"All Lives Matter"

In his article, "The Next Time Someone Says 'All Lives Matter,' Show Them These 5 Paragraphs," Kevin Roose talks about how certain wording of a phrase can often times have different outcomes than how it was intended to be taken. Some of the interesting quotes that stuck out in this article were:

1. "Imagine that you're sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don't get any. So you say "I should get my fair share." And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, "everyone should get their fair share." Now, that's a wonderful sentiment — indeed, everyone should, and that was kinda your point in the first place: that you should be a part of everyone, and you should get your fair share also. However, dad's smart-ass comment just dismissed you and didn't solve the problem that you still haven't gotten any!" What Roose means by using an example like this is that by simply saying that "I should get my fair share," it can be taken to generally, and given the dad's response of "everyone should get their fair share," often times incorrectly as well. 

2. "That's the situation of the "black lives matter" movement. Culture, laws, the arts, religion, and everyone else repeatedly suggest that all lives should matter. Clearly, that message already abounds in our society." This quote just undermines the entire idea of "black lives matter." With the second part of the quote speaking about how parts of everyday life already agree with this statement, it would also argue that the entire idea of this movement don't seem to make sense. Everyone that I've ever known his respected the idea of everyone of every race being equal, and about 99% of society is in agreement with this. 

3. "Just like asking dad for your fair share, the phrase "black lives matter" also has an implicit "too" at the end: it's saying that black lives should also matter. But responding to this by saying "all lives matter" is willfully going back to ignoring the problem." What was most interesting about this quote was how it compared to other parts of the article, how Roose spoke about society already agrees with the concept of all lives do matter, and now he is saying that people are finding ways to completely ignore the problem by just saying "all lives matter," and not trying to focus on solving the problem. 

So with all of this said, a question remains: how do we, as a society, correctly address the idea of "all lives matter?" without sounding racist or insulting? 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-damiani/every-time-you-say-all-li_1_b_11004780.html