Above Photo: From advocate.com
Educate your *confused* friends with ease.
It seems that whenever we talk about race and #BlackLivesMatter comes up, a whole lot of people get super, super uncomfortable. So, naturally, they resort to the common retort of #AllLivesMatter. However, that logic is, well, illogical.
We want everyone to do the important work of combatting racism in the LGBT and queer community, but also in the world at large, so we decided to compile some super helpful info to help out the #AllLivesMatter camp.
Because when you say #AllLivesMatter, whether you mean to or not, you’re being racist.
We also recognized the need to have a semi-comprehensive document of everything from examples to logical appeals to videos that we can send to our friends who seem a little stuck in the #AllLivesMatter camp.
First, we found some helpful analogies.
If u preach “All Lives Matter not just Black Lives” ur prob also someone who says they’re “a humanist not a feminist” & u need to reevaluate
— everytime.mp3 (@jersing) July 7, 2016
“All lives matter” translated pic.twitter.com/4qGu8UV7ff
— WTNZ (@weteenzuk) July 7, 2016
i hope all you biased ignorants get this through your damn heads – black lives matter vs all lives matter summed up pic.twitter.com/H7bdx0N4fD
— chanel (@hslaurent) July 7, 2016
For the #AllLivesMatter idiots hopping in our mentions. Have a blessed day. pic.twitter.com/9HdgobYKbN
— Bossip (@Bossip) July 6, 2016
In case you need the facts straight up.
Of course ALL lives matter. But not all races were enslaved for over 200 years or needed a civil rights movement to be treated as humans.
— Albs (@AlbaMayo) July 7, 2016
BLACK LIVES MATTER. Yes, all lives matter, but right now I’m talking about BLACK LIVES and that they matter to me. STOP THE VIOLENCE.
— Blake Anderson (@UncleBlazer) July 7, 2016
Yes, “all lives” matter… But not “all lives” are being killed simply because of the colour of their skin. #BlackLivesMatter
— Kimmi きみ (@KimmiSmiles) July 7, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter
the next time u wanna say “all lives matter*” understand what the movement is actually about pic.twitter.com/t6PiY32uc7— J (@YOURERAClST) July 7, 2016
I don’t wanna see any Queer people saying all lives matter or downplaying police brutality with the history we have with them.
— McCuse me Bitch (@MADBLACKTWINK) July 6, 2016
If all lives matter, it’s awfully strange how rarely the folks repeating #AllLivesMatter speak up when people are harmed by police brutality.
anyway, #alllivesmatter twitter seems silent. that’s weird.
— El Flaco (@bomani_jones) July 7, 2016
If all lives matter, you have to speak up when people of color are killed.
If all lives matter… SHOW US!!! Prove it! Show us our bodies hold the same value. There is no excuse for the slaughter. None.
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) July 7, 2016
If all lives matter, why weren’t you using that phrase until you needed to challenge #BlackLivesMatter?
For anyone trying to slide into my mentions with the #alllivesmatter please miss me with that and read this. pic.twitter.com/3UiiaqMXtl
— Imani Hakim (@anakih1) July 6, 2016
A visual representation of what you look like when you say things like #alllivesmatter or #alllivesshouldmatter