After reading Divided by Race, United by Pain. I have so many strong thoughts and feelings about what happen in these three states. First I will like to say I am disappointed in my black community. When it comes to protesting about police brutality it should not be done in a negative way. There is no need to riot with guns, bats and other weapons.…
In modern day, even with this organization still fighting for equality, a more popular movement would be the Black Lives Matter movement, corroborating the idea of racial prejudice continuing in today’s society as people still feel the need to…
The point behind social movements is to inform the society of a situation and use each other’s support to aim towards a common goal of putting an end to whatever the issue is. Three women who had hopes of a common goal, unity for all, established Black Lives Matter in 2013. Rickford states (2015), “Black Lives Matter has evolved into a potent alternative to the political paralysis and isolation that racial justice proponents have faced since the election of Obama (p. 2). This is the basic idea behind the movement and issue our society is being faced with. For several years now, African Americans have been faced with unfair challenges simply because of the color of their skin.…
During World War II a movement began. This movement was largely known as the Double Victory or Double V movement. It was used by the African American community who had been downtrodden to gain equal rights. In hopes of gaining equal rights blacks joined the war effort in any way that they could. May that be supply transport or flying a plane, they gave what they had to America through the war.…
The "Black Lives Matter" movement created by the Michael Brown case is an amazing movement that has united so many people to help combat racial discrimination in America. Michael Brown did not die in vain, and that is because his legacy has helped bring awareness to many local governments that were battling racial discrimination issues while also keeping the conversation of race alive instead of as "America's darkest…
This film gives viewers the incite of how African Americans feel regarding to the senseless of death of African American males and female, by police officers. The Black Lives Matter movement is not a movement about harming the police, but a movement about holding police accountable. Black Live Matter movement began in 2013 after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin. The movement grew stronger after the death of two unarmed guys Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner of New York…
I dislike that it is a movement that has separated people by their race which in turn in encouraging segregation. I feel like there are people of all races who would love to support the original cause at hand rather than it being black versus everyone else in society. I also do not like the double standard when it comes to the deaths of black lives. I do agree that the police need to be held accountable for the deaths of innocent black people and the profiling going along with it. However, how is it different from black on black crime?…
”Every day I wake up knowing that my life is in danger ten times more than the average white man”(LaRon Fontenot). An African American cannot walk into predominantly white neighborhood without be discriminated by a white person. For example, a young black male, Trayvon Martin, had his freedom to live his life taken away from him by a white man who assume that he was harmful by the clothing he was wearing and the color of his skin. The murder of Trayvon Martin was an enormous struggle for the blacks all across the world. Due to that devastating catastrophe, blacks came together and started “The Black Lives Matter Movement.”…
“Black Lives Matter” Movement & Police Brutality As much as the subjects of “Black Lives Matter” and police brutality are getting stale and cliché, unfortunately it is still an issue that will not be corrected by hushed complaints and sweeping under the rug. However, this problem is not brand new; it has only escalated. Racial discrimination began in the times of slavery and has been an issue since—well forever. The discrimination has been toughest on minorities—like the African-American community. Along with the racial discrimination from society itself, some police and law enforcement figures have often abused their power and taken advantage of their place in the majority race.…
A lot of deaths upon black people by police officers are either not cared about or not important. Everyone is so distracted about the things in life that really do not matter instead of focusing on things that could improve. Situations like this could lead to people getting into it with the police as well. These killings from police officers to black people go a long way and the Black Lives Matter Movement hopes that no families would ever worry about someone close getting stopped and killed by the…
This movement has helped bring attention to the fact that racism is still a huge problem in society. For example, some may argue that we live in a post-racial society because slavery is no longer a problem, but this isn’t true because inequality among black people is still seen every day. From bias against black job applicants to police brutality involving unarmed black males, it is crystal clear that we are still struggling to move forward and see past the color of people’s skin. Although this movement is yet to make a noticeable difference in society, its activists have heightened the awareness of racism in America and are on their way to ending the injustices associated with it. While some say that this movement is causing society to regress because it hasn’t made a huge impact on society yet, it is important for them to take into account that the movement is incapable of removing racism overnight and that they are doing all that they can to deal with this problem that is bigger than themselves.…
“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman,” (Malcolm X). Black people in America have been treated with disrespect and have not been given equal opportunities to their white counterparts.…
Do lives need to be lost before people fought for civil rights? 1,134 African Americans have died at the hands of law enforcement officers in 2015 ( Swaine, Laughland, Lartey, and McCarthy). A Movement #BlackLivesMatter was created in 2012 after Trayvon Martin 's murderer, George Zimmerman, was acquitted of his crime. Trayvon Martin wasn’t the only African American who was murdered and had his death erupt with riot and protest. Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Sandra Bland are others whose deaths were commemorated with protests.…
As years have passed the movement “Black Lives Matter has become a transformative outlet for all black people from different historical, cultural, socioeconomic and political identities. It is a source of solidarity for the survivors of colonization, exploitation, capitalism and police brutality.” ( Miah, Malik.) African Americans have used this movement to bring each other together and fight for what is still persistent, which is racism. There has been controversy about “BLM” which stretched the opinion that the movement was very racist.…
The Black Lives Matter movement is more than a call to action for police brutality, it’s a call for justice to stop the racial inequality that can still be seen today. It all started in 2013 when three women, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza, created the hashtag #blacklivesmatter after Trayvon Martin was placed on trial for his own murder while George Zimmerman, the man who killed him, was not held accountable (Black Lives). Many people were angered by this, so with the help of cultural workers, artists, and designers, the movement was able to expand beyond a social media hashtag to what you see today, a full fledged civil rights movement (Black Lives). The movement grew even larger in 2014 after Michael Brown, a black, unarmed…