^^^This, a thousand times. While the #blacklivesmatter movement stands against police brutality and injustice, the black community has had to put a lot of time and activism into making it a nationwide campaign. If the #alllivesmatter crowd also wants to stand against police brutality and injustice, then they are welcomed to stand with BLM in that effort. Instead, ALM seems to be working against BLM.
By the way, when somebody says "Black Lives Matter," they aren't saying "ONLY Black Lives Matter." The #alllivesmatter crowd might think BLM is exclusionary, but it is not --- What they are saying is, in the midst of so many occurrences of brutality and killings, that yes, black lives matter too.
Exactly! BLM isn't saying that only black lives matter, what it's pointing out is that black lives (which are part of all lives) matter, since they have for so long been ignored.
Yeah, and I thought that adults would understand this, but I see politicians getting it wrong...even Hillary fucking Clinton! She's in front of a congregation at a black church, and she says "all lives matter". It's like, you wouldn't stand up in front of a black church and say "Why don't we have White History Month?" The answer is no, no you would not.
^^^This, a thousand times. While the #blacklivesmatter movement stands against police brutality and injustice, the black community has had to put a lot of time and activism into making it a nationwide campaign. If the #alllivesmatter crowd also wants to stand against police brutality and injustice, then they are welcomed to stand with BLM in that effort. Instead, ALM seems to be working against BLM.
By the way, when somebody says "Black Lives Matter," they aren't saying "ONLY Black Lives Matter." The #alllivesmatter crowd might think BLM is exclusionary, but it is not --- What they are saying is, in the midst of so many occurrences of brutality and killings, that yes, black lives matter too.
Exactly! BLM isn't saying that only black lives matter, what it's pointing out is that black lives (which are part of all lives) matter, since they have for so long been ignored.
Yeah, and I thought that adults would understand this, but I see politicians getting it wrong...even Hillary fucking Clinton! She's in front of a congregation at a black church, and she says "all lives matter". It's like, you wouldn't stand up in front of a black church and say "Why don't we have White History Month?" The answer is no, no you would not.
Unfortunately, I know some adults who do complain that there's no white history month, but it's only when there are no POC around.