I think a lot of people are confusing (or possibly intentionally re-interpreting) the organization known as BLM and the phrase itself, Black Lives Matter.
BLM is an organization, an activist group, that has a specific agenda and plans and strategies. Not everyone agrees or likes that group and in fact, some black folks distance themselves from it.
Black lives matter.
Not also. When you say also (to whoever said BLAM) - you are basically stating that black lives are NOT humanity - but that they count anyway. Despite the fact that they aren't "everyone else." That is exactly and entirely contrary to the point. Black lives aren't an also. They're not an aside, they're not a "by the way" and they're not "in addition to" everyone else. Black lives are an integral part of the whole. When humanity embraces this, no one will ever need to say "black lives matter" again.
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