>>>>>>I haven't said much about this at all, but I understand that "Black Lives Matter" carries an implied "too" at the end.
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>>>>>Then why did O'Malley, and Sanders, have to apologize for saying "All lives matter"?
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>>>>Because it showed that they hadn't understood the implied "too" and thus, hadn't understood the underlying issue that for 300 years in this country, black people's lives have been valued lower than the lives of white people (however "white" was defined at that time).
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>Asians don't have such thing as "Asian Lives Matter". Nor do they have nearly the number in government officials who claim to be fighting for their cause. Yet, as a group, they succeed and thrive. Why is that?
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>>Because they haven't been repressed to the degree black people have in this country for the past 200+ years.
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>Okay. So, how long does it take to get over the pain, and hardship, suffered by your ancestors?

How long does society keep repressing a group? It wasn't just the slavery. It was the Jim Crow that followed, including a number of states that allowed blacks to be virtually enslaved (http://www.slaverybyanothername.com/). It was government policy that made it much harder for black families to accumulate wealth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining).

>How do you explain people like Ben Carson, Thomas Sewell and Condi Rice?

There are always exceptions. The problem is that those exceptions allow people to fool themselves into thinking there's no problem.

Tamar