Sign in front of a Baltimore church
A not-so-imaginary conversation goes this way after I don my BLACK LIVES MATTER t-shirt.
Elderly white friend: “Why are you wearing that t-shirt? The message offends me because All Lives Matter.”
Lora: “Of course all lives are important and deserve equal respect and love. BLACK LIVES MATTER doesn’t mean the lives of African Americans are more important than the lives of white people. It simply means we (all of us) need to pay attention to what’s happening to black people. It’s a wake up call.”
Elderly white friend: “Well, the phrase (BLACK LIVES MATTER) is so divisive. I think it undermines what protesters are trying to do, to bring justice to the victims and heal wounds. BLACK LIVES MATTER is not a healing or unifying message.”
Lora: (thinking, but not saying, that the sensibilities of white folks…
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