Opinions

The #AllLivesMatter campaign is a naively generous, feelgood, and utterly misguided retort to the nationwide black liberation movement that uses the slogan #BlackLivesMatter. We argue that this defensive response is rooted in the normative lens of whiteness and the widespread nature of anti-black racism in this country. We will focus on the black community descendant of enslaved Africans within the United States, as they are the largest and most directly affected people domestically. Black Americans…