I am CuTRis

Is it a confusing message for our children, when we teach them that race should not be how we judge people, or select them for jobs, and how we should instead look at character and merit, and no one should be excluded due to gender or skin color--when President Biden is looking exclusively for a black woman to be the next Supreme Court Justice? Because I understand why it's being done, but it still seems to undermine the true idea behind real equality; and hiring the best person for the job, regardless of race, gender or religious affiliation.

Saying "All Lives Matter," is not racist. It includes everyone. It does not exclude anyone. If you disagree, that is your right. However, advocating for only one race, is by definition, racist. If you still disagree, test this by replacing the word, black with white. Do you still think it sounds okay? Unless we can accept that all lives matter, we cannot achieve racial harmony. Forcing racial equity through exclusion, is divisive. Bottomline is that you can have BLM, but stop attacking people who say that all lives matter.