SAYING BLACK LIVES MATTER IS NOT RACIST. YES ALL LIVES MATTER. THAT IS TRUE. BUT NOT ALL LIVES ARE TREATED LIKE THEY MATTER AS MUCH AS OTHERS. TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER IS TO SAY A SINGLE BLACK LIFE IS WORTH THE SAME AMOUNT AS A SINGLE WHITE LIFE. THAT THE LIFE OF A BLACK DOESN’T MATTER LESS THAN THAT OF A WHITE, AND THEY SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. MY GRANDPA GREW UP POOR. HE WORKED HARD AND GOT A VERY GOOD JOB ANDY WORKED HIS WAY UP. BUT IF HE WAS A BLACK MAN, THAT NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. OUR COUNTRY IS PLAGUED BY RACISM. EVEN IF YOU DON’T SAY OR DO OR THINK RACIST THINGS, BUT IF YOU DO NOTHING, ACT LIKE YOU DON’T SEE RACE OR WHATEVER, YOU AREN’T HELPING. THAT JUST ALLOWS THE PROBLEM TO CONTINUE. I’M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING PEOPLE HAVE DONE UNDER THE BANNER OF BLM WAS FINE. TO BE HONEST, IT WAS REALLY BAD. THE WAY TO CHANGE ISN’T ALWAYS THROUGH VIOLENCE. BACK IN THE DAYS OF DR KING, THEY LED A PEACEFUL MARCH. THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. THEY HADN’T BOYCOTTS. THEY DIDN’T GO AROUND BURNING DOWN BUILDINGS OR THREATENING VIOLENCE! I MAY NOT BE BLACK AND MANY WILL SAY I COME FROM A PLACE OF WHITE PRIVILEGE. I WON’T BLAME THEM. I WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE BLACK IN A WHITE MAN’S WORLD. BUT I DO KNOW THIS: VIOLENCE WON’T MAKE THINGS BETTER. BLACKS ARE BEING KILLED BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THEM TO BE VIOLENT, DANGEROUS CRIMINALS. THAT’S ISN’T TRUE BUT COMMITTING ACTS OF VIOLENCE FOR A CAUSE MEANT TO CHANGE THAT’S WON’T CHANGE ANYTHING. IF DR KING, ROSA PARKS, AND SO MANY OTHERS COULD BRING ABOUT CHANGE THROUGH PEACEFUL WAYS, THEN WE CAN TOO. BLACK LIVES MATTER TOO!
SO LET’S ACT LIKE IT!
