MELANATED LIVES MATTER OR (MLM) IS PHRASE COINED IN 2013 BY UC BERKELEY HONORS STUDENT AND HAAS SCHOLAR, MEHRNAZ AHRAR, TO INITIATE A GLOBAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT PROTESTING INCIDENTS OF POLICE BRUTALITY, VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND PUBLIC HUMILIATION AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH NONWHITE, HENCE MELANATED, SKIN PIGMENTATION. THESE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENT MIDDLE-EASTERN, ASIAN/ PACIFIC-ISLANDER, AFRICAN, HISPANIC, AND ALL ETHNICITIES. MELANATED LIVES MATTER (MLM) AIMS TO UNITE INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY DEGREE OF MELANATED SKIN WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED OR KNOW THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL BEHAVIORS OF THE AMERICAN POLICE FORCE AGAINST THEM OCCURRING ACROSS THE NATION. MLM URGES PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR MELANATED AND NONMELANATED BROTHER AND SISTERS LIVING IN ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD....

A term used to reference cannabis/marijuana/weed.