# Whose life matters?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-life-matters/769663>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 25, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-life-matters/769663 "2016-10-25T04:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-life-matters/769663/61 "2016-10-30T11:54:25Z")

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> [@garygnu](#):
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> The term was coined in response to the feeling that nobody seemed to care when black people were killed. It’s “black lives matter (too)” not “black lives matter (only).”

Just like it’s “all lives matter (including black ones)”.

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