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[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When BLM was a brand-new thing, it was a normal, and very understandable, reaction, for someone who's hearing it for the first time to say/think something along the lines of:

  • Who said they don't matter? I know I didn't, why are you saying "black lives matter" to me, as if you're implying that I don't believe they do?
  • Why specify "black", aren't you implying others don't, then?

It was also badly-named for another reason: the whole foundation of it was in response to police unlawfully killing black citizens. "Black Lives Matter" in no way speaks to anything involving police action. The phrase naturally comes off as an aggressive accusation of deep racism (to the point of believing a certain person's life is literally worthless, which is a step beyond the inferiority actual racists usually ascribe to their 'target') when said to someone.