ALL Black Lives Matter

Time Magazine cover representing a lack of
change from the 1968 to 2015 when it comes
down to racism and police brutality.

This year, there have been way too many deaths of African Americans due to police brutality. Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray are just three of many who have been killed by police. Outraged by police treatment of African Americans, many protestors have begun the "Black Lives Matter" campaign. I think the campaign is very important, bringing the issues of racism to the forefront. After watching the police brutality of the 1950s-1960s depicted in Selma, I see countless similarities to the police brutality of the present day. Racism is still thriving, whether people would like to admit it or not.

Yet, Rich Lowry of Politico Magazine recently argued that some people are worth more than others: "Let’s be honest: Some black lives really don’t matter." This comment angers me to my core. I completely disagree with Lowry. All lives, all races, all people matter. Lowry is trying to be clever, yet he comes off as completely racist. We, as a country, need to acknowledge that racism still exists. Otherwise, in 47 years, we will likely see another Time Magazine cover like the one to the left. We all need to admit that black lives matter and racism is unacceptable.