Activists Restore Sandra Bland Mural in Ottawa Defaced with ‘All Lives Matter’http://www.colorlines.com/articles/activists-restore-sandra-bland-mural-ottawa-defaced-%E2%80%98all-lives-matter%E2%80%99 …
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The Sandra Bland tribute mural is now a site of physical, artistic, racial, and political contention. It'll be worth watching.
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If nothing else, what's happened in Ottawa should serve as yet another example of why "all lives matter" messaging is fraught with problems.
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I don't remember where I saw this, but it stuck. It was something like: "all lives matter" is the new "white power." Simmer on that.
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@aurabogado Definitely. One need only look at when it appeared to understand the subtexthttps://twitter.com/jrehling/status/626052120182009856 …
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@ztsamudzi@aurabogado Produce the same statistics for Black Girls Rock, Blackout Day, Growing Up Black etc. You'll see same pattern.

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@thetrudz@aurabogado "Why would we allow black folks even a moment of uninterrupted joy or expression?" - Whiteness -
@ztsamudzi@aurabogado Yep. Always both angles of inflicting harm and denying joy. And especially so when target isn't just Black, but a BW.
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@aurabogado They defaced the first BLM graffiti with a *Wu-Tang* painting.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado ...that they stole from us...business as usual.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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