Do Black Lives Matter? Throughout centuries, blacks in America have been not only fighting for their freedom, but for their lives. In our society today, seeing a news headline of a black person brutally killed by authorities has become a common occurrence. Many of these tragic occurrences happened due to the misjudgement police officers have made towards black people. Misjudgments have arisen from constant media coverage displaying black individuals in an incorrect light. How can we change how black people are perceived in the United States? The Black Lives Matter movement was founded on Twitter originally as the “#BlackLivesMatter” hashtag. This hashtag blew up all throughout not only Twitter, but other social media sites as well (Ransby
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William Wilson from the journal, “Black Youths, Joblessness, and the Other Side of Black Lives Matter,” has effectively correlated poverty in black communities and the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement supports the right to be safe in America, whereas in these poor black communities, people there tend to be the main targets of violence from police officers. “...by 2008, poor blacks were far more likely to be violent crime victims – about seventy-five per 1,000 – while affluent …show more content…
Africans are a target in this country as well, so everyone should come together to bring an end to all of these issues. In addition, she mentions how the United States uses many resources from Africa considering the fact that Africa puts out 192 billion to the world and only receives 32 billion in aid (Faraji 6). Taking this into account, the treatment that blacks and Africans receive in the United States is unbelievable considering how much the United States benefits from Africa.The Black Lives Matter movement isn’t only consisted of blacks and Africans either, there are many faithful supporters of this movement that are white, asian, and hispanic. Therefore, it is up to the people of this generation to teach everyone and future generations of this issue so that the amount of deaths a year from unnecessary casualties will go down or even hopefully
William Wilson from the journal, “Black Youths, Joblessness, and the Other Side of Black Lives Matter,” has effectively correlated poverty in black communities and the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement supports the right to be safe in America, whereas in these poor black communities, people there tend to be the main targets of violence from police officers. “...by 2008, poor blacks were far more likely to be violent crime victims – about seventy-five per 1,000 – while affluent …show more content…
Africans are a target in this country as well, so everyone should come together to bring an end to all of these issues. In addition, she mentions how the United States uses many resources from Africa considering the fact that Africa puts out 192 billion to the world and only receives 32 billion in aid (Faraji 6). Taking this into account, the treatment that blacks and Africans receive in the United States is unbelievable considering how much the United States benefits from Africa.The Black Lives Matter movement isn’t only consisted of blacks and Africans either, there are many faithful supporters of this movement that are white, asian, and hispanic. Therefore, it is up to the people of this generation to teach everyone and future generations of this issue so that the amount of deaths a year from unnecessary casualties will go down or even hopefully