Injustice reaches all corners of the earth no matter the generation or content. Leaders such as Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., have placed their life on the line preaching the importance of fighting injustices that affected oppressed communities across the globe. In the case of Dr. King, his courageously fought for racial equality and basic civil right for black Americans in the 50’s and 60’s through the use of non-violent tactics, such as sit in, boycotts and peaceful protest . Despite the praises that are placed on King 's work for the African American community, clergymen, politicians and even other activist in the black community questioned the overall effectiveness of his movement. As a result of protesting against the brutality of African
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Invisible Children Inc. has defied these very separations simply with a 30-minute video. Similarly to Dr. King, on March 4th the humanitarianism group known as Invisible children Inc., decided to take a stand against injustices through the creation of the video KONY 2012. With it’s evocative message, within these 30 minutes they showcased the various testimonies of those affected by the monstrosities of Joseph Kony, leader of the Ugandan based Christian cult know as The Lord’s Resistance Army. Furthermore, it had marked their attempt to stop Kony by December 31, 2012 by spreading awareness about his crimes in hopes to end the terror. With these testimonies, viewers heard the heart wrenching stories about children being forced to kill or even mutilate their family and loved ones against their will. In this moment, viewers were faced with one of the malice of the world.This film masterfully exposed “the wound” left by Joseph Kony, as it reveals the failure of sufficient political action and the horror that young innocent children had to face before they even reached adulthood. We as a greater national community were faced with this horrifying video, but it served as a mark for change by bringing “light”to “human conscience”. Along with King’s nonviolent tactics, one video contributed to President Obama …show more content…
Despite the validity of their movement, the action of the Baltimore Riots of 2015 did just that.Baltimore 2015, Freddie Gray a 25-year old African-American man lost his life while being arrested due to severe injury to his spine. Just barely experiencing all of the beauties life has to offer, Freddy Gray life was snatched away solely due to the skin color that covered him from birth. The justification for frustration expressed by the black community and allies is undeniably logical. Regardless of the ample amount of evidence to prove that this unfortunate situation was a result of systematic racism, the riots that followed the event were uncalled for and not a productive act of social change. Within moments the products of hard working people, gone. Their hard, work snatched by the hands of anger, burned by the flames of despair. By the end of the riots, Times Magazine reporting that “The Small Business Administration’s survey calculated damages of $8,927,000 to over 30 businesses and damage” (Sabrina Toppa). Despite the despair experienced by the rioter, by looting and destroying their community their action place a tension force breaks the community for those who oppose our unity. By protesting they are trying to advance civil rights of their community by
Invisible Children Inc. has defied these very separations simply with a 30-minute video. Similarly to Dr. King, on March 4th the humanitarianism group known as Invisible children Inc., decided to take a stand against injustices through the creation of the video KONY 2012. With it’s evocative message, within these 30 minutes they showcased the various testimonies of those affected by the monstrosities of Joseph Kony, leader of the Ugandan based Christian cult know as The Lord’s Resistance Army. Furthermore, it had marked their attempt to stop Kony by December 31, 2012 by spreading awareness about his crimes in hopes to end the terror. With these testimonies, viewers heard the heart wrenching stories about children being forced to kill or even mutilate their family and loved ones against their will. In this moment, viewers were faced with one of the malice of the world.This film masterfully exposed “the wound” left by Joseph Kony, as it reveals the failure of sufficient political action and the horror that young innocent children had to face before they even reached adulthood. We as a greater national community were faced with this horrifying video, but it served as a mark for change by bringing “light”to “human conscience”. Along with King’s nonviolent tactics, one video contributed to President Obama …show more content…
Despite the validity of their movement, the action of the Baltimore Riots of 2015 did just that.Baltimore 2015, Freddie Gray a 25-year old African-American man lost his life while being arrested due to severe injury to his spine. Just barely experiencing all of the beauties life has to offer, Freddy Gray life was snatched away solely due to the skin color that covered him from birth. The justification for frustration expressed by the black community and allies is undeniably logical. Regardless of the ample amount of evidence to prove that this unfortunate situation was a result of systematic racism, the riots that followed the event were uncalled for and not a productive act of social change. Within moments the products of hard working people, gone. Their hard, work snatched by the hands of anger, burned by the flames of despair. By the end of the riots, Times Magazine reporting that “The Small Business Administration’s survey calculated damages of $8,927,000 to over 30 businesses and damage” (Sabrina Toppa). Despite the despair experienced by the rioter, by looting and destroying their community their action place a tension force breaks the community for those who oppose our unity. By protesting they are trying to advance civil rights of their community by