These Posts Reveal The Terrible Double Standard Of How We Handle Black Death

The double standard in the way America reacts to the death of black civilians and the death of cops have never been so evident than in the past 48 hours.

Lets be clear: The deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile are just as tragic and unwarranted as the assassinations of the five officers in Dallas on Thursday night. However, not everyone views them this way.

Though many activists, celebrities and organizations spoke out about all three incidents, there was a deafening silence from some, who are very vocal now, that couldnt be ignored regarding Sterling and Castiles death.

Include presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump , the National Rifle Association , Joe Walsh and a slew of internet trolls to the list of folks who made a call for action when five officers lost their lives, but turned the other cheek when cops gunned down two black men in incidents that werent isolated . Meanwhile, some social media users went so far as calling out Black Lives Matter supporters who didnt tweet Blue Lives Matter.

The double standard didnt do unnoticed, however. From the killings of the two black men to Second Amendment rights being seemingly null and void for black people as seen with Castile and misidentified Dallas shooting suspect Mark Hughes some social media users expressed their disdain with the selective activism and the hypocritical nature of those who recognized blue lives while disregarding black lives.

Read some of their thoughts and conversations below.

On how America views black lives:

http://black-culture.tumblr.com/post/147096795293

Why do they always say \"violence begets violence\" to the protestors, but not to the cops who keep killing us?

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Why do they always say "violence begets violence" to the protestors, but not to the cops who keep killing us?
Rev. Melech Thomas (@RevMelech) July 8, 2016

Only AMERICA can turn a movement to protect lives from murdering cops into 1 that is supposedly about killing cops. American exceptionalism.

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Only AMERICA can turn a movement to protect lives from murdering cops into 1 that is supposedly about killing cops. American exceptionalism.
Elon James White (@elonjames) July 8, 2016

On how America views black lives:

On Americas silence: