Skeckoa wrote:I get that Black Americans do not have the monopoly on suffering in America, but let's be real, Black Americans take on more than the lion's share (alongside our Indigenous communities)Exxosia wrote:All lives matter says we should look outside racist parameters and try to find a solution.
Black lives matter says that black people are special in their victimhood and including others takes away from that. They would rather maintain their victimhood than have a solution to their problems because the only way to resolve it is to treat the entire thing rather than just their corner of it.
It's like if someone was being mauled by a bear, they have mild lacerations on most of their body but their leg is ripped to shreds. Black Lives Matter is saying we need to fixate on the leg, All Lives Matter is saying we need to do something about the bear. Black Lives Matter wants us to bandage the leg while the bear is still mauling away, when we really need to get the bear situation resolved and then give them first priority in the triage of care afterward.
My thing is, and i think that a lot of people who ID with BLM would say, is that by the time that Black Americans feel comfortable being black in USA, we will all be better off.
The systems that bring black people down often bring non-black poor people down as well, and once those systems are eradicated and replaced, working-class Americans (the vast vast majority of us) will be better off.
Why can't we just call the movement "stop killing unarmed people and do your job right police!"