OK Cafe Hangs Cryptic 'Lives That Matter' Banner Amid Black Lives Matter Movement - What Now Atlanta

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A large, cryptic banner hanging on the exterior of OK Cafe, at 1284 West Paces Ferry Rd NW, is turning a lot of heads.

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“Lives That Matter Are Made With Positive Purpose,” the banner states.

The banner was put on display at the restaurant as Black Lives Matter (BLM) organizers are leading protests worldwide to shed light on police brutality and systemic racism.

BLM’s latest re-energization was spurred by the in-police-custody-death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Monday, May 25.

BLM was founded in 2013 after George Michael Zimmerman was acquitted of charges related to fatally shooting Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.

Many Atlantans are interpreting OK Cafe’s banner to mean “All Lives Matter,” a slogan that has come to be associated with criticism of BLM, implying that all lives are equally at risk when in fact they are not.

“It is common knowledge that White Lives Matter, you live that life every day,” Gifford Chris Jones posted on Facebook Sunday in response to the banner.

“Black Lives Matter is a reminder to those that either don’t know or don’t care that, OUR LIVES matter just as much. So stop feeling butthurt over a campaign to remind the world of what it has apparently forgotten.”

Luther Maloney was among the commenters, asking, “what in the name of all that’s holy is that ‘slogan’ supposed to mean?”

Others pledged to never patronize the restaurant again like Nicole Peete who said the “food is unseasoned anyway!”

“Yeah they’ve always had a racist history,” Claud Aguirre wrote.

“I’m pretty sure they still keep a confederate flag in the dining room of OK Cafe.”

OK Cafe late-Sunday disabled the ability to view “visitor” posts on its social media pages as negative comments and reviews grew. Only messages posted by the restaurant are now visible.

What Now Atlanta reached out to OK Cafe Sunday for the meaning behind the message but the 50s-style diner did not immediately respond.

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