I'm white. I believe in a police officer's right to carry a gun. I believe these officers should have the opportunity to protect themselves in the time of panic. I believe that all lives matter, and yet, someone reading this will assume I'm racist.
This week, two different races suffered losses. Two different races feel that they felt the hatred of another, due to the others actions. Is one race's loss more important than the other? Will those grieving families of the fallen feel any different grief than the other? Will either of the lives ended result in souls that don't go on to a better place? If the answer isn't "no" to all of these questions, maybe people need to rethink their morals.
Those claiming to be a proud supporter of Black Lives Matter hate those that invented the group of All Lives Matter. Isn't it ironic that many of these "black lives" are the one's that start riots? Isn't it ironic that people that support "all lives matter" are the people that stand behind the brave souls that fight to protect everyone and end up losing their lives serving all of the lives, even the ones protesting, rioting, or causing harm to them? Why do you never hear about a white cop shooting a white civilian? Why do you never hear of an African American cop shooting an African American civilian? Why is it that a black man killing a white cop because he wanted to not considered a hate crime, but if a cop shoots a threat, it is considered a hate crime? This is the prejudice that keeps our country from moving forward. So many people are stuck in the past that anything a white person does to any other race is deemed to be wrong, even if they are right.
How is it that "all lives matter" is racist? Aren't all races lives? How is one to distinguish that the white race declared a specific race be left of out the lives that matter?
All of these unanswered questions remain. The way I see it, the white race isn't the one holding the prejudice, it has become something all races hold. I don't have the answers. I don't want to hear what others have to say. I know what I believe in. And I am a firm believer that all lives matter.
