America is facing many pressing social problems today, including poverty, government distrust, and racial injustice (Macionis, 2015). This overview defines the issue, explains their importance, and describes the events leading to the emergence and coalescence of the social movement. This essay will also describe the expected formalization of the social movement surrounding the issue. Each of the pressing social problems degrade the American society, and an organized effort or social movement is required to encourage positive social change.
The United States Census Bureau reported (2015), that 47 million people live in poverty, in the United States, rising the poverty rate for 2014 to 15%, based on family of four with a household income below …show more content…
Racial injustice is when people are denied rights or are treated unfairly due to their race. “Thousands of incidents take place everyday in this country in which people of color are unfairly shot, beaten, harassed, threatened, menaced, humiliated, and disrespected by law enforcement officers” (eji.org, 2016, para.1). While racial injustice has occurred throughout the history of United States, like segregation, Michael Brown’s death, in August of 2014, and the Grand Jury’s announcement that the police office involved would not face indictment, stirred Americans into action again. Coalescence of the social movement began as protesters in Ferguson, the site of the shooting, took to the streets, and before the year was up protests happened in Cleveland, Miami, Boston, Chicago, Baton Rouge, and other cities and events throughout the county (Altman, 2014). The Ferguson protestor’s “refusal to let a life be forgotten turned a local shooting into a national movement” (Altman, 2014). Formalization of this social movement was seen as President Obama hosted the protest leaders at the White House and promised “increased police accountability” (Altman, 2014). While racial injustice has seen changes because of the the Ferguson shooting with regards to changes in policing leadership and revision of the use of force law in Missouri, the formalization in this problem is to see the same changes and more across the entire
The United States Census Bureau reported (2015), that 47 million people live in poverty, in the United States, rising the poverty rate for 2014 to 15%, based on family of four with a household income below …show more content…
Racial injustice is when people are denied rights or are treated unfairly due to their race. “Thousands of incidents take place everyday in this country in which people of color are unfairly shot, beaten, harassed, threatened, menaced, humiliated, and disrespected by law enforcement officers” (eji.org, 2016, para.1). While racial injustice has occurred throughout the history of United States, like segregation, Michael Brown’s death, in August of 2014, and the Grand Jury’s announcement that the police office involved would not face indictment, stirred Americans into action again. Coalescence of the social movement began as protesters in Ferguson, the site of the shooting, took to the streets, and before the year was up protests happened in Cleveland, Miami, Boston, Chicago, Baton Rouge, and other cities and events throughout the county (Altman, 2014). The Ferguson protestor’s “refusal to let a life be forgotten turned a local shooting into a national movement” (Altman, 2014). Formalization of this social movement was seen as President Obama hosted the protest leaders at the White House and promised “increased police accountability” (Altman, 2014). While racial injustice has seen changes because of the the Ferguson shooting with regards to changes in policing leadership and revision of the use of force law in Missouri, the formalization in this problem is to see the same changes and more across the entire