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All Lives Matter is a Bogus Term
And those using it do not really mean it anyway
It went away for awhile, but I started seeing commenters and others using the term All Lives Matter again, and I wanted to write about it. When a white person uses the slogan, All Lives Matter, it is usually a right-wing Christian or white Conservative who feels insulted black Americans are standing for their own without asking permission of white oriented social standards. The term all lives matter does not take a side, and chides black people for being specific to their cause.
The slogan, “Black Lives Matter, “ is an extension of, “I am a Man, “ Black is Beautiful,” and “Black Power,” among other slogans that have been important to black people who were fighting for civil rights. It is a black American term that can be supported by white and other allies, but it has nothing to do with white people. Black Lives Matter is one hundred percent from black Americans to stand in solidarity with other black Americans protesting those who were murdered by racist, while much of white America showed indifference.
White people or others trying to mimic the slogan with a neutral phrase such as All Lives Matter, is not only an insult, but those who use it do not really mean it. It is actually meant as a racist reprimand, and I do not understand why some white people do not get this. Seriously, what are some of you thinking, by acting as if black people need to include all lives in their own struggles to be seen as equals in racist America.
Good people from every race and culture, including black Americans already believe all lives matter in the general sense, but why did some white people wait to start using the term as a comeback to black Americans who were saying black Lives Matter as a protest to the murders of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner or George Floyd? Why is it so important for some white people to harp to black Americans that all lives matter, when black Americans are protesting black only issues?
The answer is simple, proclaiming all lives matter is saying black lives do not matter as much as all lives, which…
