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I keep seeing people use the #alllivesmatter in response to #blacklivesmatter, which I can see why people are using it but I can also tell they're not very educated on the subject. All lives do matter, obviously, we should all be treated equally no matter what. BUT the key word is should. Because black people are oppressed and are living through a fucking nightmare every single day.
They are clearly not seen as equal in the eyes of law enforcement and the justice system. They are not seen as equal in public spaces and employment industries. It's a big fucking problem and it fucking scares me when people say racism doesn't exist in the modern world because it fucking does.
Anyways back on topic, if I was to say "gay rights" you wouldn't immediately combat that with "well all sexualities deserve rights". Because it makes no sense right? Straight people weren't the oppressed, homosexuals and transgender people are. Which is why we have pride. So saying "all lives matter" in response to "black lives matter" is not progressive.
My thoughts go out to any single African-American who was murdered by police or white supremists and their family. I know its not enough and won't bring their murderers to justice.
I also wanted to say that a lot of people have also been commenting "thank god I live in Australia" on videos that show what's been going on, and I just wanted to say that Australia's treatment of aboriginals is fucking shocking till this day. And the fact that Americas memorial day completely overtook the fact that it was sorry day fucking angers me so much. It wasn't even fucking mentioned on the news.
That's enough from me, but #blm and I can't stress this enough- ACAB.
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I wanted to post this here because my dad is a raging racist prick and he follows me on Instagram and I didn't want to pick an argument with him. But I felt like this needed to be said.