All+Lives+Matter+vs.+Black+Lives+Matter

__Is there a problem with #AllLivesMatter? __



__Black Lives Matter__

The "Black Lives Matter" project first became a global member-led organization in 2013. This all became possible because of three radical black organizers, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. In 2013, these three women created a black-centered political movement called #BlackLivesMatter. #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) became a movement as a call to action for African Americans after George Zimmerman was presumed to be not guilty for the murder of the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. As time continued, many incidents occurred where young, unarmed black persons were killed at the hands of police. Although these events were tragic, the genuine anger spewed out of our community when police officers were not sentenced or given any consequences for their actions. There is a lack of justice in our community, and the purpose of #BlackLivesMatter is to bring awareness to this political situation. __**// All Lives Matter //**__ #AllLivesMatter is a response to #BlackLivesMatter insinuating that everyone’s life matters and we should not only highlight black lives. All Lives Matter is overshadowing and degrading of Black Lives Matter. Many of the people who were saying "All Lives Matter" usually are people who have never experienced mistreatment to their racial group compared to other races. When BLM activists would protest and make their voices heard by the public, hundreds of people would shut down their screams and cries by saying "All Lives Matter." The saying "All Lives Matter" is such huge problem because it blatantly dismisses the burdens faced by the African American community the American judicial system. //** =
 * //**"#AllLivesMatter is not a bad phrase to use because it is a true statement, but as a response to BLM, it degrades the situation..." **//

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__Stereotypes__
==== Most individuals who use #AllLivesMatter as a response to the BLM movement do not recognize why there is so much pain behind the many deaths of our young generation. The phrase " All Lives Matter" minimizes the racial tension that occur in the African American community. The black community suffers from stereotypes due to our appearance, especially the males. The Trayvon Martin case dealt with a young man shot and killed because he looked suspicious. He was wearing a black hoodie carrying an Arizona and a pack of skittles, while walking home from the corner store late at night. George Zimmerman the neighborhood watch, thought of him to be suspicious, he then pursued and killed Martin. This awakened the nation of other people’s suspicions borne by African Americans, all though this had been going on for years. Looking at the occurrences of deaths within the last four years, many involved unarmed black males killed by scared citizens or police officers. It is important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at these issues through a set of experiences and a history that does not go away. ==== ==== There are very few black males that have not had the experience of being followed in a store while they were shopping because they look suspicious, or walking across the street and hearing the car doors lock. With instances like these occurring everyday with black men and women, they increase the possibility and fear that any young person could have R.I.P next to their name the next day. These stereotypical incidents are the reason for riots and protests in America. Individuals who support the Black Lives Matter movement want equality for the African American community. Blacks are inferior compared to whites in the eyes of society; they are not treated equally in the system. ====

__ **//We Are Not MORE Valuable//** __ ==== It is imprudent for society to look at #BlackLivesMatter and think the movement is anti-police and anti-white. This movement was created to uplift the black community and bring awareness to the problem minorities have faced in the system. The black community teaming up with BLM activists and being "unapologetically black" does not mean they are anti-white. The hashtag is not trying to neglect other race’s lives or make black lives valued more. #AllLivesMatter is a statement that brings every race in the picture as if #BlackLivesMatter is putting them down. When “Black Lives Matter” is written on a poster or posted on Twitter bystanders should understand there is a “too” behind the phrase. “Black Lives Matter Too” is the message activists are trying to get the world to understand. People of color would like their lives to be valued like white lives are valued. Once black lives are acknowledged and not mistreated, then all lives will matter. However, All lives will never truly matter if society continues to ignore the cries and struggles of Black men and women in the black community. ====

//__**Police brutality**__//
Although many of the deaths of young black men were at the hands of the law, supporters of the BLM movement are not anti-police, just the police who are abusers of power. Police officers are everyday people who work a nine to five to provide for their family, and they are important and needed in our society. However, supporters are against officers who take their position for granted and misuse their authority. Advocates want unlawful police officers to stop using their power to take down the black community one by one. The BLM movement is not trying to turn the world against police officers; it hopes to make police officers less of a threat to communities of color. The ABC television show “Blackish” has an episode titled “Hope” discussing police brutality against the black society. The episode revolves around an instance where the police killed an unarmed black man. The character Rainbow, played by Tracee Ellis Ross, wants her children to be unafraid of the world they live in and she wants them to cooperate with the police. Anthony Anderson's character, Dre, exclaims how the system is rigged against people of color by listing different cases where the victims cooperated with police and were still murdered. Dre listed Freddie Gray as a victim of cooperation, who had a coma in a police car due to unnecessary force during his arrest. Sandra Bland was also listed as a victim, who was found hanged in her jail cell and it was classified as a suicide. Although this episode was geared more toward police brutality than #BlackLivesMatter, it expressed the particular problem minorities are more likely to face than white Americans.

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 The All lives matter movement’s goal since it started is to discredit the Black Lives Matter movement by distracting individuals from the good that the organization is trying to do. Evidence of these distractions comes from the all lives matter movements deterrent to black on black crime, the media to emphasize the Terrorists organization ploy, and lack of acknowledgement to injustices faced by the black community by the All Lives Matter Movement (ALM). Often times comments about black on black crime in the ALM vs BLM conversation are used in such a way that people come to believe that this form of crime happens more often and are more important that racially motivated crimes. It also makes it seem unrealistic when in fact, it makes sense that living in close proximity to one race means you are more prone to commit both crimes and kind acts towards that race. Harmful rhetoric shared about BLM in the media is able to penetrate viewers and subscribers of certain media platforms and cause damage to the image of BLM. Additionally one of the most commonly used distractions from the BLM organization strides is the failure of ALM to recognize the many injustices that African Americans face. =====

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The continuance of these actions makes BLM's goal of not negating that all lives matter but to making sure that black lives are included in that statement, all the more harder. =====

=__**Citations:**__=

1) Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter image, @http://www.deviantart.com/morelikethis/270421097

2) Black-ish video clip, @https://youtu.be/SwcychAm--s

3) Black Lives Matter website []

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