"My issue with their name is that it suggests *all* Black Lives Matter when clearly they didn't; they focused only on black lives taken by white cops"
100% my issue with the name too. There are so many cases of black parents grieving their sons or daughters lost to gun violence saying, "I thought black lives were supposed to matter," and …
"My issue with their name is that it suggests *all* Black Lives Matter when clearly they didn't; they focused only on black lives taken by white cops"
100% my issue with the name too. There are so many cases of black parents grieving their sons or daughters lost to gun violence saying, "I thought black lives were supposed to matter," and asking why nothing had been done to help their communities or draw attention to their problems.
I think you're right. The money and attention very quickly became more important than the cause. I'm not even sure they'd thought about what the cause was.
"My issue with their name is that it suggests *all* Black Lives Matter when clearly they didn't; they focused only on black lives taken by white cops"
100% my issue with the name too. There are so many cases of black parents grieving their sons or daughters lost to gun violence saying, "I thought black lives were supposed to matter," and asking why nothing had been done to help their communities or draw attention to their problems.
I think you're right. The money and attention very quickly became more important than the cause. I'm not even sure they'd thought about what the cause was.