African American Lives Puns

I’m looking to live in Russia when Later in life.

Obligatory “hear me out”. I am a bi-racial African American female. I am an advocate for members on the fringes of our society. One thing I’ve learned from this movement, something I’ve inherently known for quite some time, is that African Americans are not the only race or ethic group that suffer at the hands of systemic corruption.

This community is not the only one marginalized or penalized for their skin color, socioeconomic status, or disparity. I feel like with the progress the movement is making as a civil rights movement, it should grow to encompass other marginalized groups. Groups directly affected as African American lives are.

Lives that were treated as less than, not worth a welfare check, not worth equality, opportunities, justice. Killed for being different and for no other reason, by individuals, by institutions, by cops. Groups that were mistreated and abused, that are still being mistreated and abused to this day.

I believe the Black in black lives matter should encompass those lives who are forced into the dark shadows of our society. Despite their skin color, because they don’t have enough income, they don’t live in the right part of town, they have a disability, or don’t identify as the “correct” gender or sexuality, they are the right age to have valid rights or were abused and their voices don’t count. Their people’s written out of our history books and their stories never told...I could go on...there are so many other affected by the this warped system that’s put in place. Affected by the people in power and their inability to want to treat people as human as a equally as a whole.

I feel like this is a civil rights movement and this movement should encompass the civil liberties of all people who are in the margins. I believe together we can make true and organized progress.

But keeping all these issues separate, these movements separate will only make it harder to fight the same powers we are all targeting.

In my family, I’m being persecuted, so I’m seeing this is an unpopular opinion, but I see it as a responsibility like any other civil right movement to address as many inequalities as possible to make life and opportunity to live life equal for all. At least try.

Edit: Adjusted View Point- BLM does not need to encompass other marginalized groups, but maybe another NEW or evolved version of the movement should. Or maybe these individual movements should organize and come together to fight the bigger system and problem a