You're probably looking at the title of this article and thinking that I am yet another entitled and privileged white person who has no idea what they are talking about. In some senses, I guess you can look at it that way. But I don't. Here is why I am tired of hearing Black Lives Matter.
ALL LIVES MATTER. I'm not going to feed you a bunch of information about why white people have it hard (I mean every individual has their issues but that's not the point). Clearly we have lived in a world for a long time that has been centered around white's having the upper hand in society.
But black is not the only thing being victimized here. African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Indians, Native Americans; each has been looked down upon and judged in our history and are still being victimized and criticized in our world today. It doesn't end at race either. People are facing hate due to their color, religion, sexuality; anything that someone can hate on you for, it's happening!
Cops are being attacked and beaten, criticized for the mistakes of the select few. We cannot judge an entire body for the disgusting acts of some. I have faced some incredibly rude and incredibly stupid police in my time and I'm an 18-year-old white female. I'm not saying they don't exist and I'm not saying it isn't an issue. However there are police who work day in and day out to keep people safe. Who work for everything against what those individuals are doing. Who have lives and families they want to go home to, just like the rest of us. Just like we can't blame Christians for Westboro Baptist Church, just like we can't blame Muslims for ISIS, we cannot blame all police for the ones who are committing crimes.
The fact of the matter is we live in a world that is full of hate. Any ounce of life that is damaged or lost is a tragedy. No matter what race, religion, sexuality, or occupation they hold. All lives matter! Life matters, living and breathing human beings matter, being a part of the world matters! Living full of hate isn't solving any issues for anyone.
I've seen countless posts bashing police. I've seen countless posts that bash white people. Countless posts bashing black people. Basically, all I see is a lot of hate against one another. A lot of focus on black vs, white, haven't we already fought that battle? Equality is not putting one race above any other. Equality does not focus on any specific race, religion, gender, or sexuality. Equality is each human being having the same rights and persecutions as every other human being because we are all living, breathing, and important.
What matters most is beginning to spread love in a world full of such hate.
