<i>That being said, I&#x27;ve always found that black ethnocentrism has a similar effect to white ethnocentrism: it causes further division and worsens the problem it claims to try to solve.</i><p>Or, it can be something you just don&#x27;t have to worry about.  I think I&#x27;d leave it up to the constituency in question as to whether their position is too &quot;ethnocentric&quot; or is otherwise less than ideal for them in some way.<p><i>The statement &quot;Black Lives Matter&quot; offends me, because it makes the assumption that because I&#x27;m not black, I don&#x27;t think black lives matter, and therefore have to be told that they do.</i><p>Words are imperfect, in general.  In this case, it&#x27;s just saying, born out of a need to address a very serious problem.  The bottom line is that it <i>isn&#x27;t about you</i>.  So you don&#x27;t have to think about it, let alone get offended by it, if you don&#x27;t want to.