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Originally posted by shelven
As a white person myself, I find it extremely hard to understand why so many white people are so obsessed with making sure that everything includes them. Like is it really THAT frustrating that everybody already presumes your life matters and therefore it would be completely pointless to remind people of it? Whenever I see #AllLivesMatter or #WhiteLivesMatter, I just read it as the person saying "Hey, no fair! Why does everybody else get to suffer discrimination and injustice but I don't!?" I mean just quit while you're ahead
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Ok, but when stories come out about police brutality that is occurring with more than just black people and humans, then I think there is a bigger picture overall.
I GET why #BlackLivesMatter was created, but I also think that after these two stories surfaced, #AllLivesMatter should be just as accurate.