‘Steve Jobs’ and ‘Two and a half men’ star Ashton Kutcher posted a video to his followers supporting the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.
Kutcher says that “a lot of folks responded All Lives Matter” to his BLM post, and that “I don’t think that the people posting ‘All Lives Matter’ should be canceled.
Previous to this video, he had also posted a blackout of his social-media accounts along with a “BLM” caption.
In the video Kutcher explains based on his own experience with his children:
“I had a really poignant experience tonight when I was putting my kids down to bed that lent the words for why black lives matter. So, usually Mila and I put our kids to bed and we read them a book and our daughter always gets to go first. And tonight, as we were reading her book, my son says, ‘Wait, why don’t I get to go first?’ And Mila said, ‘Because girls go first.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, but boys go first.’ And I looked at him and I said, ‘No, girls go first.’ And I said, ‘You know why girls go first? For you and me, girls go first. And the reason why is, for some boys, girls don’t get a go at all. And so for you and me, girls go first.’”
With watery eyes, Kutcher closes with the point of the lesson: “I think what folks that are writing ‘All Lives Matter’ need to understand is that for some people, black lives don’t matter at all.
So for us, black lives matter. So, while you may have the best intentions in saying, ‘All Lives Matter,’ remember: For some people, black lives don’t matter at all.” Stars — they continue to do their best.
