The phrase “Black Lives Matter” came about in 2013 which was actually an hashtag on social media. To represent the injusticeness of African Americans, some people joined the bandwagon and joined in the with the hashtags. But many others took in offense and thought the term was a little offensive considering that All lives matter, which came about the argument of “AllLivesmatter” vs “Blacklivesmatter”. African Americans been receiving injusticeness since the beginning of time which has gotten worse and better at the same time. In these three articles it explains the importance of the phrase “Black live matters”, how others feel about the term “Black lives matter”, and how African Americans and minorities have been receiving inequality since the beginning of time.
In this article Here’s Why It Hurts When People Say, “All Lives Matter” explains to everyone …show more content…
For example it explains Leaders such as Martin Luther King who committed to getting racial justice. This goes way back to when racial inequality started and how hard Martin luther King fought for what we have today. Racism has happened since the beginning of time and would take a very long time to fix the problems of racism. For example the article it states “American legalized racism would take more than a century to undo” (Owens). Even after the Civil Rights that “removed” racism it's still here today. The article also talks about the Civil Rights movement and the how it's still present today. For example “ The initial movements toward racial justice involved sweeping institutional change at the federal level. Those seeking racial justice today protect the citizenship rights they have won by opposing low-key racist policies still embedded in government, education, and business” (Owens). Even though the Civil rights was placed there are still some racism in our society that African Americans and minorities have to
In this article Here’s Why It Hurts When People Say, “All Lives Matter” explains to everyone …show more content…
For example it explains Leaders such as Martin Luther King who committed to getting racial justice. This goes way back to when racial inequality started and how hard Martin luther King fought for what we have today. Racism has happened since the beginning of time and would take a very long time to fix the problems of racism. For example the article it states “American legalized racism would take more than a century to undo” (Owens). Even after the Civil Rights that “removed” racism it's still here today. The article also talks about the Civil Rights movement and the how it's still present today. For example “ The initial movements toward racial justice involved sweeping institutional change at the federal level. Those seeking racial justice today protect the citizenship rights they have won by opposing low-key racist policies still embedded in government, education, and business” (Owens). Even though the Civil rights was placed there are still some racism in our society that African Americans and minorities have to