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forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:46 PM Jul 2016

All Lives Matter is a wonderful sentiment... (Part 2)

But the Declaration of Independence held "all" being created equal as "self-evident'. That didn't exactly work out too well for us, did it?

Black people CANNOT assume that "all" includes us.

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All Lives Matter is a wonderful sentiment... (Part 2) (Original Post) forjusticethunders Jul 2016 OP
All includes white male property/landowners bravenak Jul 2016 #1
It should be taken as 'black lives matter' (too). The 'too' is implied applegrove Jul 2016 #2

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
2. It should be taken as 'black lives matter' (too). The 'too' is implied
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:42 AM
Jul 2016

by the history of black lives not being as important as white lives.

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