Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza says not all groups working for black rights should be lumped under the same label.
"I do think this conflation of everything being Black Lives Matter creates a lot of conflict," she told Newsy. "You really shouldn't lump everything that black people are doing into Black Lives Matter."
Garza said there are clear distinctions between the Black Lives Matter group and other groups with seemingly similar goals.
"You wouldn't conflate the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee," she said. "You really shouldn't lump everything that black people are doing into Black Lives Matter. It's not useful, and in some ways it's disrespectful."
Garza talked about some of the groups that some people may be confusing for Black Lives Matter.
"Black Lives Matter is a network; it is one entity amongst many. We've got Black Youth Project 100, the Dream Defenders, we've got Power U in Miami. There's a million organizations that are black-led and concerned with the conditions of black people. Not all of those groups are Black Lives Matter. They're all part of the movement for black lives, but we are not one in the same."
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