All Lives Matter calls for the end of racial hierarchy
All Lives Matter is about elevating all lives to an equal standing. There is nothing in its mission that suggests one race is superior to another.
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The Argument
Erasing the difference between race is the driving force behind All Lives Matter. To include everyone despite race or color is what the movement believes in.[1]
People believe that All Lives Matter is trying to erase the importance and meaning behind the BLM movement, but that’s not what’s happening. The movement itself aims at erasing the boundaries that have been in place because of race, not race itself.
While brought into the limelight in response to the BLM movement, it is inclusive and not exclusionary. Additionally, it includes indigenous races, immigrants, and other communities which have received undeserved hatred and segregation like Hispanic and Latinx communities.
All Lives Matter is not supportive of white supremacy, as its emphasis is on humanity and not race. It includes those who’ve also suffered from exclusion and racial injustice, not just black lives.
All Lives Matter supports people of all races and color, and not ignore race but show that people will stand together as one united front where everyone matters.
Counter arguments
All Lives Matter is a movement that, despite its stance, reflects a view of racial dismissal and denial about the reasons the Black Lives Matter movement started.[2]
For many, yes, all lives do matter, they have importance, no one person is lesser or better. However, the movement itself erases the fact that the societal controversy is not about white people, it’s about black people and the targeted mistreatment they’ve suffered for centuries. Despite the wars, laws, and reforms, there's still gross mistreatment of black people.
To dismiss the fact that there is a racial difference in treatment denies the fact that there is injustice as a result. Unfortunately, race is a lens through which society defines individuals. They are more, and that is what the movement tries to make people understand. That Black Lives to Matter like other lives do, that there should be equality despite race or color.
Proponents
Premises
[P1] All Lives Matter does not exclude Black Lives Matter but includes them in those they support
Rejecting the premises
[Rejecting P1] All Lives Matter is a hurtful phrase that denies the reason the Black Lives Matter movement started is in direct response to what's been done and is being done to them as a race.