Black Lives Matter.

[Pkingy 10]

Black lives matter.  get that, but shouldn't the mantra be all lives matter. All colours all beliefs. All lives matter

[Rollypolly 51]

Well said 😍

[Waldo 96]

I think there's a common misconception that the "black lives matter" mantra, somehow diminishes or negates the concept of "all lives matter". It doesn't. It's not a "one or the other" situation.

[andyofborg 11]

However the balance of evidence is that in some places they matter less

Edited June 10, 2020 by andyofborg

[Guest makapaka]

1 hour ago, Pkingy said:

Black lives matter.  get that, but shouldn't the mantra be all lives matter. All colours all beliefs. All lives matter

Of course but some are more vulnerable than others at times and need more focus.

 

the same reason that younger people might help older people during the pandemic - and not just say my life matters as much as yours so sort yourself out.

[dave_the_m 61]

The original intention of the slogan was always to be "black lives matter too". Some people interpreted it as "only black lives matter", leading to the retort "all lives matter!". Hillary Clinton for example fell into that trap; but when it was explained to her, she apologised. The difficulty is that other people, when it is pointed out to them, continue to say "all lives matter", which then leads to the suspicion that they are racists. Which quickly degenerates into an argument over how can "all lives matter" possibly be a racist statement. Rinse and repeat ad nauseam...