“That’s a message that Scotland is very proud to support.” A participant wears an elaborate face mask during the march through London / REUTERS
But dialogue has never been the preferred mode of communication for Black Lives Matter, not even, apparently, in uber-polite Canada.
Black Lives Matter refused to budge unless pride organizers acquiesced to a list of demands, which included increased funding for black-related pride events, "prioritizing black trans women" in hiring, and "a commitment to more black deaf & hearing ASL interpreters." Surely, these issues - which are always "demands," never "requests" - could have been taken up in a constructive manner before the parade.