One of the ways some people dismiss the concerns expressed through the phrase Black Lives Matter is to respond ‘all lives matter.’ Both Siri and Google Assistant now observe that this response misses the point, though Google does a much better job of it …
As our sister-site 9to5Google reported, here’s how Google Assistant answers the question ‘Do all lives matter?’:
While Siri responds (via Business Insider):
Siri’s response is accurate, but Google provides a far better explanation of why ‘all lives matter’ is tone-deaf. Siri does, though, go on to point people to blacklivesmatter.com.
‘All lives matter’ is a response often given by overt racists, but is also used by some who simply fail to understand that there are issues which affect black people more than others. There have been many attempts to reach the latter through tweets, essays, Reddit posts, videos, and cartoons. A few of these can be found below.
WTF is the impulse behind changing #BlackLivesMatter to #AllLivesMatter. Do you crash strangers’ funerals shouting I TOO HAVE FELT LOSS
— Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) November 27, 2014
Reddit user GeekAesthete:
Peace House put the same idea into video form:
Comic artist Kris Straub:
Rachel Elizabeth Gargle:
It’s great that intelligent assistants are helping to communicate this message, though personally I’d like to see Siri’s response improved.
