Since its emergence in 2013, the Black Lives Matter activist movement has been critiqued, analyzed and challenged from multiple angles. Specifically, the ways in which it defies previous black civil rights movements, the usage of social media and digital forms of activism from its members, accusations of disregarding other marginalized groups and lack of a centralized focus. Each of these critiques are worthy of greater analysis because of the opportunities to better understand how activism looks in a modern setting, coupled with identifying and keeping at the forefront, issues that continue to impact people of color. While these criticisms interest me, my primary focus for engaging with Black Lives Matter for this project lie in assessing
