In Malcolm Gladwell’s essay “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”, he is stating the issue of social activism in today’s world, where people are using social medias to come together and give out a voice than literally coming together in person like how it once was before the internet. Gladwell begins with the story of 4 black college freshmen who went to a lunch counter that’s only meant for white people. Gladwell then explains how the people unite during civil movements compare to today’s society where we unite through social medias, which are absolutely different. Gladwell then explained that although social medias such as Twitter is an effective way to make the people unite, it is still best to make an assembly in the real
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What I haven’t agree about his idea was about how social media isn’t quite as effective. Perhaps in different situations, but for many there are times where social media has become the key of unity and performing a strong assembly. For years, social injustice, particularly the issues with race, has sparked around the country ever since the video of Rodney King in 1991. This became the root of all voices that are against the social injustices and police brutality that our country has been facing for decades by being the first video released by the media. Today, social media became the fuel from burning wood by actually capturing injustices on video and posting it all over the internet, while being the witness and even give a small testimony in their comments, tweet, caption, etc. As all over the country and even the world feast their eyes on what’s happening, people are making a stand and making protests, groups, giving speeches, or anything that has to say about social injustices. Things such as the Black Lives Matter Movement, or even other social movements like the LBGTQ Movement has giving a strong assembly and giving the people the opportunity to come together and make an action, like how it was during the Civil Rights Movement. Other than that, I agree in what Gladwell has to say about his issue in most cases. He gives clear evidence about how we feel about activism in many cases, and for many times we haven’t done much about the problems of what’s been going on in the
What I haven’t agree about his idea was about how social media isn’t quite as effective. Perhaps in different situations, but for many there are times where social media has become the key of unity and performing a strong assembly. For years, social injustice, particularly the issues with race, has sparked around the country ever since the video of Rodney King in 1991. This became the root of all voices that are against the social injustices and police brutality that our country has been facing for decades by being the first video released by the media. Today, social media became the fuel from burning wood by actually capturing injustices on video and posting it all over the internet, while being the witness and even give a small testimony in their comments, tweet, caption, etc. As all over the country and even the world feast their eyes on what’s happening, people are making a stand and making protests, groups, giving speeches, or anything that has to say about social injustices. Things such as the Black Lives Matter Movement, or even other social movements like the LBGTQ Movement has giving a strong assembly and giving the people the opportunity to come together and make an action, like how it was during the Civil Rights Movement. Other than that, I agree in what Gladwell has to say about his issue in most cases. He gives clear evidence about how we feel about activism in many cases, and for many times we haven’t done much about the problems of what’s been going on in the