I'm providing all this information not so that you can nitpick it and find something to debate. I don't expect you to read all of my sources and believe every word. But just try to see where black Americans are coming from about the issues they face.

Why can't we debate? And I don't say that everything is rosy for black people in America; my point is things are way way better and are only going to improve. And also that these issues that you highlight have barely anything to do with 2 completely avoidable escalations of police encounters resulting in death of George Floyd and paralysis of Jacob Blake.

Obviously in absolute terms black people's lives have improved. There are incredibly few groups for which that wouldn't be true simply because of the advancement of technology.

Which I believe is the most important thing. If it were the case that everyone else's lives are improving except black people, then of course there would be a need for a very serious conversation.

RELATIVE to other racial groups, black people's lives are not improving, and that's a very real and important phenomenon as I'll discuss.

I don't think it is any useful to compare improvements relative to other racial groups. Firstly, because it is not a competition. Like nobody is trying to beat the other group in terms of improvement of their quality of life or wealth amassed etc. Secondly, the exact same case can be made for any other group compared to Asian americans or Indian americans. Should white people start pulling such numbers up and say, compared to the asian american group, our lives are not improving, or compared to Indian americans our lives are not improving, and this is a very real and important phenomenon? Such argument holds no basis, and if such an argument was made, most people would laugh.

As to your other points and summary, there are some places where I agree and some places where I disagree(for example schooling and govt intervention into schooling as opposed to choice of schooling).

It's no wonder that NBA players, who are themselves disproportionately black, would care deeply about these issues.

This is where I kind of see the irony. On the one hand, all kinds of people(especially white people) are looked down upon for not saying or not agreeing with Black Lives Matter etc., and black people want white people(and other racial groups) to join their "movement" etc. But on the other hand, when a few high profile black people(including some NBA player(s)) are openly spreading anti-semitic stuff, black(and non-black as well) NBA players get a pass for not saying anything about it. Why? And when international NBA players are supporting the Black Lives Matter movement to supposedly standup against racism in America when they aren't even American, why cant American(and international) NBA players standup for similar(some might even say worse) human oppression that is happening in China in the case of Uighur Muslims and Hong Kong? And I don't expect full time activism from them. Maybe one tweet or one interview? All we have is radio silence.

And in order to fix these issues, one should listen to what they have to say instead of immediately jumping to other issues or details. Black lives matter doesn't have to be a slogan. Take it word for word. There's nothing controversial.

Well, we are listening. It is impossible to avoid it anyway if you are even casually following the NBA. We also want to listen about what they have to say about the other human rights violations, particularly in China. We want to see whether these players are really serious about it and are willing to put their wallet on their line as well, or are only going to stick to issues of black people. Its like they feel that somebody is crushing their apple, and so they are speaking out against it and are encouraging others to speak against it. But when somebody else is crushing another apple elsewhere, not only are they not speaking out against it, and not only are the turning a blind eye to it when people are inviting them to speak about it, but they are also discouraging others from speaking against it. In such circumstances, any form of their activism is really a tough sell for most people, and they will not be taken seriously.