Democrats haven’t shown the ambition needed to tackle the scale of the problem

It will be hard for the Black Lives Matter to create lasting change because U.S Democrats have not shown the ambition or initiative to tackle the problem. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests going on nationwide, the term "performative allyship" has been thrown around quite a bit. Many Democratic politicians have fallen into the performative ally category.^[1] They have voiced their support for the movement but have not supported the concrete proposals and policies that the movement advocates for. While BLM is making demands to defund the police, ban chokeholds, and end no-knock warrants, Democratic lawmakers instead turn to symbolic gestures like wearing kente cloth while kneeling on the floor of the U.S Capitol and ordering that the words "Black Lives Matter" be painted on city streets.^[1] These gestures will not bring the change needed to address systemic racism. Democrats have not shown the initiative to embrace policies that would address racial injustice in America. Black Lives Matter movement leaders have recommended various policies to tackle racial injustice, but Democrats have not adopted these policies into their 2020 platform.^[2] Many agree that Joe Biden, rather than Donald Trump, is the right presidential candidate to tackle systemic racism and criminal justice reform. But there is skepticism surrounding whether the Democratic nominee will actually create and implement policies that effectively address the issues at hand.^[3] Many Democrats have not shown the initiative when it comes to championing and pushing for policies that will actually tackle and bring change to systemic racism in America.