With shootings of police officers and shootings of black men sharing the spotlight of media attention in this country, there is one angle to the debate that hasn’t received any attention. There is a perception divide between urban and rural reflected in the argument over which lives matter.Thanks to researchers at the Pew Research Center, some light has been shed and the surveys show that few rural respondents from black and white community members feel there is a fairness gap in the way black people are treated by the community, including treatment by law enforcement. (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/08/28/the-black-white-and-urban-rural-divides-in-perceptions-of-racial-fairness/). “There (are) wide variations in perceptions based on whether one lives in a city, the suburbs or a rural area.As we look at the national debate over which lives matter, we think of those close to us.