People in the United States are divided about the Black Lives Matter movement. The division is caused by different interpretations of the phrase black lives matter.
The people who don't like Black Lives Matter interpret the phrase black lives matter to mean black people's lives are the only lives that matter. Most of these people are white. They think their lives matter so they oppose Black Lives Matter.
I'm not part of the Black Lives Matter movement, but I think they interpret the phrase black lives matter differently. They see the way police treat black people as a sign that black people's lives do not matter. What they are saying is that black people's lives do matter.
To the opponents of Black Lives Matter, the Black Lives Matter movement does not think black people's lives are the only lives that matter. They are answering Yes to the following Yes or No question:
Do black people's lives matter?
