The Civil Rights Movement is a Major Impact on Social Movements
Social movements occur throughout time. They challenge the process using a form of collective and political action that consists of a general goal of change. The Civil Rights Movement was a major social movement that’s main goal was to expose and change the racial injustices that occurred in America. This social movement was a driving force in many social movements that demanded change for other social injustices. However, these social movements must observe the overlapping features of race and ethnicity in order to include everyone in the identity group. The Woman’s Rights Movement and the Gender Equality Movement use the themes from the Civil Rights Movement. This paper will …show more content…
According to chapter 8 in The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity, the traditionalized norm of people who hold power in America is are white males (Asher, 2011). The Women’s Rights Movement consisted of women of color and white women. These women had to come together to fight for power that they both were denied. Some women were denied power due to only their gender, while some were not permitted to gain power due to their gender and their race. According to chapter 29 of Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape, “women of color fare the worst because they are seen as the most desperate for work at any wage” (Espiritu, 2006). Although women share the collective gender as females, women of color tend to encounter a harsher economic oppression than white women. There are different forms of power imbalance that women of color encounter more often than white women. The unbalance of power was an idea used in the Civil Rights Movement that was increased during the Women’s Rights Movement and the Gender Equality …show more content…
According to the chapter “Race-Based Social Movements” in The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity, framing for “race-based social movements means not only sharpening collective identity, but also simultaneously sharpening individual identity” (McIlwain, 2011). For gender-based social movements, one must also include race because not every identity that is included in the norm group, people who identify as white. Leaving out race in the challenge for gender equality leaves the people who identify as people of color out of discussion. The reverse is found in other movements; race-based social movements can overlap with gender-based ideals. One outcome that continues the fight of racial inequality, similar to the Civil Rights Movement, was the Black Lives Matter social movement. Queer black women established this racial-based social movement, however there are reoccurring accounts where this origin has been completely erased (Garza, 2014). In this scenario, gender equality principles are found in this race-based social movement. The Black Lives Matter movement supports all black lives, no matter the “class, gender, nationality, sexuality, [or] disability” (Garza, 2014). The Civil Rights Movement helped establish the Women’s Rights Movement and the Gender Equality Movement using the identities that vary in forms of race, sexuality, and
Social movements occur throughout time. They challenge the process using a form of collective and political action that consists of a general goal of change. The Civil Rights Movement was a major social movement that’s main goal was to expose and change the racial injustices that occurred in America. This social movement was a driving force in many social movements that demanded change for other social injustices. However, these social movements must observe the overlapping features of race and ethnicity in order to include everyone in the identity group. The Woman’s Rights Movement and the Gender Equality Movement use the themes from the Civil Rights Movement. This paper will …show more content…
According to chapter 8 in The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity, the traditionalized norm of people who hold power in America is are white males (Asher, 2011). The Women’s Rights Movement consisted of women of color and white women. These women had to come together to fight for power that they both were denied. Some women were denied power due to only their gender, while some were not permitted to gain power due to their gender and their race. According to chapter 29 of Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape, “women of color fare the worst because they are seen as the most desperate for work at any wage” (Espiritu, 2006). Although women share the collective gender as females, women of color tend to encounter a harsher economic oppression than white women. There are different forms of power imbalance that women of color encounter more often than white women. The unbalance of power was an idea used in the Civil Rights Movement that was increased during the Women’s Rights Movement and the Gender Equality …show more content…
According to the chapter “Race-Based Social Movements” in The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity, framing for “race-based social movements means not only sharpening collective identity, but also simultaneously sharpening individual identity” (McIlwain, 2011). For gender-based social movements, one must also include race because not every identity that is included in the norm group, people who identify as white. Leaving out race in the challenge for gender equality leaves the people who identify as people of color out of discussion. The reverse is found in other movements; race-based social movements can overlap with gender-based ideals. One outcome that continues the fight of racial inequality, similar to the Civil Rights Movement, was the Black Lives Matter social movement. Queer black women established this racial-based social movement, however there are reoccurring accounts where this origin has been completely erased (Garza, 2014). In this scenario, gender equality principles are found in this race-based social movement. The Black Lives Matter movement supports all black lives, no matter the “class, gender, nationality, sexuality, [or] disability” (Garza, 2014). The Civil Rights Movement helped establish the Women’s Rights Movement and the Gender Equality Movement using the identities that vary in forms of race, sexuality, and