Christian artist Lecrae slams #AllLivesMatter as 'insensitive'
Christian rapper Lecrae blasted the "All Lives Matter" hashtag on social media as "insensitive" to the black people since it doesn't ring true for the black lives in America.
"#AllLivesMatter hashtag is like spitting in the face of black folk," wrote Lecrae Devaughn Moore, better known as Lecrae, in a passionate post on Instagram.
The Reach Records founder added, "It comes off as extremely selfish and unsympathetic to a mourning person. Not because all lives don't matter. Of course they do. But it's very clear that black lives don't to many in this country."
Lacrae started his post with the hashtag #philandocastile, the name of one more African-American shot dead at the hands of the police. Castile's killing is only one of a series of gun shooting violence that recently grappled the country and revived the fervor of the Black Lives Matter movement and sparked protests in a nationwide scale.
The Grammy winner pointed to "racism and abused authority" as society's culprits and blamed the blindness on those who are "privileged to not see it." Lacrae, co-founder and president of the ReachLife Ministries, also didn't hold back on his tirade from including fellow Christians.
"Christians saying that 'preaching the Gospel is all we need' ignores how sin affects infrastructures and societal systems," he said.
He also clarified that his anger is not directed toward those privileged to be born white but rather toward "white supremacy."
As the country faced heightened racial tension, the 36-year-old musician-actor continued to speak out against racism and injustice based on one's skin color.
He celebrated the Fourth of July by posting a photo of statesman-abolitionist Frederick Douglas and his speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" delivered at Rochester, New York in the 19th century.
He followed this up with another post that sparked a Twitter furor among his white American fans.
"There's a difference between creating division and exposing the division that's being ignored," he tweeted.
