Thursday, July 14, 2016
All Lives Matter
If there was not a more nauseating term than "All Lives Matter," I would say this is an understatement. People of color have been subjected to the most humiliating circumstances here in America; yet, the disrespect continues without thought. Black Lives Matter is indicative of the harassment people of color have felt since being bought to this country against their will; people of color know instinctively that all lives matter, so it isn't something that needs to be voiced; however, the same cannot be true of the dominant culture here in America. All Lives Matter seek to denigrate and minimize the injustice dispense towards people of color from the hands of the dominant culture; this dominant culture is the system of white supremacy. For all of those screaming All Lives Matter, where were you when Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, etc. where killed in cold blood. If indeed All Lives Matter, these young men would be alive today; these young men are dead because of the color of their skin...Irrespective of what their flaws may have been, there is no justification to act with such deadly force upon these young men....If All Lives Matter, there would be no need for Black Lives Matter, but the truth is for more a reality to all people of color. Those who scream and chant All Lives Matter have the privilege to mock and dehumanize people of color; it is a special right called white privilege. In order for someone to say "All Lives Matter," you have to be purposely living in a vacuum not to notice other human beings of different skin tone having the right to exist without the worry of being gunned down in the streets by those who protect and serve which are the employees of the tax payor. The phrase is certainly racist at it's core since it seeks to define what lives(white) are more important. Truth is self evident for those who can acknowledge it "Black Lives Matter Too."
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