportionately blacks. And that the BLM have only used Cuba.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/black-lives-matter-misses-point-about-cuba/619471/ Black Lives Matter Misses the Point About Cuba], Jorge Felipe Gonzalez, ''The Atlantic'', July 17, 2021.
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The country is not an empty canvas onto which Americans can project their political ideas.</ref>