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Why is it not cool to say that all lives matter? Aren't black lives part of that?

Posted - June 11, 2020

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  • 4624
    Because it is intentionally addressing only the linguistic logic of the campaign slogan.

    It is deliberately ignoring the historical reality (i.e., the overwhelming evidence on record) that society has systematically treated Black and Coloured Americans as though their lives are less valuable and less important than those of whites. This post was edited by inky at June 11, 2020 10:23 PM MDT
      June 11, 2020 10:15 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    But does it not also imply that ALL white people are somehow responsible for this? That objectifies all Caucasian races as a monolithic group.
      July 13, 2020 10:07 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    i think its cool to say that
      June 13, 2020 2:26 PM MDT
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