CGI-Quality said:
BLM, as I understand it, is a black lives matter, too instead of black lives matter less theme. It's to cover the idea that, while black lives have mattered less (in the eyes of police interactions and other racially unequal truths), the movement to the forefront of consciousness is simply to state: "hey, we're humans too". Therefore, I take the premise of BLM as not that their lives matter less, but also. Yes, the historical piece is the idea that African Americans have seen inequality as a result of their race for many, many years, but they're taking a stand on it by stating: "all lives cannot matter until our lives matter as well". Thus, its birth as a result of the acquittal of George Zimmerman. |
I feel like the distinction is largely a semantic one.