For the "right to be recognized as human beings" thing, there are some quotes I read in my local newspaper about why people are like this, because people feel like a lot of their causes are not political.

>I wish I could be shocked, but the reality is that anti-Blackness is at every level of our lives. The firing of this woman for a BLM mask illustrates the hypocrisy of franchise owners who are quick to support anti-Black, anti-LGBT and anti-woman causes ... on the basis of bigoted religious beliefs. I hope she sues,

>Over the summer, White wore homemade masks with the words “Black Lives Matter” and “Silence is Violence” to in-person training sessions at the school. She even made a few for teachers who asked her if she had extra. But at one point in the summer, the school's assistant principal texted her to say the school wanted her to stop wearing the masks because “parents will be coming around more and we don’t discuss the current political climate.”

>White continued to wear the masks.

>This is human rights and it should be something that is promoted at our school. It’s an excuse to not talk about it by saying this is politics, talk about it on your own time. It’s just an excuse because they’re uncomfortable with the conversation,

>This is a very straightforward, apolitical statement of something that has been made to be seemingly controversial but really isn’t

It colors everything for some people and they feel that it is involved in every topic, not just political ones and that the "no politics" thing is just an excuse to not discuss things that are uncomfortable for certain groups.
I personally feel like it's not worth discussing with people who feel like this, but it colors everything for some people.