Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter

I decided to attend the Black Lives Matter speech given by Professor George Trey, because of recent events in the political and social world of the US. This topic of Black Lives Matter is a very isolated world for me. I am not affected by it, nor are any of my close family and friends affected by the movement. I hoped to understand the current Black Lives Matter movement, the rhetoric behind it, and what past events brought it about.

Trey explained that Immanuel Kant was the intellectual father of the human rights movement. That the human rights movements derives their thought process from the idea that ever human is valued because they are innately human. Trey then continued to explain the rhetoric behind Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter. it was explained that the issue was not with All Lives but rather the Black Lives that are being persecuted by others in particular the police. The Black Lives Matter movement was not just concerned with the police brutality that they experienced, but also the judicial system's inability to prosecute those who commit these transgressions.

With all of this explained to me, I wondered how does this fit in and affect my Catholic, conservative, southern, white, middle class life?

As a Catholic the philosophy behind the Civil Rights movement and the Black Lives Matter movement as explained to me today, are very Catholic movements. The philosophy of Catholic Social Thought and human dignity are founded deep within those movements.

As a conservative, do I put aside my political beliefs? Can I actually separate my beliefs on social, political, foreign, and economical politics? When I do separate them, no political party actually a lines with my beliefs. How do I respond to that?

Bringing it back to the facts, Black Lives Matter, police brutality does happen, and they are not held accountable for their actions. What is my response to all of this? In the words of my favorite childhood book Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr, Seus, "Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in"?