The author who wrote "All lives Matter", Kevin Roose showed a lot of emotions throughout his article. He argues that the statement 'All Lives Matter' distracts America from the issue of 'All Black Lives matter'. He proves a statement that once people start going around shouting all black lives matter, everyone who is not black gets offended. As if white people don't make the news enough. They want to be treated "equal". It seems as though the point of all black lives matter is to say "we matter too!". This author posted a Reddit comment from a writer named GeekAesthete and he made a valid point "So when a young black man gets killed (prior to the recent police shootings), it's generally not considered "news", while a middle-aged white woman being killed is treated as news." The reason this is not considered "news" to some is because sadly, you hear about that much more often than a white middle-aged women was killed. We do not treat all lives equally. Some assume people are saying only the black lives matter. When others argue back "no, all lives matter" in response to those arguing about black lives, it's being ignorant to the problem and not fixing what this whole movement had started for. But, if we simply changed the wording to "all Black Lives Matter too"... it sounds different right? As though it would be addressing the problem that their lives should matter also.
This article was interesting to me because it made me realize that I myself might be ignorant to this situation. Not because I don't care, but because I didn't have the correct knowledge. I agree all lives matter and I stand by that. Everyone should be treated fairly, too. That's when I came to realize the true issue here. Ignorance is why so many people are quick to fight back about their own race explaining why their lives matter too.. but, if we just took the time to understand that the black lives movement means all lives matter including us, because they seem to get pushed to the side when for no apparent reason. It's a terrible way that this country can be with racism and I wish it could be as easy to say stop. Unfortunately, that's not how it works. "Everyone should get their fair share". (GeekAesthete)
You made some really good points! I think the picture you added at the end really helped bring your point across.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog! In my blog I also wrote about how I felt like I was ignorant to the situation because when I first heard about the Black Lives Matter hashtag I didn’t see the issue with All Lives Matter. I enjoyed reading the article because it offered so many good points and was very eye opening
ReplyDeleteSo I'm not sure what you are saying here....you agree with all lives matter and you also say that you agree with the Black Lives Matter movement. In the monopoly game, we changed the rules so that everyone played by "equal" rules and we still ended up with inequities. Is there a parallel here with BLM?
ReplyDeleteI really like how you brought up the "Black Lives Matter" and "Black Lives Matter Too" can completely shape how a person would understand that. Ignorance is why so many people don't understand the movement. It's sad how people are completely oblivious to the true meaning of the movement.
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