Black Lives Matter Vs. All Lives Matter The fight continues

As the #BlackLivesMatter movement began to progress, spectators attempted to steal the shine with the #AllLivesMatter movement. The purpose of the phrase “Black lives matter” is to promote awareness amongst the masses that several Blacks have been slaughtered at the hands of police. The injustices that have taken place should remind us that Black lives haven’t mattered since we were dragged off of the boat. Whereas the #AllLivesMatter has become an irrelevant rebuttal against the Black community for standing up for what we believe in. Where was the #AllLivesMatter “movement” when Roe V. Wade was passed? All lives didn’t matter then did they? Anytime African American people unite, it becomes something negative in the white man’s eyes. Instead of helping us to promote awareness for instances such as Trayvon Martin, and Sandra Bland, we have to defend our reasoning as to why Black lives truly matter. Where was the #AllLivesMatter campaign when Casey Anthony killed her own toddler? That woman wasn’t remorseful at all. Still, the white man let her slide. All lives surely didn’t matter then. The BLM campaign has in a few ways strengthened what little sense of community that we do have. It has made us aware that we have to stand, fight, and support one another through these trying times. The death of Mr. Alton Sterling showed me that this movement was beneficial to our community. People from all over, came to protest in Baton Rouge. The protest lasted much longer than anyone anticipated. I haven’t seen a community come together like that in years. It was so beautiful in the midst of pain. Elders, high schoolers, parents, children, police, and white people all came together as one in support for the horrendous situation that took place. No one person can express to me why the #BlackLivesMatter movement has been a waste of a catch phrase. Black people are becoming more and more self-aware; we have been able to see through new eyes. Black lives really do matter to Black people now. We are finally realizing that we all have common enemies. I wish that Black people would figure out that the police aren’t the enemy and that if we simply become the police, we won’t have so many of these injustices. We came to this country trembling and afraid. We gained actual citizenship, and were still treated as mud. We integrated white learning institutions. Now we are able to read, write, and attend integrated institutions of higher education. There is absolutely no reason that we should be trembling and afraid in 2016. We have to be in the positions that will benefit our people so that #BlackLivesMatter won’t just be our national mantra, but our way of life. Justice has to be served for our people and we have to want to help that justice be served!