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No, All Lives Matter is not a legitimate protest for equality
All Lives Matter is a movement to distract attention from inequalities faced by blacks. As UC Irvine Anthropology Professor Theo Goldberg explains: "The universalizing politics of “All lives matter” is one of racial dismissal, ignoring, and denial."
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- All Lives Matter fails to acknowledge that all lives are not equalAll Lives matter is problematic because it considers all lives equal. As countless examples of institutional racism show, this is not the case, and therefore, the movement is based on a false assumption.
- All Lives Matter does not address the rampant injustice faced by black peopleAll Lives Matter fails to acknowledge the reason for the Black Lives Matter movement. That is, to highlight systemic injustices that cut across justice, education, opportunity, wealth and political representation in Western society.
- All Lives Matter only exists to undermine Black Lives MatterThe purpose of All Lives Matter is to take attention away from the racialised injustices the Black Lives Matter movement seeks to redress. By distracting from these inequalities, All Lives Matter prevents meaningful action to promote equality.
- All Lives Matter has been adopted by white supremacistsThose who argue All Lives Matter are often arguing from a point of racism. These individuals come together to subvert opportunities to overcome black disenfranchisement.
- All Lives Matter props up systemic racismBlack Lives Matter was formed as a protest against the prejudice faced by black people in their everyday lives. All Lives Matter cannot be a legitimate protest for equality until all lives are treated equally,
- All Lives Matter is a form of White FragilityWhite Fragility refers to white performative outrage in response to accusations of racism. It is a distracting strategy to avoid engaging with the issue of racial prejudice. All Lives Matter typifies this phenomenon.