Blacklivematter Movement Analysis

I should probably start this off by saying that I’m not the best person to be discussing this issue. I am writing from a position of privilege and have lived a lifestyle that benefits from the systematic oppression of people groups. And I didn’t even know it until last summer. I’d also like to place a disclaimer that many people of color are facing oppression and aggression, but, in this essay, I’ve chosen to focus on the black ones.
The connotation and reaction that follows the #BlackLivesMatter movement is a response that is new to our society as a whole. After the creation of the movement and the growth of its following on social media, some groups retaliated with a movement called #AllLivesMatter. This piece is dedicated making it clear why the #AllLivesMatter movement is only …show more content…
There are plenty of campaigns to Save the Rainforests. When raising awareness for the plight rainforests are enduring, activists are not implying that other kinds of forests don’t matter; they are simply focusing on rainforests because they are the ones who face the most invasions by industrialization. As a community, people needed to focus on the rainforests. People did not create a Save the Pine Forests movement to stick up for other kinds of rainforests because they understood that, at this point in time, people needed to emphasize rainforests. This essay, however, is not a plug to save the rainforests.
If we look at African-American lives as we do rainforests, we will see a similarity with the cause of the movement, but not with reaction to it. When people announced that they wanted to save the rainforests, society as a whole was either actively involved or passively neutral. This was not the case with the Black Lives Matter crusade. Instead of engaging themselves in the push for recognition of police brutality, something that would benefit everyone, regardless of race, many members of society actively fought against the validity of the