In 2013 the Black Lives Matter movement began which originating from within the African-American community and started out campaigning against violence and systemic racism towards black people. The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin in February 2012 was what fueled this movement.
On the Your Life My Life All Lives Matter Facebook page a question was posted…
This weekend there were numerous BLM marches in cities around me. With all of the news focused on BLM it didn’t actually surprise me to see how many people supported it.
I read many Facebook posts under the different articles posted about the marches. One of them had this saying pointed specifically to people who say, “All Lives Matter”. Here’s that saying and my comments to each part…
I am so done with the topic of “race”. Seriously, I am.
It’s probably a good thing I’m not the President or a congressman because I don’t waiver at all of my position on this topic and would quickly shut down people who try to use it. Here’s how I look at it …