Wikipedia: "Black Lives Matter"
In the article "Black Lives Matter" that appears in the Wikipedia we will identify if the article uses neutral point of view, if it gives us fact about the article, whether the article is creditable or not, and how it uses hyperlinks.
“Black Lives Matter” which appears in the Wikipedia exercises the neutral point of view in this article. BLM not only explains the negative side of the activist movement, but it also explains the positive aspects as well. For example, the article starts by explaining that this movement protests around the death of African American people, in the killings by law enforcement and racial profiling. Which at first gives the reader a negative appearance. As you continue to …show more content…
It addresses injustices to the minority communities especially towards black people. These injustices include extrajudicial killings of black people by police and vigilantes, embraces intersectionality, affirms the lives of black queer and trans folks, black undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all black lives along the gender spectrum. [1]The credibility of this article is questionable when it indicates the movement was co-founded by three black community leaders in the Summer of 2013, after George Zimmerman’s acquittal of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. [2][3] The official BLM website indicates the movement was created in …show more content…
This social movement brought attention to racial profiling against African Americans that have been mistreated or even killed because of the color of their skin. Written in the article George Zimmerman’s Way is the American Way, “Racial profiling-and its lethal consequences-may or may not be “his way” but it 's the American way.” In American if you’re black, you are assumed to be a threat meaning your intentions or to either rob, kill, or harm someone. The massacre in Charleston at a church where nine African Americans were shot to death in a hate crime clearly shows why the term Black Lives Matter should be used over All Lives Matter. It is the parents of African American children who have to worry in fear because one day their child may take a different way home in a white neighborhood or a black child who chooses to wear a hoodie inside a store. One day their children may be harmed or killed simply because of their race. “Until we are willing to address race and entrenched racism in this country the headlines will continue.” (Human
In the article "Black Lives Matter" that appears in the Wikipedia we will identify if the article uses neutral point of view, if it gives us fact about the article, whether the article is creditable or not, and how it uses hyperlinks.
“Black Lives Matter” which appears in the Wikipedia exercises the neutral point of view in this article. BLM not only explains the negative side of the activist movement, but it also explains the positive aspects as well. For example, the article starts by explaining that this movement protests around the death of African American people, in the killings by law enforcement and racial profiling. Which at first gives the reader a negative appearance. As you continue to …show more content…
It addresses injustices to the minority communities especially towards black people. These injustices include extrajudicial killings of black people by police and vigilantes, embraces intersectionality, affirms the lives of black queer and trans folks, black undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all black lives along the gender spectrum. [1]The credibility of this article is questionable when it indicates the movement was co-founded by three black community leaders in the Summer of 2013, after George Zimmerman’s acquittal of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. [2][3] The official BLM website indicates the movement was created in …show more content…
This social movement brought attention to racial profiling against African Americans that have been mistreated or even killed because of the color of their skin. Written in the article George Zimmerman’s Way is the American Way, “Racial profiling-and its lethal consequences-may or may not be “his way” but it 's the American way.” In American if you’re black, you are assumed to be a threat meaning your intentions or to either rob, kill, or harm someone. The massacre in Charleston at a church where nine African Americans were shot to death in a hate crime clearly shows why the term Black Lives Matter should be used over All Lives Matter. It is the parents of African American children who have to worry in fear because one day their child may take a different way home in a white neighborhood or a black child who chooses to wear a hoodie inside a store. One day their children may be harmed or killed simply because of their race. “Until we are willing to address race and entrenched racism in this country the headlines will continue.” (Human