All Lives Matter Movement

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Equality for all is a major priority for America, but such a priority is too far from society's grasp. Many people are still being treated unfairly because of their skin color. To bring attention to equality for all, people are activists in the All Lives Matter movement. As the movement spreads, some people call it unfair to people of color because white americans need not to worry as black americans do about being treated unequally, and because some in the All Lives Matter movement misrepresent the Black Lives Matter Movement as unruly and violent. Other people claim that All Lives Matter is fair because the movement is concerned for equal treatment of all americans regardless of their race, even if most white citizens do not have to worry …show more content…

Ed Montini, a journalist for the Arizona Republic, interviewed a man, who did not want his name to be recorded. “Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. Ordinary lives matter. Lives matter.” The man lives in a violent area where homicides occur regularly. People of America want equality to stop violence between police and innocent people. Corey Friedman from the McClatchy publishing company in Sacramento, CA interviewed Tuck Taylor-Loveland. She states, "I have seen the work that police have done throughout the community with our children, with our schools, and all of the programs they have."Mary Joyner, president of the N.A.A.C.P (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) states, "I want to take my hat off to our police officers," she said. There is a lot of remarks about racist police lately, so many people do not feel safe in our country. There are so many good policemen who want to keep America safe. If America could only realize that people of color, whites, and police are all equal, then there would be less deaths in our …show more content…

Being a supporter of the movement allows me to live a color blind life. I choose to not see the color of people, but to see the colors of their personalities. All Lives Matter is advocating for equality for all, people of color and people not of color. The movement is simple and effective to our society. Giving people a chance, and not making assumptions about someone when is helping the All Lives Matter movement thrive. Racism is destroying our country, creating violence between people of color and whites. America must be colorblind to see past all colors of skin so we can all live in a free and equal America. Anti-All Lives Matter supporters have their own views of equality and who is in need of awareness. In the All Lives Matter movement, everyone is getting awareness about inequality. Supporting any movement of equality is supporting the All Lives Matter movement, but in a more specific way. Tom Werley, a resident of Portland, Maine, writes,“We should all strive to understand the pain and the emotion that might lead someone to feel obliged to say that his or her life also

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