I told her I must write a paper on the black lives matter movement and she then voiced how she didn’t understand or support it because all lives matter. As a mixed child with a white mother you can see as to why I quickly informed her of what the movement stands for and why it is of importance. She told me she believed the movement to be violent and advocate the death of police officers. My first thought was that she was stereotyping but when I did some researched I asked myself, “Could she be right?” According to NY times in July of this year, 5 police officers were killed at a peaceful protest by Micah Johnson. He was a black military veteran who, when questioned, said “He was upset about Black Lives Matter” and that “He was upset with white people…He wanted to kill white people, especially white officers”. Events like this change how people see us. Just from this one event the entire movement has been deemed violent and vengeful. After hearing this news, it makes sense why my mom was confused. It would take a lot more proof and support than a photo to overpower this
I told her I must write a paper on the black lives matter movement and she then voiced how she didn’t understand or support it because all lives matter. As a mixed child with a white mother you can see as to why I quickly informed her of what the movement stands for and why it is of importance. She told me she believed the movement to be violent and advocate the death of police officers. My first thought was that she was stereotyping but when I did some researched I asked myself, “Could she be right?” According to NY times in July of this year, 5 police officers were killed at a peaceful protest by Micah Johnson. He was a black military veteran who, when questioned, said “He was upset about Black Lives Matter” and that “He was upset with white people…He wanted to kill white people, especially white officers”. Events like this change how people see us. Just from this one event the entire movement has been deemed violent and vengeful. After hearing this news, it makes sense why my mom was confused. It would take a lot more proof and support than a photo to overpower this