Monday 20 July 2015

Matt McGorry speaks out about #All Lives Matter

Matt McGorry, best known as John Bennett in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black, took to social media to address the hashtag , 'All Lives Matter'


Matt is known as being very vocal on social media in regards to feminism and social issues in general, but this weekend he took to Twitter on Friday, to weigh-in about how people who say “All Lives Matter” in response to “Black Lives Matter” are inherently undermining the meaning of the latter’s movement.
The movement was originally born from outrage over the number of black Americans killed every year by police.
McGorry tweeted.“For people who think they are being more inclusive by saying #AllLivesMatter in response to #BlackLivesMatter, they are in reality (un)consciously undermining the purpose of the moment because THIS particular movement is about SPECIFIC issues, as any decently effective movement is,”
The actor further went on to tweet, '#BlackLivesMatter doesn't mean other lives don't. Like people who say "Save The Rainforests" aren't saying "Fuck All Other Types of Forests."

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