The Phrase “All Lives Matter” Is Rooted in White Supremacy

Bradley Neece
6 min readJun 26, 2021

The link between Jim Crow and 2021 is this three word phrase.

We’ve all heard the common reflexive response to the phrase, Black Lives Matter, which is, All Lives Matter. It’s typically spoken by those who don’t understand that when a person says “black lives matter,” they don’t mean to infer that all other lives don’t or that Black lives matter more. And some may…

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Bradley Neece

Christian writer, historian and satirist, called to shine the light on today's polarizing issues without a foot in either camp.