Stevie Wonder is facing criticism for comments he made at the Conference On Peace in Minneapolis, saying that the Black Lives Matter movement should focus more on black-on-black violence.
“It is in your hands to stop all of the killing and the shooting wherever it might be,” Wonder told the crowd. “Because you cannot say, ‘Black lives matter,’ and then kill yourselves. Because you know we’ve mattered long before it was said, but the way we show that we matter, and the way that we show all the various people of color matter is by loving each other and doing something about it. Not just talking about it.”
“Yes, all life does matter…But the reason that I say black lives matter is because we are the original people of this world,” Wonder continued. “So, in essence, everybody in here, really, you got some black in you. You’ve all got some soul in you, so stop denying your culture. And for those of you who don’t agree with me, I love you but I don’t give a f**k. Cut the bulls**t and fix it! We were all made in God’s image. When you hate someone, you’re hating that image. If I’m blind and I can see it, you can see it too.”
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