"When first became a hashtag, it felt like such a knee-jerk response to something that was not understood. "What we're saying… is all lives can't matter until black lives matter." "No one's saying that your life doesn't matter," Lage continued. I mean, you just hear the same things from people and you just start to think, 'Man, maybe some people are committed to misunderstanding what we're trying to do here.'" ![]() "The talking points are almost all the same when you're having conversations with people: black-on-black crime, Chicago, I don't see color, you want to be a victim, all lives matter. "It's the same as when people bring up 'black-on-black crime' when you are discussing police brutality, or say 'well, why don't you care about Chicago?' Literally anytime that I mention anything about Black Lives Matter or police reform, I get comments about 'well, what about the looters.' And I'm kind of like, well that's not what we're talking about," she told CBS News. ![]() For lifestyle blogger Ayana Lage, whether the phrase is posted with ill intentions or good ones, the effect is the same.
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