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For those who still haven't got it and scream "All Lives Matter": In this moving message, actor Ashton Kutcher explains what Black Lives Matter is really about.
Actor Ashton Kutcher shows solidarity with the - meanwhile worldwide - movement "Black Lives Matter", which fights against police violence and racism. In an emotional video he explains why the statement "All Lives Matter" is inappropriate at the moment. The international protests were triggered by the murder of the African American George Floyd during a violent police operation.
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Ashton Kutcher's emotional message in the video:
The "All Lives Matter" slogan is commonly regarded as the "answer" to the "Black Lives Matter" movement and, at the same time, its criticism. Singer Billie Eilish already aptly explained why the slogan is so toxic in an Instagram post: "Imagine your boyfriend cut his arm. Do you give all your friends a band-aid because their lives are worth just as much? No. Of course not! You doctor the friend who has hurt himself. Or if a house in the neighborhood is on fire: Will you then call the fire brigade to put out all the houses? No!"
On June 4th, 2020, due to current events, around 50,000 people came together in the capital Vienna to demonstrate against racism and police violence. As the organizers aptly said in advance, these murders must not be left uncommented in Austria either: "In Austria we are thinking of the violence against Marcus Omofuma, who was killed by Austrian police officers when he was given to him on a flight from Vienna to Sofia His mouth and parts of his nose were taped shut and he suffocated. We also remember Richard Ibekwe or the video from rapper T-Ser."
