Black Lives Matter
Racial justice cry
Black Lives Matter is a political movement and slogan asserting that the lives of Black people have equal value and deserve protection from systemic racism and police violence.
The phrase emerged after the 2013 acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer and gained momentum following subsequent killings of Black Americans by police.
As a slogan, it appears on signs, clothing, and social media: Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation.
Critics sometimes respond with "All Lives Matter" or "Blue Lives Matter," which supporters consider deflections from the movement's focus on racial injustice.
- antiracismActive opposition to bigotry
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- racial justiceFairness regardless of ethnicity
- kneelBend legs to ground
- hands upSurrender gesture demand
say their names · George Floyd · protest · peaceful protest · justice · equality · accountability · reparations · mutual aid · solidarity · grassroots · allyship · NAACP · defunding · Jim Crow laws · segregation · systemic change · march
- Political Movementsfeminism, environmentalism, conservatism, liberalism, populism
- 2010sInstagram, Snapchat, Uber, Airbnb, Bitcoin
- Modern AmericaCOVID-19, pandemic, Great Recession, 9/11, Iraq War
- social movementscivil rights movement, women's liberation, labor movement, feminist movement, suffrage movement
- Black AmericaNAACP, civil rights activism, Jim Crow, racial justice, HBCUs
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
Black Lives Matterwhite supremacy
Doctrine of racial superiority
white nationalism · police unions · racism · law and order · colorblindness
Black Lives Mattersilence
Total lack of sound
complacency · acceptance · apathy · indifference · complicity
Black Lives MatterMAGA
Populist campaign acronym
alt-right · America First · Fox News · Tucker Carlson · Candace Owens
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