All lives should matter equally
There is no need to look further than our own back yard
To see the damaging impacts of entrenched racism
The deprivation of opportunity
When skin colour overrides merit
When skin colour consigns someone to the outer
When skin colour is the reason
For refusing to engage
For refusing to respect
For refusing to embrace
For refusing to regard as an equal
There is no point in trumpeting that racism does not exist
When your life enshrines the opposite
When your statements belittling the struggle of oppressed people
Say the opposite
To those who counter Black Lives Matter
With ‘All Lives Matter’
You might try saying ‘All Lives Should Matter Equally’
Because the fact of the matter is that they don’t
Not in the USA
Not in England
Not in many other places
And definitely not here in Australia