Why NOT ‘All Lives Matter’:
The issue of 'All Lives Matters' as a counter to 'Black Lives Matters' continues to arise in our community and beyond. As such, we just wanted to take a moment to offer just a few quick thoughts on why 'All Lives Matters' is so very problematic, and a dangerous denial of racism itself.
Arthur Chu: “What is the impulse behind changing #BlackLivesMatter to #AllLivesMatter? Do you crash a strangers funeral shouting I TOO HAVE FELT LOSS?”
GeekAesthete (Reddit User): “Imagine that you’re sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don’t get any. So you say “I should get my fair share.” And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, “everyone should get their fair share.”