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Old 05-06-2020, 15:25   #3756
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Have to disagree - if there was a modifier "black lives matter more" or "only black lives matter", you would have a point - but there isn’t.

Saying "All Lives Matter" redirects the attention from black lives, who are the ones in peril - in the USA, black people are twice as likely to be killed by a police officer while unarmed, compared to a white individual - according to a 2015 study, African Americans died at the hands of police at a rate of 7.2 per million, while whites were killed at a rate of 2.9 per million. Saying "Black Lives Matter" isn't equivalent to saying other lives don't, but rather that Black lives should matter as much as others.

A friend of mine sent me this
Summed up very eloquently
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