White people don’t need band-aids

Many people have shared their point of view at looking at the current protests and movements going on in our society right now from an "All Lives Matter" standpoint. Among these people was Billie Eilish, a famous singer, quoting, "No one is saying your life doesn't matter," she wrote on her Instagram. No one is saying your life is not hard. No one is saying literally anything about you...This is not about you," she continued. "Stop making everything about you. You are not in need. You are not in danger." She also explained it as if she would to a little kid, "If your friend gets a cut on their arm are you gonna wait to give all your friends a Band-Aid first because all arms matter?" she asked. "No," she said, saying that you would help your friend who was bleeding because they are the ones in need and in pain.

And this is all true.

It's not that white people don't matter

it's that they aren't the ones who have been kept down for hundreds of years

they aren't the ones who would and still probably will be arrested for a crime that happens anywhere in the general vicinity of where they are

because apparently the amount of melanin in someone's skin

is enough evidence white people need.

White people don't need band-aids

because they are the ones throwing the punches

the ones calling the shots

they are the ones with privilege whether they recognize it or not

and nothing is going to change

until the whole world opens our eyes and realizes

that all lives aren't going to matter

until black lives do.