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The Problem with Saying #AllLivesMatter

5. The implicit ‘too’ of #BlackLivesMatter

A little over a year ago, someone submitted the following question to reddit’s Explain it Like I’m 5 subreddit: “Why is it so controversial when someone says ‘All Lives Matter’ instead of ‘Black Lives Matter’?” User GeekAesthete responded with a wonderful 5-paragraph response that argues that the #BlackLivesMatter movement has an implicit “too” on the end of it, as though to say, “Black lives matter, too.” In that context, the movement points to a societal notion that black lives don’t hold the same value as white lives. He explains it much better than I just did. Seriously, read it … and then come back for the next slide!

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