I have been mulling over this phrase all day. Trying to understand why this is the rebuttal that they utter when we simply state “Black Lives Matter”. Initially I thought that maybe there was a disconnect between what their ears hear and what their brain comprehends. But as I sat here thinking, I realize that this is not the case. They hear exactly what we are saying. And they understand it too. Thing is, we don’t comprehend what THEY are saying. We say Black Lives Matter because we honestly feel that the others don't think so. We don’t feel equal in this world and we just want to be heard, seen, respected, and treated as human. But when they say all lives matter, they are telling us that they see us, hear us, etc. What we don’t hear is what is implied after those three words. They are telling us that "black lives matter too, but just enough”.  Enough for them to enjoy our music, enough to cheer us on in sports for their fave team, enough for us to entertain them. And those blacks become their  “house niggers.” They get a little preferential treatment as long as they “shut up and dribble”. The rest of us are seen as “field niggers”. Dispensable. So when a YT tells you that all lives matter, they are essentially saying that your life matters but not as much as you want. They are telling you that you won’t be equal to them, so accept the little value that they have placed over our lives. We have told them enough that our lives matter. Now it’s time to show them exactly how much. BLACK MF’N POWER ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾