Black Life Matter Vs. Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a loosely‐coordinated, nationwide movement dedicated to ending police brutality that rose to prominence in late 2014. It takes its name from a hashtag started by three Black feminist activists Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi but the movement and the hashtag are not identical (Freelon, McIlwain, & Clark, 2016). BLM has achieved national reputation through their online and offline organizing, obtaining extensive news media coverage and glowing references in music and entertainment television. Based on a horrendous incident that sparked a concern for a lot of Black people across the world, the sudden need for a social movement was born called BLM. Black Lives Matter is a national organization working for the validity of Black life and also working to rebuild the Black liberation movement. Black Lives Matter broadens the conversation and highlight the incidents around state violence to include the ways in which Black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands of the state. This referring to the ways in which Black lives are deprived of basic human rights and dignity. According to the article The Murder of Walter Scott, which talks about race and class, “African Americans are less than 13% of the U.S. population yet they are nearly 50% of those killed by the police. North Charleston has a population of 104,000, 47% Black and the police force is 80% white (Miah, 2015)”.

Within the past few years, incidents involving many deaths of unarmed African Americans and police officers have been broadcasted across the media. A large portion of these incidents result in protest and advocation against police brutality. There are a wide range of feelings and viewpoints people care to discuss concerning the topic of police brutality. Usually, when an African American person is killed by the hands of a police officer, people tend to explain how police brutality is the cause and culprit. Some people voice how police brutality is a matter that needs to quickly addressed while others believe it doesn 't even exist and therefore is not a cause for concern. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, police brutality is a

The article “Black Lives and Blue Lives Matter” by Bryant Alston shows and represents the importance of black lives just like any other, police brutality, also showing how no matter the color of one’s skin, it should not affect one in a negative way or agitate others to want to look over one just because a person of color seemed as a more ‘fitting’ person for such a crime instead of other non-black, or non-hispanic, person. I completely agree with Bryant Alston’s perspective on those cases, which regard race and ethnicity.

The event that spiked a national movement against police brutality was the murder of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American in Sanford,

“All Lives Matter” hasn’t brought people together,” says Daniel Victor in his “Why ‘All Lives Matter’ Is Such a Perilous Phrase” article in The New York Times. The term “All Lives Matters” has caused a bigger rift between different ethnic groups than intended. The phrase was initially intended to bring people of every color together. There was hope that every race would stand side by side and face the perils of the world as a whole. However, supporters of the Black Lives Matter campaign feel the term is aiding the public in downplaying the injustices of black Americans.

“Black lives matter!” We have been hearing this, on the news, on social media, and in protests for years now. However, it has become more frequently heard in the past few months following the highly publicized Sandra Bland stop and arrest. Sandra Bland was stopped by Officer Brian Encinia on July 10, 2015, allegedly for not signaling a turn. This stop went wrong almost instantly. She was found deceased in a jail cell on July 13, 2015, an alleged suicide. While there are several ethical issues regarding this case, both parties involved were responsible. While the officers’ actions seem to be the actions that are focused on most, some of Bland’s actions should also be considered when viewing the issues raised. The actions of both parties involved

This approach is a way to miss and dismiss the point of Blacks actually discussing the critical state their community is in. The focus is not black lives over other’s lives in the world, but is it the focus of the neglect of black lives, when taken away, they are not viewed with disgust as when their white counterparts die/are harassed in the same manner. It’s weirdly interesting that when Blacks are literally killed for following the law and are unarmed, they are blamed for their own death, all because a cop feared for their life. Once officers say that phrase, which I view as a cliché to say when one signs up for such a fearful job, cases are usually wrapped up and forgotten about. However, thanks to social media, the public is able to see the hideous lies and blatant truth about certain cases that highlight why the people have a problem with the government and distrust the police. Oddly as all Americans are forced to pay taxes, these taxes go to public necessities like schools, to fire stations and to the police station, even to wars. Sadly I interpret it as the government focuses Blacks to pay police to kill their people off, and the government seems to always instantly support the officer’s word over the victim (if still alive), and people. If people do not stand up against

Violence by officers in blue against African Americans is a daily occurrence. Police brutality against the African American community is not a new topic as of lately. Racial discrimination and profiling affects all, but police brutality as seen lately does not affect all races at an alarming rate as it does the African American community. “ (Contributer, 2014)” (A Herstory). When the African American community chants “Black lives matter”, they are saying it because the United States has the predisposition to say that it does not.

People say that all lives matter instead of black lives matter but in certain situations that is incorrect. There have been many cases of police using

“Black Lives Matter” —an intended progression in society without a hierarchy, merely marching forward by spur of the people. Started by three sisters who continue to keep the organization a chapter-based, left wing social justice operation, it can best be described as “Not a moment, but a movement” by those that follow it. The case that began this outcry involved a man —George Zimmerman— whom, according to Lizette Alvarez and Cara Buckley (2013), “was found not guilty [of] second-degree murder [and] was also acquitted of manslaughter, a lesser charge.” (para. 1). Since its initial start in 2013, the movement follows and protests against police brutality and civil injustice towards individuals of the Black minority; however, this is a prime example of hate breeding hate as the movement, has opened a new floodgate full of antipathy aimed towards the White-community and Law Enforcement Officials. In short, the initial idea of “Black Lives Matter” —which is to bring civil justice to the Black-community— is a good concept, but the execution by its adherents are, ironically, bigoted; the movement needs to either evolve its state of thought or disperse before it further segregates America.

All Lives Matter. What’s the difference? How is one greater than the other? Black Lives Matter is an organization that was made to spotlight the struggles of the most oppressed race of people in the entirety of existence, and battle dehumanizing struggles that Black people globally have to face. Anti-Blackness is a very real and prevalent ideology in all global cultures. Not all races are oppressed. Not all peoples are being targeted because of their race. Not all peoples have struggled, let alone face the same struggle Black people have for all of existence. All Lives Matter takes away from this spotlight highlighting the major struggles of oppressed people, to feed into white tears. All Lives Matter was created by privileged people. When all you know is privilege, equality feels like oppression. Black Lives Matter is not anti-white, it’s not an exclusive community created to strive for Black privilege, but Black justness and equality. Validating that Black lives do in fact matter, does not invalidate that other lives. Valuing the lives of Black people, does not devalue the lives of other peoples. Obviously, all lives matter, however, not all lives face oppression because of their race; not all lives struggle through nearly the equivalence of the struggles of Black people. Black Lives Matter is projected through organized protests, marches, riots, etc. After the murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Black Lives Matter protests began sparking

Now, black lives do matter as any other life matters, but saying that black lives matter more than another is racist and stupid. Mostly in America, citizens will look the other way to BLM’s lootings and riots because they don't want to look “racist”and it would be mean to tell them to stop. The word racist has been used so much by idiots that it does not even mean you do not like a race it could just mean you said a statement about another race.

Some folks say and support “Black Lives” and others, “All Lives”. As time go on, things take a turn ‘for the worse’. The ‘turn for the worse’ is due to the mindset of many people and the mass media. With time should come justice, peace and common ground on what is happening, but what if no one is supportive or have no knowledge of what is to come? The saying of “All Lives Matter” is deleterious and ruinous to the “Black Lives Matter” movement and support and to the black community by deteriorating their beliefs, livelihood, and mentality.

All lives matter always. No race is above another. People think that the color of skin determines if one race is above another. This is important because everyone deserves to be treated equally. There have been many cases where blacks have been killed by whites, but also cases where whites have been killed by blacks. It doesn’t matter what skin color you are, if you kill someone, it makes you a murderer.

In 2013, a movement called Black Lives Matters was started after George Zimerman was found not guilty of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Many Americans complain again the injustice and rallied together to form the Black lives matter movement. The Black lives matter movement though has many issues within their movement, but the main issue is that the people of the movement are segregating themselves from other races whenever they say the words “black lives matter”. That’s why the phrase “All lives matter” has come about. The term “All Lives matter” is stating that people of this movement care about all people instead of just one color, that the movement does not support the supremacy of a race & Radical Organization, and show that the police force is not discriminative towards any one race.